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...Luis Manuel Díaz, the footballer’s father, was released following an operation carried out by the Colombian military, the United Nations, and the Catholic Church, the government in Bogotá confirmed on Thursday...
...Colombia’s interior ministry on Thursday confirmed Díaz’s father, Luis Manuel Díaz, is being held by the ELN and that the ceasefire in place with the group amid negotiations is now “at risk”....
...“We announce with joy the release of Luis Manuel Díaz,” a government peace delegation said. “He was able to return safely to his family and his community.”...
...was likely to attend, officials said, along with Chile’s Gabriel Boric and other more controversial figures such as Venezuela’s revolutionary socialist president Nicolás Maduro and Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel...
...Antonio García, the ELN commander, rationalises kidnapping as a means of financing the group, but concedes that the abduction of Luis Manuel Díaz was a “mistake”....
...Luis Manuel Díaz was released unharmed on November 9 but about 25 other hostages remain in ELN captivity, according to non-party conflict monitoring group Cerac....
...Madrid is the autonomous community with the lowest tax rates in Spain, and new tax residents will benefit from a cut in personal income tax (IRPF), announced by the president of the Madrid region, Isabel Díaz...
...Spain’s shock general election has humbled opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo and enhanced the status of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the combative head of the Madrid region, who is now seen as the best hope of...
...For populist president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, it forms part of a gambit to draw investment to the poorer south — albeit one that industry figures are sceptical can succeed....
...But while Petro wants to end new oil and gas development and go green, Mexico’s leftist leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador is spending at least $14bn on a new oil refinery....
...The union opened the investigation last year after allegations of sexual harassment were made against Manuel Cortes, its former general secretary, who retired in October....
...Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has changed electricity market rules to favour the state utility’s higher-carbon electricity production over private, zero-carbon renewables....
...The chaos engulfing the UK government will make it harder to avert a wave of UK rail strikes this summer, Manuel Cortes, head of the TSSA union, said on Wednesday....
...“Castillo is our legitimate president,” said Wilmer Díaz, a taxi driver from the capital. “Boluarte shouldn’t be there, congress should be closed.”...
...The action would involve a few hundred staff at stations on the west coast mainline, but the union’s general secretary, Manuel Cortes, said ministers “should take note” as the result was “only the beginning...
...“We would much rather find a fair negotiated solution to this now long-running dispute, but we simply have no choice,” said TSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes....
...In the mid-1990s, Cordoban flash dancer Joaquín Cortés took to wearing a long black Armani-designed skirt....
...Manuel Cortes, TSSA general secretary, said the deal showed unions were “in no way a block on finding the solutions needed to avoid a summer of discontent on the railways”....
...Manuel Cortes, TSSA’s general secretary, blamed the government for the impasse....
...When the current owner Juan Manuel’s parents — restaurateur Manuel del Rey and his wife Blanca, a celebrated flamenco dancer and now artistic director — founded the Corral in 1956, they combined their expertise...
...Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the TSSA transport union — of which Tarry was a member before being elected to parliament — told the Financial Times that he was “appalled” by the sacking....
...Yolanda Díaz, one of Spain’s deputy prime ministers, said last month that what the banks were offering was “not enough”....
...Like everyone else our members just want to be able to turn the heating on this winter,” said Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the TSSA....
...Manuel Cortes, the union’s leader, said the results “greatly increase the prospect of major disruption”....
...Staff at Avanti West Coast voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay, job security and conditions last week, with Manuel Cortes, TSSA general secretary, warning ministers...
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