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...To this day he cannot read music but did his best to imitate his idols, flamenco legends Ramón Montoya and Niño Ricardo, hearing them on the radio....
...He pays particular attention to the 1923-1930 rule of strongman General Miguel Primo de Rivera — “the least researched period of modern Spain”....
...It crafted an image as a liberal, pro-business, anti-corruption party, and it attracted attention with harmless gimmicks such as the decision of Albert Rivera, its first leader, to pose naked for a campaign...
...The biggest failure, though, belongs to Albert Rivera, leader of the liberal but fiercely anti-Catalan nationalist Ciudadanos. It collapsed from 57 to a mere 10 seats....
...Ms Arrimadas is closely associated with the policies of Albert Rivera, Ciudadanos’ previous leader, who last year spurned the option of forming a coalition with the governing Socialists, with whom the party...
...Mr Sánchez was also involved in a bad-tempered exchange with Albert Rivera, the Ciudadanos leader, who accused the prime minister of telling a “collection of lies” and confirmed that his party would vote...
...Pablo Casado, the centre-right Popular party leader, and Albert Rivera, who on Monday resigned as head of the fiercely anti-Catalan nationalist Ciudadanos party, are also to blame for the far-right’s surge...
...But Albert Rivera, the young Ciudadanos leader who had backed the PSOE in 2016 when Podemos was trying to supplant the Socialists as the leading party of the Spanish left, vehemently ruled out any pact with...
...Mr Roldán has been embroiled in months of tension with Ciudadanos’ leader Albert Rivera and other hardline members of the party’s executive over their strategy of vetoing any deal with Mr Sánchez because...
...As Albert Rivera whipped up supporters at a rally ahead of Spain’s election next month, he told them that the Ciudadanos party he leads was part of a fight for the integrity of the nation....
...In April’s election Albert Rivera, Ciudadanos’ leader, came within 220,000 votes — less than a percentage point — of unseating the PP as the country’s second biggest party....
...Albert Rivera, the strongly anti-independence leader of Spain’s Ciudadanos party, questioned the role played by Mr Torra and the regional police force, known as the Mossos d’Esquadra....
...“Fortunately, Franco’s dictatorship ended 44 years ago,” tweeted Albert Rivera, Ciudadanos leader....
...In the previous parliament Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera could have formed a coalition with the Socialists, giving them a majority; in 2016 they had agreed a joint programme of government....
...Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera, who supported a 2016 premiership bid by Mr Sánchez, has vetoed such a coalition because of the Socialist leader’s alleged willingness to accommodate separatist demands....
...But Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera has ruled it out categorically and there seems to be too much bad blood between him and Mr Sánchez. In any case, Mr Rivera is too hardline on the Catalan issue....
...A formal tie-up with Ciudadanos seems highly unlikely now that party leader Albert Rivera has set his sights on overtaking the PP as the biggest opposition party....
...Albert Rivera, leader of the pro-market Ciudadanos party, which fiercely opposes Catalan independence, said Mr Sánchez had to “finish with Torra” and apply article 155 of the Spanish constitution — which...
...Albert Rivera, Ciudadanos’ leader, resigned on Monday. The poll was triggered by the failure of Pedro Sánchez, caretaker prime minister, to win parliament’s backing to form a government....
...In the first parliamentary questions since the April 28 poll was announced last week, Mr Sánchez attacked Albert Rivera, leader of the liberal Ciudadanos and former ally, accusing him of moving his party...
...Rivera’s refusal to negotiate with Mr Sánchez....
...Albert Rivera’s snub seemed to confirm his ambitions: to lead the opposition and eventually displace Mr Sánchez as prime minister....
...Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera became the first big victim of the vote and resigned from office....
...Albert Rivera, the party’s leader, supported Mr Sánchez when he first tried to become premier in 2016....
...FT Europe editor Ben Hall says leader Albert Rivera will face calls to resign after he ruled out joining a Sánchez coalition six months ago....
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