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...The venue was the Royal Albert Hall. Ezra Collective had played there once before, during a charity gig in 2013 after they were crowned best jazz ensemble at a national youth music awards....
...Other artists of his era wanted celebrity: we recognise Pablo Picasso the man as much as his art....
...She opened her gallery in 1901 and gave the then-unknown Pablo Picasso his first show, before he even moved to France. She made the first sale for Henri Matisse....
...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...
...For context, the report notes that work by Pablo Picasso alone generated $4.8bn at auction over the same period. “It’s a cyclical thing that is not changing....
...Before the result was announced Mr Sánchez accused Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias of prioritising his personal ambitions over policies, saying “99.9 per cent” of their conversations had focused on government...
...The most urgent reaction to the rise of Vox was from Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias....
...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....
...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...
...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...
...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....
...Critics, especially PP leader Pablo Casado, have nonetheless labelled him a compulsive liar, a criminal and a friend to terrorists....
...On Sunday Pablo Iglesias, leader of Podemos, reiterated his desire to form part of a Socialist-led government....
...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....
...Pablo Casado, the PP leader, appeared to open the door a crack after the results came out. “We are going to be very demanding with the Socialists,” he said....
...“They are ceasing to be a national party,” said Pablo Simon, professor of politics at Madrid’s Carlos III university. Not all PP supporters are pessimistic....
...But their relationship has soured over Mr Sánchez’s talks with Catalan separatist parties, and Ciudadanos head Albert Rivera has vociferously ruled out voting for Mr Sánchez, or abstaining, as he has moved...
...More recently, Mr Rivera participated in a demonstration in Madrid against Mr Sánchez’s government, where he was photographed alongside PP head Pablo Casado and Vox leader Santiago Abascal....
...The debate was punctuated with theatrical moments from Albert Rivera of the economically liberal Ciudadanos party, which has faded in recent polls....
...Pablo Iglesias of the anti-establishment Podemos party, born out of a protest movement of 2011, emerged as the most measured leader in the intense debate....
...Albert Rivera’s snub seemed to confirm his ambitions: to lead the opposition and eventually displace Mr Sánchez as prime minister....
...Albert Rivera, leader of the ostensibly liberal centre-right Ciudadanos (Citizens) party, lurched recklessly right in a bid — which looks to have failed — to supplant the PP and become prime minister....
...“I think it’s [women’s votes] one of the few things that can save this country,” says Pablo Echenique of Podemos....
...Albert Rivera, Ciudadanos leader, said it was a “good day” and warned against offering Mr Sánchez a chance to return to the Moncloa after a “failed legislature.”...
...Barely six months ago Pablo Casado, the leader of the centre-right People’s party, scoffed at the idea that Vox posed an electoral threat....
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