Preguntas de ortografía

Does the word elite require an accent on the first syllable? Why does the Ecuadoran newspaper El Universo use the spelling of Iraq instead of Irak? How do you write the word represented by the "%" symbol? These questions and more are answered in a language column in today's issue of El Universo, an Ecuadoran newspaper. Columnist Piedad Villanicenco Bellolio also addresses the question of whether hubo or hubieron is the correct past plural usage of haber. Read more (in Spanish)...