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...STRONG Sánchez Romate, Don José Medium Dry Oloroso NV Sherry (17.5%)Sad to see such a well-aged wine from an old family company being sold so cheaply....
...£11.99 Waitrose Lustau, Don Gaspar Dry Amontillado Sherry 18.5% A great wine. Transparent, star-bright, tawny amber. Smells of a blend of cheese and popcorn!...
...Authorities named the bomber, who died in the blast, as José Rojas Rodríguez and said he was an ELN member for at least 25 years....
...Campins’ work is on show this week at Art Basel Miami Beach at Galleria Continua, along with other Cuban practitioners, including José Mesías....
...readables The most entertaining analysis of the minimum wage debate I’ve seen — or rather heard: the radio show Planet Money has found a California shopping centre that straddles the boundary between San Jose...
...“Piñera’s diplomacy subordinated everything to commercial and mercantile interests,” says Gabriel Gaspar, a former diplomat and international analyst at Chile 21, a left-leaning think-tank in Santiago....
...José Manuel Barroso, the commission president and a former prime minister of Portugal, has praised his “experience and technical skill”....
...“The country needs a new government with democratic legitimacy,” said António José Seguro, leader of the centre-left Socialists, the main opposition party....
...António José Seguro, leader of the centre-left Socialists (PS), the main opposition party, scheduled a meeting with President Aníbal Cavaco Silva on Wednesday to reiterate his call for an early election....
...In Brussels, José Manuel Barroso, the European commissioner president – and former Portuguese prime minister – reminded his countrymen of the sacrifices they had made over the past two years, warning that...
...It was disagreement with her promotion from Treasury secretary to replace Mr Gaspar that had caused Mr Portas to tender his resignation....
...Portugal was plunged into crisis last week after Paulo Portas, leader of the junior coalition party, resigned as foreign minister less than 24 hours after Vítor Gaspar also quit as finance minister amid...
...The architect of the austerity plan, former finance minister Vitor Gaspar, resigned on July 1....
...Vítor Gaspar, finance minister, has said the economy will contract by 2 per cent this year – twice as much as the government initially forecast – while unemployment is expected to reach a record 17.3 per...
...However, António José Seguro, the Socialist party leader, has refused government invitations to discuss possible reforms, accusing the prime minister of seeking to dismantle parts of the public health and...
...“In practical terms, [the court decision] means the country has neither a government nor a budget,” said António José Seguro, leader of the opposition Socialists....
...But also a city where the ghost of a fictitious 18th-century pirate named José Gaspar pervades the culture – the biggest social event is the annual Gasparilla Day parade....
...Vítor Gaspar, Portuguese finance minister, said the funds would ensure that Banco Commercial Portugues, Banco BPI and state-owned Caixa Geral de Depósitos met tough new capital requirements set by the...
...Vítor Gaspar, a previous head of the European Central Bank’s research department, brings impeccable technical credentials to his job as finance minister....
...In Brussels, he reported directly to José Manuel Barroso, the Commission president and a former Portuguese prime minister....
...“They were eager to hear our views,” says José Ferreira Machado, dean of the faculty....
...In Uruguay, president José Mujica is a former Tupamaro rebel who has applied realism and has restored Uruguay’s ancestral republicanism....
...Gaspar Llamazares, leader of the United Left party, described the event as “two monologues, short on proposals and long on reproaches”....
...If you are a CEO, a head of state, or just someone who watches them, it is possible on a single day next week to have breakfast with EU president José Barroso, lunch with Pascal Lamy, director-general of...
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