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...José Luis Martínez-Almeida, Madrid’s mayor and another PP politician, sought to lower the temperature. “It is not Madrid versus Catalonia,” he said. “This is not against anyone.”...
...“Because it’s the only way I see to make sure the PP carries out certain policies,” he said....
...It is a depressing spectacle, said former general Ricardo Martínez Menanteau, who led Chile’s military until 2022....
...When Carmen Mola won the world’s richest literary prize last week, the veil of anonymity was stripped away....
...Then, in 1989, a young Miami restaurateur named Douglas Rodriguez — the son of Cuban immigrants — elevated the local Latin dining scene....
...The meetup’s co-founder, Natalia Martinez-Kalinina, who also runs a book club and throws kitesurfing outings for newcomers, says these nights show her what the future of Miami might be....
...That’s what I call a real president, he loved us....
...“Inditex has pioneered a model that is logistically outstanding and has superb, responsive information systems that focus on novelty,” says Carmen Valor Martínez, a sustainable fashion expert at Comillas...
...“Yesterday I waited eight hours in line for petrol. Today I voted in three minutes,” one man said after casting his ballot in Catia....
...I would always say: ‘I don’t want to go. It’s only for old people,’” says Abghari, 38....
...We are fighting against 21st-century socialism,” says Mr Martínez, a lawyer. “They can’t evict us.”...
...Carmen Rodríguez-Medel, an investigating magistrate, has opened a probe looking at whether, in authorising the demonstration, the central government’s representative in Madrid knowingly made an unjust decision...
...“If I can’t change my trip, then I’ll go — it’s a ton of money,” said Rodrigo Pacheco, a journalist, who bought tickets to the Xcaret resort in Playa del Carmen on the Caribbean coast in February, and is...
...Echoing the sentiments of many Cubans, Verónica Martinez, a Havana secretary, said the government had done an excellent job because it had prioritised healthcare and education for decades....
...“I told him there was nothing we could do.”...
...“I want to go to the US . . . I can’t stay here because of the language barrier . . . they should just let Africans through,” said Douglas, a 27-year-old truck driver fleeing conflict in Cameroon....
...“It fills a gap in me that I didn’t really know how to fill.”...
...Wired magazine this week ran a nice piece from Antonio Garcia Martinez, arguing that the analogy is also misleading. “No, data is not the new oil,” he wrote....
...Those flamenco artists whom I revere — from Carmen Amaya (Jean Cocteau called her “black rain beating against a window”) to Israel Galván, virtuoso of the unexpected, and Carmen Cortés, that earth mother...
...Nives Rodriguez, 27 Rodriguez, originally from Puerto Rico, was a car fanatic, according to local media....
...“I practically felt I’d killed him because I didn’t take proper care of myself. I didn’t realise, I didn’t go to the doctor,” she says....
...“I was a Chavista, but I do not agree with the giveaways, I do not agree with these queues.”...
...“I tease these guys because now they can vote,” he says. “I tell them, ‘one requirement: I helped you — don’t vote for Democrats.’ But that doesn’t last too long.”...
...The ears and the tail went to Amaya (great-niece of flamenco legend Carmen) whose seguiriya provided a superb finale....
...“It is the question that I am being constantly asked; at what oil price can Venezuela no longer pay [its debts]?” said Francisco Rodríguez, senior economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch....
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