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...E&V is marketing a four-bedroom villa with sea views for €3.95m....
...In La Paz, Samuel Doria Medina, son of a well-known opposition politician, opened the upmarket Jardín de Asia restaurant in 2013. He puts politics to one side....
...Cecilia León de la Barra, inspired by the forms, colour and techniques of Mexican culture, has gained attention overseas, as has Emiliano Godoy, whose Knit chair, fashioned from plywood “knitted” together...
...Home for Blaï Mateu Trias is a converted double decker bus where he lives with his wife, daughters, two horses and Gus, the performing crow....
...By contrast, in Mexico, wage stagnation, under-employment and inflation have eroded the income level of some 31m Mexicans, according to Jose Luis de la Cruz, an economist and director of the Center for Research...
...The Goldfinch introduces us to Theo Decker, a modern-day Dickensian hero, and his suitably picaresque adventures in New York, Las Vegas and Amsterdam....
...It starts in fin de siècle Paris with Louis Bachelier’s “random walk” model, runs through the blackjack tables of Las Vegas, and ends with today’s Renaissance Technologies fund....
...There is photography by Alexandra Hughes, and “Stuck”, a monumental crumpled brown canvas by Angela de la Cruz reacting against movement....
...de Piedra, Umbral Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 Mendoza, £9.60 Fabre Montmayou, Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 Luján de Cuyo, £12.99 Finca Sophenia, Reserve Syrah 2009 Tupungato, £9.95 Catena Zapata,...
...In Santa Cruz, Mr Reyes won an estimated 44 per cent of the vote, and Mr Morales 39 per cent....
...The destruction of parts of this Moorish treasure was left to Charles V, who built the Italianate palace in the middle of it that he never stayed in, and to Napoleon’s troops, who blew up some of the Medina...
...The prefects of six of Bolivia’s nine departments – including leaders of La Paz, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba – held an emergency meeting at the weekend....
...Juan Pantoja de la Cruz’s 1605 version of Charles is, in fact, Titian’s, right down to the Emperor’s amiable, crooked smile....
...“I am worried that Mr Morales has surrounded himself with rightwingers and that the indigenous people may be taken advantage of,” said Mr de la Cruz....
...That goal was laid on a plate for the big man by Luis Antonio Valencia, whose zestful presence on the right flank means Ulises de la Cruz can focus more on his defensive duties....
...Mr De la Cruz also rejected any dialogue with right-wing opposition parties, urging Mr Morales not to talk to people who were “guilty of corruption” or who “had sold the country”....
...The wealthy south-eastern province of Santa Cruz, where support for Mr Morales is weak, is a natural enemy....
...Winston Moore, a political analyst in La Paz, said the agreement was likely to bring a rare period of social peace in the deeply divided Andean country....
...Thiago Luiz de Salles GomesSao Paulo, Brazil Mi más sentido homenaje a todas las víctimas del criminal atentado. R....
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