{"id":60476,"date":"2025-08-12T08:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=60476"},"modified":"2025-08-14T22:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:49:11","slug":"how-could-it-possibly-be-that-spain-has-a-minister-who-jokes-about-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/08\/12\/how-could-it-possibly-be-that-spain-has-a-minister-who-jokes-about-this\/","title":{"rendered":"How could it possibly be that Spain has a minister who jokes about this?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As is typical every summer, forest fires are wreaking havoc in several areas of Spain, causing injuries and evacuations.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/08\/04\/oscar-puente-cuts-off-communication-from-rural-spain-to-please-the-socialist-mayor-of-vigo\/\">\u00d3scar Puente cuts off communication from rural Spain to please the Socialist mayor of Vigo<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/07\/26\/a-pedro-sanchez-minister-insults-jewish-minors-as-he-never-does-with-criminals\/\">A Pedro S\u00e1nchez minister insults Jewish minors as he never does with criminals<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>We've been experiencing a dangerous situation for a few days now:<\/strong> very high temperatures in some areas, wind, and very dry forests due to the lack of rainfall. <strong>It was only a matter of time before something like this happened<\/strong>, and whether the fires were deliberate or accidental (investigating this is a task for the security forces), <strong>all public administrations should be joining forces to combat this threat<\/strong>, regardless of their political affiliation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">El <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IFTresCantos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IFTresCantos<\/a> est\u00e1 perimetrado y ha evolucionado favorablemente durante la noche. <\/p>\n<p>Han estado trabajando en la extinci\u00f3n:<br \/>33 dotaciones de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BomberosCM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BomberosCM<\/a>.<br \/>11 de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BomberosMad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BomberosMad<\/a>, 9 de la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMEgob?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UMEgob<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AgentesForestalesCM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AgentesForestalesCM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No hay ninguna carretera cortada al tr\u00e1fico. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OOpFkQSVHD\">pic.twitter.com\/OOpFkQSVHD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 112 Comunidad de Madrid (@112cmadrid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/112cmadrid\/status\/1955138263913484594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, yesterday, <strong>while many Spaniards watched in horror as the flames advanced towards their homes and properties<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eldebate.com\/espana\/20250812\/oscar-puente-bromea-incendios-asolan-espana-despues-borra-tuits_325073.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a minister in Pedro S\u00e1nchez's government dedicated himself to publishing jokes about the fires on Twitter<\/a>. Coincidentally, the minister in question is <strong>the socialist \u00d3scar Puente<\/strong>, Minister of Transport, under whose mandate Spain is experiencing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/07\/03\/pedro-sanchezs-government-resorts-again-to-hoaxes-to-exonerate-itself-from-its-rail-chaos\/\">unprecedented railway chaos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Im\u00e1genes de los trabajos de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BomberosCM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BomberosCM<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BrigadasForestalesCM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BrigadasForestalesCM<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AgentesForestalesCM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AgentesForestalesCM<\/a> en el <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IFTresCantos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IFTresCantos<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WFBix6lwHr\">pic.twitter.com\/WFBix6lwHr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 112 Comunidad de Madrid (@112cmadrid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/112cmadrid\/status\/1955038659583033676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>One of my best friends is a forest firefighter.<\/strong> He has experienced very dangerous situations in his work. On one occasion, he even went so far as to not tell anyone when he saw himself surrounded by flames. <strong>He speaks about his work with passion and modesty,<\/strong> and when I listen to him, I always feel that people like him should be a source of pride for all Spaniards. <strong>We are talking about people who do dangerous work for a modest salary,<\/strong> well below <a href=\"https:\/\/transparentia.newtral.es\/ficha\/oscar-puente-santiago\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the 106,740.84 euros that \u00d3scar Puente earns each year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IFMolezuelasDeLaCarballeda?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IFMolezuelasDeLaCarballeda<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Zamora?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Zamora<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Durante el arco nocturno, \ud83d\ude92 unidades del Quinto y Primer Batall\u00f3n de la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UME?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UME<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BIEM5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BIEM5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BIEM1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BIEM1<\/a> han realizado misiones de protecci\u00f3n en la interfaz urbano-forestal de Cubo de Benavente, rebajando la intensidad en una nave cercana a la poblaci\u00f3n.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pVk0Vqrkkf\">pic.twitter.com\/pVk0Vqrkkf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UME (@UMEgob) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMEgob\/status\/1954775565157695587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, when I saw \u00d3scar Puente's messages, I asked myself: <strong>What do the forest firefighters who are risking their lives think when they see a minister making these jokes?<\/strong> It doesn't matter that he later deleted these messages, since by the time he did they were already spreading throughout the internet and he hasn't even had the courtesy to apologize for it. <strong>\u00d3scar Puente already has a long history of terrible behavior on Twitter, acting like a troll,<\/strong> which is the type of unscrupulous user who behaves with an absolute lack of respect towards others. <strong>Someone like him should never have been appointed minister,<\/strong> because although in Spain we have become accustomed to something very different, <strong>a person who holds a position like that should set an example, and not be a constant source of embarrassment to others.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IFTresCantos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IFTresCantos<\/a>\ud83d\udd25 Incendio en Tres Cantos <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Madrid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>La <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GuardiaCivil?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GuardiaCivil<\/a> procede al desalojo de varias urbanizaciones por un incendio pr\u00f3ximo a las viviendas.<br \/>Si te encuentras en la zona, sigue siempre las indicaciones de los servicios de emergencia.<\/p>\n<p>\u260e\ufe0f 062 Guardia Civil\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hW6cbDTBXC\">pic.twitter.com\/hW6cbDTBXC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Guardia Civil (@guardiacivil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guardiacivil\/status\/1955009637759193118?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I know it won't do any good to say it, because it's not the first time and <strong>it's clear that S\u00e1nchez has given Puente free rein to behave like a madman<\/strong>, but the current Minister of Transport shouldn't remain in office for a minute longer. Millions of Spaniards who get up early every day to go to work and who religiously pay their taxes don't deserve the shameful spectacle presented by <strong>a minister who has shown ample evidence of incompetence and whose main concern seems to be setting social media ablaze<\/strong>. Puente's continued tenure is yet another sign of the kind of government we have in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>+ UPDATED 9:09h: A few minutes after publishing this article I read the news of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ondacero.es\/noticias\/sociedad\/muere-hombre-que-resulto-herido-quemaduras-98-cuerpo-incendio-tres-cantos_20250812689ae1d951d2460c80778493.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the death of the man who was 98% burned yesterday in the Tres Cantos fire<\/a>, in the Community of Madrid. My prayers for him and my condolences to his family.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Main photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Defensagob\/status\/1954448399333302518\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ministerio de Defensa<\/a>. Videos: 112 Comunidad de Madrid \/ Unidad Militar de Emergencias \/ Guardia Civil.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As is typical every summer, forest fires are wreaking havoc in several areas of Spain, causing injuries and evacuations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10398],"tags":[6682,16991,693],"class_list":["post-60476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spain","tag-oscar-puente","tag-forest-fires","tag-psoe"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 07:12:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}