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...In the 200 years since independence, the country has only tried it out twice previously: in the liberal era of Benito Juárez in the 1860s and ‘70s, and again during the 15-month tenure as president of Francisco...
...José María Aznar, a former conservative prime minister, likened Sánchez to a caudillo, or strongman — a label applied to Spain’s former dictator Francisco Franco....
...“The campaigns are more aggressive compared to other presidential campaigns . . . there is a lot at stake,” said Francisco Abundis, director of polling firm Parametria....
...Francisco Monaldi, a Venezuelan oil expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute, said the timing of the arrest, months ahead of an election and with the future of US sanctions in doubt, could be a message...
...Lauren Sánchez, who had reportedly received fashion advice from Wintour in the run-up to the event, was corseted too....
...Investment in Spain, she said, was “starting to fall” as a consequence.Rocío Albert López-Ibor, Ayuso’s economic chief, told the Financial Times the amnesty “sends a signal that what’s been established by...
...Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music....
...In exchange, the Together for Catalonia party will support the current socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez. That paves the way for Sánchez to secure another term in office....
...Francisco Gallardo, a priest who runs migrant shelters in Reynosa and Matamoros, said he has been hearing for months about kidnapping for ransom of men, women and children who said they were abused, beaten...
...Mexico: Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador is meeting Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in San Francisco....
...Vox’s breakthrough in the election four years ago had scotched the idea that Spain was immune to the rise of the hard right because of the legacy of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship....
...PP leader, will probably need the support of the Vox party to take office, meaning the hard right could enter government for the first time since Spain’s return to democracy after the death of dictator Francisco...
...Mexico has joined Brazil in calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, with leftist president Andrés Manuel López Obrador brushing off Israel’s criticism of his failure to condemn Hamas....
...But Elena López, Rico’s wife, brushed off such views of Vox as nonsense....
...Monetary policy: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta president Raphael Bostic, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City president Jeffrey Schmid and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco president Mary Daly speak...
...Additional help from Monica Lopez, Katie McMurran, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer....
...in San Francisco later today....
...The “caudillo”, or strongman, loomed large in the 19th century despite often dire results: Mexico’s Antonio López de Santa Anna lost more than half the country’s territory to the US and Paraguay’s Francisco...
...It seemed as if memories of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship had cauterised voters against extremism....
...“He’s built a cult phenomenon around his personality,” said Óscar Picardo, director of the sciences institute at the Francisco Gavidia University and Bukele’s former middle school teacher....
...She’s a tech columnist based in San Francisco. Hi, Elaine. Elaine Moore Hi there....
...The centre holds If Brussels was afraid of the far right in power in Spain for the first time since dictator Francisco Franco, yesterday’s results were a relief....
...Other groupings designed to work in tandem include Quince and Cotogna in San Francisco; the Le Comptoir venues in Paris; and Il Santo, Il Santino Bevitore and S.forno in Florence....
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today: APAC summit: US President Joe Biden will hold talks with his Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador on the final day of the summit in San Francisco....
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