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...The Ferrovial boss was taken aback by the fierce reaction this month and tried to contact Sánchez, according to one person close to del Pino, but his attempt was rebuffed....
...It crafted an image as a liberal, pro-business, anti-corruption party, and it attracted attention with harmless gimmicks such as the decision of Albert Rivera, its first leader, to pose naked for a campaign...
...Rafael Pérez, Spain’s secretary of state for security, said on Thursday that increased protection measures in response to the November 24 letter had worked, “except in the case of the Ukrainian embassy,...
...Refined Cantabrian dishes are served at the excellent Amós, led by chef Jesús Sánchez, while Las Brasas de la Castellana offers broader Spanish cuisine....
...“Cuenca’s work was fundamental because he transplanted conceptualism and post-Modernism from the outside world inside Cuba,” Rafael Rojas, one of Cuba’s leading intellectuals told me....
...Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has declared that the country, where 59 per cent are fully vaccinated, deserves “the gold medal for vaccinations”....
...A 2007 law authorised state financing of the exhumation of mass burial sites and prime minister Pedro Sánchez ordered the removal of Franco’s corpse from the Valley in 2019....
...Rafael Doménech, head of economic analysis at the Spanish bank BBVA, said: “The best response to this threat is to accelerate the vaccination campaign.”...
...In contrast, a staging by Rafael Sanchez of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath feels much closer to a theatrical performance, with the story rolling out backstage and the vast landscapes and striking topicality...
...“The real key of the recovery plan is not the total amount but our ability to choose the right kind of projects,” said Rafael Doménech, head of economic analysis at BBVA, the Spanish bank....
...According to figures published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control on Thursday, Spain, which prime minister Pedro Sánchez boasted a month ago had some of the lowest infection rates...
...“We feel defenceless,” said Mr Rivera....
...Asked at the weekend about the data revisions, Mr Sánchez, said the country could be proud of its “absolute transparency”....
...Spain could have had a reforming, social democratic coalition government had Mr Sánchez and Mr Rivera joined forces following April’s vote. It will go down as a historic missed opportunity....
...The biggest failure is Mr Rivera’s. He steered his supposedly centrist party to the right, ruling out a coalition with Mr Sánchez after April’s election. It was a huge mistake....
...In a letter, Mr Sánchez argued that he had substantially met these conditions, a response that Mr Rivera depicted as dishonest....
...“It is very difficult to know what is solvent, what is healthy and what is going to be viable,” says Rafael Doménech, head of economic analysis at BBVA, the bank....
...Instead, Mr Rivera tacked to the right, hoping to become the main alternative to Mr Sánchez. On Monday, he resigned....
...Mr Rivera changed tack at the weekend, suggesting he could now back a bid by Mr Sánchez to form a government if the Socialists emerge as the biggest party again....
...Albert Rivera, Ciudadanos’ leader, resigned on Monday. The poll was triggered by the failure of Pedro Sánchez, caretaker prime minister, to win parliament’s backing to form a government....
...Verónica Fumanal, head of Spain’s Political Communication Association and a former adviser to both Mr Rivera and Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez, added that Ms Arrimadas’s options were open over the...
...Albert Rivera, leader of the pro-market Ciudadanos party, which fiercely opposes Catalan independence, said Mr Sánchez had to “finish with Torra” and apply article 155 of the Spanish constitution — which...
...Mr Sánchez....
...“No country was prepared for this,” said Rafael Bengoa, a former WHO director and health minister of the Basque region....
...The socialists and Ciudadanos might once have been considered natural bedfellows for a coalition, and Mr Rivera supported Mr Sánchez in a bid to form a government in 2016....
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