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...Thiago Vidal, a political analyst at consultancy Prospectiva, said there was little public appetite for more restrictive measures. “Bolsonaro is not going to change,” he added....
...Can San Jose learn from Silicon Valley’s mistakes and minimise the downsides of development?...
...As a set-piece of propaganda, the unveiling of the bronze statue of José Martí that evoked Cuba’s greatest independence hero at the moment of his death was a flop....
...The seat instead went to the fresh-faced María Eugenia Vidal, formerly Mr Macri’s deputy mayor....
...Basque: Spanish Recipes from San Sebastián and Beyond, by José Pizarro, Hardie Grant Books, RRP£25/$39.95 This is Pizarro’s third book in which he finally gets to explore his own roots in Basque cooking...
...They want Rajoy to use just the stick – without the carrot,” says José María de Areilza, professor in the department of public law at Esade business school....
...Gore Vidal called Ronald Reagan “a triumph of the embalmer’s art”. Someone said Mr Bush was “born with a silver foot in his mouth”. Mr Sarkozy must raise his game....
...The diplomatic spat be-tween Caracas and San José has been simmering since the start of February, when Mr Arias implied Venezuela’s leader was “a dictator” after he was granted extraordinary powers to rule...
...Mr Chávez, who was re-elected last month, appointed Jorge Rodríguez, a psychiatrist and a former head of the national electoral authority, to replace vice-president José Vicente Rangel, 77, a veteran political...
...The most important cabinet change sees the departure of Vice-president José Vicente Rangel, a veteran politician, and his replacement by Jorge Rodríguez, an ardent leftist and former head of the electoral...
...In a column in Monday’s pro-Chávez newspaper Vea, “Marciano”, a nom-de-plume of José Vicente Rangel, the vice-president, signalled that the government was willing to extend much-needed conciliation....
...José Guerra, an economist, predicted that the current dispute between government-backed ex-workers and Coca-Cola is an example of what might become a common event during a third Chávez government....
...A Spanish government spokesman said on Wednesday that José Vicente Rangel, Venezuela’s vice-president, had told Mr Moratinos the deal would not be possible during a visit to Madrid on Tuesday....
...“The government has taken this decision guided by geopolitical criteria rather than by economic motives,” said José Luis Betancourt, head of Fedecamaras, the national business federation....
...Bogotá is keen to share its anti-drugs experience with Afghanistan, and the approach has been brokered by José Serrano, Colombia’s ambassador to Vienna....
...Venezuela’s vice-president, José Vicente Rangel, on Monday said his country’s “doors were open” to all asylum seekers....
...“They knew they were going to be defeated,’’ said José Vicente Rangel, vice-president. “Fine, they can go to hell then.’’...
...José Bono, Spanish defence minister, defended Spain’s right to sell the military hardware to Venezuela and insisted that the equipment was of a defensive nature....
...He was scheduled to depart for Spain to meet Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero on Wednesday....
...Next on the list of beneficiaries: José Serrano, Democratic representative, who will oversee a project to distribute Chávez fuel in the Bronx....
...Jose Vicente Rangel, vice-president, said Venezuela was unruffled by the decision. “We could also propose the decertification of the United States in its fight war against drugs-trafficking,” he said....
...Also expected to announce their candidacy soon are José Maria Eymael of the PSDC and Rogério Vargas of the PSC....
...Jose Guerra, until recently economic research chief at the central bank, said that while important details of the transfer of reserves from the US to Europe were cloaked in secrecy, the motive appeared clear...
...They included Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Peru's finance minister; Jose Rojas, a former Venezuelan finance minister; and Mario Alonso, Nicaragua's central bank president....
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