{
  "id": 16027599,
  "title": "Aguirre champions the idea of the Canal's golf \"courses\", but distances himself from irregularities in the trial of his successor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/aguirre-reivindica-la-idea-de-las-canchas-de-golf-del-canal-pero-se",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T10:02:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais",
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/espana/2026-10-22/esperanza-aguirre-declara-este-jueves-como-testigo-en-el-juicio-contra-ignacio-gonzalez-por-el-caso-lezo.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "Esperanza Aguirre, former president of the Community of Madrid, appeared at the National Court on Thursday. She took her place near Ignacio González, her former right-hand man and successor, who is on trial. Aguirre gave a brief statement, distancing herself from irregularities attributed to González regarding alleged contract rigging for a golf course project at Canal de Isabel II. The project was launched by Aguirre but dismantled in 2021.",
  "summary": "La expresidenta madrileña asegura que copió el proyecto de un viaje a Tokio y afirma que nunca supo nada del desarrollo de las obras: “Yo ya dimití”, añade la política",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}