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...For the Madrid region, led by Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the F1 decision plays into the narrative that Madrid is booming economically, while Barcelona has lost some of its mojo....
...“We’re making history,” González said in the capital Quito on Sunday night. “We’re going to build a country with dignity and security.”...
...“It will probably increase the actual value of the Premier League,” said Diaz....
...We’re in Amelia, Umbria, an ancient town surrounded by abundant countryside once occupied by the Romans....
...(laughter) And I think the book he pinched was Trust by Hernan Diaz....
...It’s easy to see the appeal – if you’re already spinning around to her tunes, why not let her provide the booze too?...
...What else we’re reading Will MGM be Amazon’s ticket to Hollywood’s big leagues?...
...“You can cash in by licking the arrogance of the empire,” go the lyrics, referring to the US. “You can cash in by singing that you’re against poverty from a satin sofa.”...
...“If Morales sees himself as a regional leader in the 2020s, he’s deluding himself . . . We’re in a different reality.”...
...What else we’re reading Investors pivot to Biden ‘blue wave’ Shifts to small-cap stocks suggest investors are preparing for Democrats to win more than just the White House in next month’s election, as polls...
...re-election chances yet another blow....
...All in all, few are optimistic about Argentina's outlook and what it means for incumbent Mauricio Macri's prospects of re-election....
...When Mauricio Macri was elected Argentina's president in 2015, he was hailed as a pro-market, pro-reform leader willing to make the difficult policy decisions that would eventually re-right the country's...
...But with its financial house in better order, the country is better equipped to muddle through this time around — a necessity if current president Mauricio Macri is to win re-election in October....
...Still, Argentina is very different from what it was in 2001. Over the past two-and-a-half years, the government has made great strides in re-building market confidence....
...In Argentina, the centre-right president Mauricio Macri tweeted on Thursday that his government would strip Mr Maduro of its most distinguished decoration — the Order of the Liberator General San Martín,...
...Thirty-three seats in the US Senate are up for re-election, as well as all 435 seats in the House of Representatives. About 36 of 50 state governorships are also in contention....
...Whoever gets involved in a coup plot, or calls for violence, is going to jail, sir. Shriek, weep or scream, but you’re going to jail,” he said at a rally in Caracas on Tuesday....
...In contrast, the official inflation figure for May is actually higher than most private estimates, the bulk of which range from 3-4 per cent. “You’re back Indec!...
...Lately, Argentina’s president, Mauricio Macri, has also expressed mounting impatience with Mercosur as he seeks to reinsert his country into the international global community....
...Juan Contreras, a socialist congressman seeking re-election in Caracas’ 23 de Enero slum, is an exception: a politician who still defends the government. He is even optimistic about Sunday’s result....
...And Junot Diaz denounces the banning of Latino studies in the US state of Arizona – which Ben Okri quickly takes up, proposing that the conference issue a statement condemning the policy in forceful terms...
...… ART Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life , by TJ Clark and Anne Wagner, Tate Publishing, RRP£19.99 This smart volume accompanying Tate’s recent and radical re-evaluation of Lowry is delightfully...
...Love Looks Not with the Eyes: Thirteen years with Lee Alexander McQueen, by Anne Deniau, Abrams, RRP£45 This has been a year of Alexander McQueen books – at last count there were at least four of them...
...I remember once sitting next to the singer Eve at an awards dinner and complimenting her corseted Alexander McQueen number....
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