Frederico Abuele. electronic flamenco or something along those lines. out of Argentina.

The first video (Postales) would be "tango chill-out" or something like that. :) Note that sounds a bandoneón. But yes, that genre exists too:

thanks for clarifying Zaqarbal. i'm in foreign waters here, so to speak :)

I only know Mecano.
This one was a bit hit in France in 1990.

And they released Mujer contra mujer in French: Une Femme Avec une Femme, a song about lesbian love.

But I think the most known band in France is Ska-P. They even make some anti-establishment & anticlerical jokes in French when playing there :):

I posted music by this Chilean band a while back, but want to post again...think Latino-influenced Cocteau Twins with a male singer (in fact, their band name came from the name Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie gave to their daughter).







This all comes from their album Sesion Futura, which, in my opinion, is the way these songs are meant to be heard. Live just works so much better for them.

From Chile too: Los Tres and Kudai (pop).

Coming back to the 80's, I think the following can be representative of the high level achieved in that decade (the so-called "Golden Age" of Spanish-language rock and pop by many music critics):

This is one of my favorite spanish bands & song. YouTube - Maná - Hundido en un rincón

Some my favourite spanish musicians. All of them are celtic music.
I am not sure if they were here but nevermind :)

Celtas Cortos






Carlos Núñez (he played with The Chieftains)










Hevia




Luar Na Lubre

Hey, Petula, I've put English subtitles to La senda del tiempo (see here).

Very good, indeed. But, in my opinion, the best Mexican pop-rock band is Caifanes (1987-1995). I like Molotov too.