Hints and tips:
...Ami Bera, the top Democrat on the House foreign affairs Indo-Pacific subcommittee, and two other co-chairs of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus — Republicans Andy Barr and Mario Díaz-Balart — will visit Taiwan...
...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....
...Walk around to the rear of the building and you will find Swiss architect Mario Botta’s surprisingly huge and coherent series of additions dating from the past couple of decades, the most recent instalment...
...After 37 days trapped underground, Mario Sepúlveda, malnourished and on the brink of madness, believed he had to fight the devil....
...Italy’s outgoing prime minister Mario Draghi will give his last address to the UN tomorrow evening before returning home to cast his vote in elections on Sunday which are likely to usher in a government...
...Yolanda Díaz, the communist deputy prime minister, has said the priority should be “research, education and health”....
...Matteo Salvini, League leader, has recently shifted to the centre, softening his Euroscepticism and supporting the government of Mario Draghi, the former European Central Bank chief....
...When Matteo Salvini this year pledged allegiance to Mario Draghi’s national unity government, many in Rome expected his party to swiftly return to its old tricks....
...Referring to the Italian administration formed by Mario Draghi this year, he added: “We need people with lots of experience, including internationally and with different political orientations; not just...
...He also says he sought to develop new PP talent, such as his old friend Isabel Díaz Ayuso, whom he tapped as leader of the greater Madrid region, and Juan Manuel Moreno, who captured the Socialists’ traditional...
...Four House members — Ben McAdams, a Democrat from Utah, Mario Díaz-Balart, a Republican from Florida, Joe Cunningham, a Democrat from South Carolina and Mike Kelly, a Democrat from Pennsylvania — have tested...
...The Italian dealership, founded in 1990 by a Tuscan trio — Mario Cristiani, Lorenzo Fiaschi and Maurizio Rigillo — has its home base in San Gimignano, and spaces in Beijing and Les Moulins in France....
...The dollar yo-yoed after Mr Trump on Thursday contradicted his Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin’s call at Davos for a weak dollar, a remark that was criticised by European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi...
...Raúl Castro, 86, stood down as president of Cuba and was replaced by Miguel Díaz-Canel, 57, the vice-president....
...There is little doubt among local pollsters and pundits that “Marito” — as Mario Abdo Benítez, the son of the dictator Alfredo Stroessner’s influential private secretary, is affectionately known — will cruise...
...“I am disappointed . . . that the regulations do not fully implement what the president ordered,” Mario Diaz-Balart, a Florida congressman, said separately....
...My Fulcrum colleagues Juan Antolin-Diaz, Thomas Drechsel and Ivan Petrella have been working on the theory....
...Florida senator Marco Rubio, Miami congressman Mario Diaz Balart and other Cuban-American hardliners have said US policy should go back to shutting off commercial, economic, diplomatic and travel relations...
...“His choices suggest that Mr Rajoy has not designed a government for dialogue,” said socialist spokesman Mario Jiménez....
...Vice-president elect Mike Pence, who has called Mr Castro “a murderous dictator”, is also reportedly close to Cuban-American hardliners, such as congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, the only sitting Miami Republican...
...For more information on these forecasting methods, see this note by Juan Antolin Diaz....
...Even the one Trump-backing congressman in South Florida, Mario Diaz-Balart, won’t mention Trump’s name; he euphemistically calls him “the nominee”....
...Photographs: Rolando Diaz; Fredrik Nilsen; Silvia Ros; Winston Wachter; Magnin-A; Long Sharp...
...That has made for a delicate balancing act, “but I wouldn’t underestimate Scioli’s [independence],” Mr Díaz adds....
...Mario Blejer, a former central bank president, argues that there may be another solution, if the government is able to secure a currency swap with China that would enable it to pay an outstanding trade deficit...
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