But Spain has opened up its economy and Canada has restored its public finances.
But Spain controlled the ball for most of the game, and Spain never gave Germany a chance.
This system has been contested by the Spanish right, but Spain's constitutional court has upheld the policy.
But Spain's last Socialist government, led by Felipe Gonzalez, fell largely because it was seen to be corrupt.
But Spain's Sergio Garcia failed to make the cut despite adding a 68 to an earlier round of 75.
With the regions pleading for help it may need significantly more, but Spain is effectively shut out of the markets.
But Spain's experience suggests that such misgivings are wrong, for it has seen endless competition among regions for extra powers.
But Spain's recession and the unemployment rate that tops 25% clearly had an impact on the lottery intake this year.
The full process could take several months but Spain's campaigning magistrate, Baltasar Garzon, has already moved to suspend its activities.
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But Spain is also going through a long recession and has received a bailout for its banks from the eurozone's bailout fund.
Italy and Spain were both AAA rated in the 1990s, but Spain was actually raised back to AAA before losing it again in 2009.
Frances Les Bleus won the '98 World Cup and then the Euro two years later, but Spain has been superior in possession time and shutouts.
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Portugal extends Spain to penalty kicks but Spain still wins out.
But Spain, France and Italy saw double-digit declines in car sales.
But Spain has already rejected the results of that stress test.
"It would have been nice to have taken more of our first half chances, but Spain were the better side in the second half, " said Powell.
Unlike Japan in the 1990s, the U.S. and U.K. moved quickly to address problems in their banks but Spain, Greece and certain other eurozone governments did not.
Ireland is too small for its economic troubles to pull down other countries much but Spain's economy has enough heft to inflict collateral damage (see article).
Villa sunk Honduras with a spectacular first-half strike and a deflected effort after the break but Spain wasted several other opportunities, including a missed penalty from Villa.
Chile now needed just one more goal to put themselves back in the frame to finish top, but Spain had just enough about them to take advantage of the extra man.
But Spain appeared to have plenty in hand and with a bit of luck David Silva could have featured among the scorers before giving way to Xabi Alonso in the 77th.
But Spain were level within three minutes when Ribas' drag flick from the hosts' seventh penalty corner was only half-stopped by Mason's left hand and the ball trickled over the line.
But Spain's Labour Ministry said it was the best performance in the month of December since existing records began in 1996, with young people, women and first-time workers doing particularly well.
In the 18th minute, City won a penalty as Carlos Tevez was pulled down by Jos Hooiveld, but Spain World Cup star David Silva saw his weak effort saved by Kelvin Davis.
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Villa saw another hat-trick opportunity go begging when Sergio Mendoza's brilliant last-ditch block prevented him from tapping in, but Spain probably already had one eye on Friday's crunch tie against Chile in Pretoria.
But Spain demonstrated their threat when Villa escaped central defenders Stephen McManus and David Weir to latch on to a speeding ball from midfield, but his shot went over the bar from 18 yards.
But Spain faces a difficult task on EU enlargement, holding the presidency during the crunch period of negotiations on agriculture, regional policy and financial provisions, responsible for about 80 percent of the EU budget.
But Spain is in the midst of a deep crisis, with 26% unemployment, nearly 6 million Spaniards out of work, and the government applying austerity cuts and tax increases to make up for budget shortfalls.
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