Ricky Martin and Benicio del Toro now have Spanish nationality.

<p><span class="index_summary" style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 1.2em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; padding: 0px;">The concessions were granted by the Spanish cabinet on Friday</span><div class="img-desc2" style="position: relative; width: 300px; float: right; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 10px;"><img align="left" alt="Benicio del Toro and Ricky Martin - Archive photos EFE" class="piclarge" src="http://www.typicallyspanish.com/spain/uploads/5/beniciodeltoroandrickymartin.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 2px solid #e5e9f9;" width="300" /><span class="summary_cap" style="color: white; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><cite style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #111111; opacity: 0.55; bottom: 1px; position: absolute; left: 1px; width: 290px; padding: 5px; margin: 0px;">Benicio del Toro and Ricky Martin - Archive photos EFE<a href="http://www.typicallyspanish.com/spain/uploads/5/beniciodeltoroandrickymartin.jpg" rel="milkbox[gall1]" style="color: #035a89; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" title="Benicio del Toro and Ricky Martin - Archive photos EFE"><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><img alt="enlarge photo" border="0" src="http://www.typicallyspanish.com/images/mag.png" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></a></cite></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> </span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Ricky Martin and Benicio del Toro now have Spanish nationality. The news of the concession was given by the Government on Friday to the artists who were both born in Puerto Rico. </span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Spokesman José Blanco made the announcement after the Friday cabinet meeting.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">He said that the two ‘recognised in different artistic facets’ wanted to share their Spanish nationality with all the Spanish people and therefore the Government congratulated them for it.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">There is widespread speculation that the decision will allow Ricky Martin to marry his boyfriend, the economist Carlos González, in Spain.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Also granted nationality on Friday was Yisi Pérez, wife of the El País journalist, Mauricio Vicent, whose accreditation as a correspondent in Cuba was removed by the Cuban authorities. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Read more: <a href="http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_32580.shtml#ixzz1cmPtmd1C" style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_32580.shtml#ixzz1cmPtmd1C</a></span></p>

Ricky Martin and Benicio del Toro now have Spanish nationality.

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