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...Supreme court justice Eduardo Medina Mora, a former attorney-general, was accused of money-laundering and had his bank accounts frozen....
...Mr Medina, who said he supported direct listings, acknowledged that IPOs are not the only way to attract the big asset managers....
...In and among it all are rare vintage pieces – YSL, Lanvin – selected by the fashion curator Carmen Haid....
...When I spent a happy couple of hours pushing through the elbow-crushing medina, there was a sizzling, upbeat energy to daily life....
...But the drawings of the Haitian dancer Carmen Lahens from the 1940s are barely less perfumed, oscillating uneasily between abstraction and mythmaking....
...Linares, Marina Heredia and Arcangel — and dance from Ana Morales, tearing various passions to dazzling tatters, with two fine guitarists and a percussionist, and all of them of grandest talent....
...He will be accompanied by the suave, multilingual Spanish officer Medina, who is to report back when summary execution has been administered....
...The glittering gowns, the Carmen Miranda skirts, the lavish gifts from gamblers, the amorous astronaut, the tens of thousands of dollars that Ruby earns, are all the stuff of girlish dreams....
...Samuel Doria Medina, a businessman and former presidential candidate, said: “The people told them no!”...
...Al and Carmen Castellano Alcario “Al” Castellano and his wife Carmen had always supported local community groups, but the family’s giving moved to a new level in 2001 after Al won the California state lottery...
...“The prices of minerals have gone down and the costs of production have increased,” said opposition leader Samuel Doria Medina. “That is the cause of the protest.”...
...“They called the referendum, they lost it,” said Samuel Doria Medina, opposition leader. “Recognise your defeat and obey the people’s mandate,” he urged Mr Morales....
...However, Samuel Doria Medina, a tycoon and opposition leader, said the result was clear. “Definitive, Bolivia won, they called a referendum and people told them no.”...
...“They are stealing money from the impoverished indigenous people, there’s indignation,” says Samuel Doria Medina, an opposition leader who spearheaded the campaign against Mr Morales....
...“Morales feels he is the country’s patron,” says Samuel Doria Medina, a businessman and politician who ran for president against him three times....
...Mr Morales Gil’s is widely believed to know more about Mexico’s prospects than anybody else....
...Javier Diez de Medina, who works for San Cristóbal and also represents an association of midsized (and international) mining companies, says governments before Morales’ also failed to develop mining policies...
...Since 2006, when Evo Morales became president, the economy — a big exporter of gas and minerals — has almost tripled in size....
...Mr Morales is projected to win on Sunday with 59 per cent of the vote compared to 13 per cent for his nearest rival, the cement tycoon Samuel Doria Medina, according to Ipsos....
...“The Constitutional Tribunal ignores the Constitution and puts itself outside the law by allowing [a Morales] re-election,” tweeted Samuel Doria Medina, a cement tycoon and centre-right opponent....
...The supporting roles are also hit-and-miss, Duncan Rock’s swaggering Moralès and Madeleine Shaw’s fruity Mercédès apart....
...Samuel Medina, a cement magnate who promised more jobs and better access to credit, trailed in third position. “Let’s work to improve the lives of all Bolivians,” he said, conceding defeat....
...Hotel Esensia’s 30 rooms are a fusion of Caribbean colours, Mayan heritage and sleek modernity and, more importantly, a world away from the larger resorts of Playa del Carmen....
...[from Bizet’s Carmen] in the first movement.”...
...His Carmen, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, never risked going over the top....
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