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...Up at Bar Cruz on Plaza Cascorro, a rowdy hub of hugs, spillages and hollered tapas orders, owner Rafael Martinez said that part of this “absolute madness” was probably derived from abiding relief at the...
...A candidate representing the interests of the country’s former leftwing president Rafael Correa is almost certain to run....
...So far, multilateral institutions have stuck by Ecuador during its woes, recognition perhaps of Mr Moreno’s efforts to unpick the legacy of his socialist predecessor, Rafael Correa....
...Rafael Catalá, the justice minister, said the government would use all the tools at its disposal — including if necessary the suspension of Catalonia’s autonomy — to enforce the rule of law....
...“If we face Germany again people will be very tense,” said Rafael Martinez Pires, a 24-year-old advertising executive, adding that many were pinning their hopes on Neymar....
...Painting, as poet Rafael Alberti said, with “the fleeting touch of a transparent wing”, he established a symbolism of power that resonated because he fixed each transitory life, king or clown, child or dwarf...
...Police chief Freddy Martínez has resigned and three police colonels are under investigation for charges relating to the rebellion....
...Ecuador has begun a promised purge of police leadership after disgruntled officers attacked Rafael Correa, the Opec nation’s leftwing president, and held him captive for a day....
...The video followed a front-page photograph of Mr Castro meeting with Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, published on Sunday in the newspaper Juventud Rebelde....
...Sixth-seeded Dinara Safina of Russia won her 12th match in a row, beating Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain 7-6 6-1....
...My living room is dominated by a beautiful steel sculpture, ”Explosición”, by the Mexican artist César Martínez Silva....
...Neither for that matter will President Rafael Correa’s announcement on Saturday that foreign oil companies will have just 45 days in which to negotiate new contracts with the government....
...This is the place from which Vasco de Gama set off to discover the new world and where, according to history, Domingos Rafael Alves arrived from Brazil in 1837 in search of a money-making scheme....
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