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...The house at Wisley is no beauty and the entry into the garden never did much for visiting gardeners’ morale....
...This time, López Obrador’s position on Peru was close to the one adopted by the hard left nations of Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia and parts of the Caribbean, who issued a statement as the ALBA group...
...Ms Añez’s administration has started to reshape Bolivia’s foreign policy by withdrawing from one leftist regional bloc, ALBA, and expelling hundreds of Cubans and Venezuelans who were working in the country...
...In enclosure number 12 Oudolf restored my morale. He had opted for a small garden mound, grassy, open and complete with railings for its visitors....
...This would mean leaving the Venezuela-led Alba bloc....
...Morales is usually associated with the Venezuela and Cuba-dominated group of ALBA countries in Latin America....
...He is often linked to the region’s Hugo Chávez-Evo Morales-Daniel Ortega trio of muscular leftist leaders, although anyone who has met Mr Correa acknowledges he has a quick mind, and a solid training as...
...Like Bolivia, Ecuador is a member of the ALBA alliance of leftwing Latin American nations that is led by Mr Chávez....
...Mexico the crowning piece of a regional jigsaw dominated by populist (to varying degrees) or leftist (depending on how you view them) presidents in Argentina and Brazil, plus the more ideological group of ALBA...
...The train was temporarily renamed the Alba Express in reference to the “Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas”, a regional trade pact being promoted by Castro and the Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez....
...Mr Morales is committed to a peaceful solution of the dispute but growing militancy in the east will test his capacity to govern....
...The former Hilton, which is closer to the now rather down-at-heel centre, has been renamed the Alba since being recovered by the state....
...It is even possible that an ”ALBA” bond – a capital raising exercise benefiting Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia as well as Venezuela – will be sold this year too....
...The swearing-in ceremony of President Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua’s new president, was notable for the ant-imperialistic rants of Evo Morales, Bolivia’s president, the attack on multinational companies by Hugo...
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