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...When the Portuguese abstract expressionist painter Maria Helena Vieira da Silva’s Kukas ring no longer fitted her, she displayed the striking piece at home, framing it in a Perspex box like a much-loved...
...As Jorge Mariscal of UBS put it: “The number one priority for Amlo [López Obrador] is not to create too many waves right now. They want to settle in without a financial crisis....
...To quote Jorge Mariscal, emerging markets chief investment officer at UBS Wealth Management: “The strike is a reminder that the populist trends in Brazil aren’t going away....
...Gladys Silva, a 48-year-old from a hamlet in the Peruvian Amazon, counters that the legacy of Ms Fujimori’s father “is still good, important”....
...At that time, the currency was struck by pessimism over the election of a leftwing firebrand president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who later turned out to be more market-friendly than expected....
...The main challenger, Marina Silva, has promised to reform the political process and overhaul the tax and social security systems....
...“Each meal costs R$4.80 to the municipality, and we sell it at R$1,” says Maria de Lourdes Lôbo Ramos, the social welfare secretary at Lauro de Freitas....
...the G8 launched what it planned as an “equal and enduring partnership” with five emerging economies, but in reality – in spite of some progress – the “developed countries have basically set the agenda”, Lourdes...
...But as the interminable counting of votes cast in the presidential election on April 9 wraps up this week (click here for coverage and here for results) it would be surprising if Lourdes Flores, the most...
...For weeks investment banks and their Peruvian contacts have been blithely assuring clients that Lourdes Flores, the pro-market favourite, was a sure winner in the second round of the contest....
...A poll published on Sunday by Apoyo, gave Mr Humala a four-percentage point lead over Lourdes Flores, the pro-business right-winger....
...Not least given last week’s resignation of Antonio Palocci, the market-friendly Brazilian finance minister, and new polls that confirm that support for Lourdes Flores, the business favourite, is further...
...Both President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Néstor Kirchner have acted with one eye on the electoral calendar....
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