White House Shuts Down Spanish-Language Website 

The official site now gives users an “Error 404” message

Thu Jan 23 2025
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Key points

  • Other websites working
  • White House’s Spanish profile on X also disbanded
  • Trump removed Spanish version in 2017

ISLAMABAD: The new US administration took down the Spanish-language version of the official White House website within hours of president Donald Trump’s inauguration.

According to the AP, the site now gives users an “Error 404” message.

It also included a “Go Home” button that directed viewers to a page featuring a video montage of Trump in his first term and on the campaign trail.

The button was later updated to read “Go To Home Page.”

AP reported that Hispanic advocacy groups and others expressed confusion at the abrupt change and frustration at what some called the administration’s lack of efforts to maintain communication with the Latino community, which helped propel him to the presidency.

The Spanish profile of the White House’ X, @LaCasaBlanca and the government page on reproductive freedom also were disbanded.

Editing and tweaking

White House principal deputy press secretary Harrison Fields said on Tuesday that the administration was “committed to bringing back online the Spanish translation section of the website.”

“It’s day two. We are in the process of developing, editing and tweaking the White House website.”

As part of this ongoing work, some of the archived content on the website went dormant, he said.

“It’s day two. We are in the process of developing, editing and tweaking the White House website.” – White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Harrison Fields

We are committed to reloading that content in a short timeline,” he said without elaborating, he added.

Other websites

Meanwhile, the Spanish versions of other government agencies such as the Department of Labour, Justice and Agriculture remained available for users on Tuesday.

Trump removed the Spanish version of the page in 2017. At that time, White House officials said they would reinstate it. President Joe Biden reinstated the page in 2021, according to AP.

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