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...The classic, comfortable furnishings and Belle Époque architecture have been maintained by Spanish architect Rafael de La-Hoz and French designers Gilles & Boissier....
...Caviar and gold taps are all very well, but 15 minutes alone with Velázquez’s “Las Meninas” might be a luxury greater than either....
...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...
...“We will have here all of the elements for Christmas, all of it will be guaranteed, ” said Rafael Ramírez, the oil minister who was appointed to head the cabinet’s economic team last week....
...It still cherishes the Siglo de Oro, the 16th and 17th centuries of Cervantes, Velázquez and imperial conquest in South America....
...Nevertheless, Efraín Velázquez, president of the National Economic Council, which advises the government, was pessimistic about the prospects for a more orthodox economic policy....
...The issuance marks the second stage in the economic plan of new finance minister Rafael Isea, following the sale so far this year of almost $1.5bn in structured notes....
...Rafael Tegeo’s study of his daughter, daydreaming with pursed lips, is a lovely example of the homelier subject matter of the time....
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