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...One of the grandest is a 30-metre monument to Alfonso XII (who reigned from 1874 to 1885) on horseback, looking out over the lake. Further south is my favourite: the Fuente del Ángel Caído....
...Down to the forests of Fuentes del Narcea in the wild interior — among the largest areas of first-growth deciduous woodland in the whole of Europe....
...They were joined by John Kerry, US secretary of state, and the presidents, from Cuba’s Raúl Castro to Argentina’s Mauricio Macri, who flew into Cartagena to witness the end of the western hemisphere’s oldest...
...Mr López Obrador, who sees Fidel Castro as a “giant” like Nelson Mandela, is a former firebrand....
...Latin American novelists like Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos Fuentes; British writers such as Harold Pinter and Anthony Sampson; and, at one 1982 dinner, the Iron Lady herself....
...The family once owned vast plantations in Cuba but were kicked out by Fidel Castro....
...Che Guevara wore a Rolex; Fidel Castro wore two....
...The negotiations are launched in Norway and continue in Havana, under the auspice of Cuban President Raúl Castro (centre) Aug 24 2016 Colombia’s government and Farc leaders announce a historic peace accord...
...Had it helped the Lion victor to have a Latin American jury president, Alfonso Cuarón (Y Tu Mamá También, Gravity)? Had it helped that Latin America had never won at Venice before?...
...A well-known leftwinger, who was close to Cuba’s Fidel Castro, García Márquez was the master of magical realism – a blend of everyday Latin American realities and fantastical elements....
...Since replacing his elder brother as president in 2008, Raúl Castro has begun a series of economic reforms. While meant to “update socialism” they have introduced elements of a market economy....
...Indeed, while once considered by many to be a communist and a supporter of Cuba’s Fidel Castro, he was also known for his criticism of the left....
...Her worst moment, she says, was reporting the death of Alfonso Cano, the former leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, prematurely by six months....
...He also reserved plenty of criticism for the left, growing disenchanted with Fidel Castro’s vision for Cuba and labelling Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s president, “a tropical Mussolini”....
...Since they are all penned by the same man, Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura Fuentes, the film retains a kind of tonal unity: wry wonder at life’s surreal collisions....
...Their Cuban sugar plantations were confiscated by the Castro regime....
...Alfonso remembers vividly the day in September 2006 when the US eased refugee status for Cuban medical staff....
...Now César Deben Alfonso, a director in the European Commission who helped negotiate the deal, has given an interview in which he refers to the “former Sahara’’....
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