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...Rafael Fernández de Castro, director of the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego, said: “This government . . . reacts [to the DEA] with more emphasis on sovereignty — and that creates clashes....
...In 1991, soon after his confrontation with Castro, Cuenca moved to Mexico City....
...Fast-forward a decade, and Chávez and Castro are dead. Colombia’s guerrilla war has ended. Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in prison. Ecuador’s Rafael Correa is in exile....
...He is more isolated today than when he was being embraced by the likes of Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Ecuador’s Rafael Correa....
...On issues ranging from healthcare and immigration to racism and climate change, Mr Biden faced assaults from Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator, and Julián Castro, the former Obama cabinet secretary who...
...Representative Joaquin Castro, Democrat of Texas and the chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, called Mr Trump a “bigot.”...
...One of the last survivors of the leftist “pink tide” that spawned Chávez in Venezuela, Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua and Rafael Correa in Ecuador, he should have stepped aside already: the constitution he approved...
...With the Castros now out of power in Cuba, the moustachioed Mr Ortega is the last of the historic generation of Latin American revolutionaries still in office....
...Her Albrecht, Rafael Quenedit, is just 21 but displayed the fluid elegance and charisma of a bona fide star....
...In the case of Rafael Correa, leader of Ecuador’s “citizens’ revolution”, it was a law preventing him from serving a fourth consecutive term — although he could yet return, Putin-like, at future elections...
...The result will likely force a run-off against Lenín Boltaire Moreno, the anointed candidate of leftwing leader Rafael Correa....
...awakening begins 1947 — He takes part in an abortive attempt to invade the Dominican Republic and overthrow its dictator Rafael Trujillo 1948 — He participates in riots in Bogotá, Colombia 1949 — He marries...
...Others such as Evo Morales in Bolivia, Rafael Correa in Ecuador and Mr Maduro in Venezuela face growing opposition as the region swings from the left towards the political centre following the bust of the...
...It is why Ecuador’s outgoing leader Rafael Correa sang odes to Che Guevara after his candidate Lenín Boltaire Moreno won Sunday’s vote....
...Drawn to the start of Cuba’s watch story, I go to see the original Cuervo y Sobrinos shop on San Rafael Street....
...It will probably be the last presided over by a Castro brother: President Raúl Castro, 84, has said he will retire in 2018; his predecessor Fidel, aged 89, stepped down in 2006....
...“The timing . . . is important,” said Rafael Hernández, editor of Temas, a Cuban political quarterly. “It is happening . . . while there are still seeds to sow in US and Cuban policy.”...
...Sports Barry Bonds hits 715th home run to eclipse Babe Ruth’s record.Italy beats France 5-3 on penalties in World Cup Final after 1-1 draw.Roger Federer wins fourth-straight Wimbledon, beating Rafael Nadal.Pittsburgh...
...While conciliatory towards Cuba, Mr Obama hit back pointedly at criticism from Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, saying he “always enjoyed the history lessons I receive”....
...Rafael Hernández, editor of Temas, notes: “Raúl Castro has said the private sector is not an agent of capitalism, and has spoken of the need to end old habits of thinking....
...“All of Raúl’s economic reforms involved decentralisation, which is good, as Cuba needs that,” says Rafael Hernández, editor of Temas, a state-published cultural magazine....
...Mr Castro followed suit....
...Those leftwing populists Rafael Correa and Evo Morales, the presidents of Ecuador and Bolivia respectively, are part of the region’s most recent wave of leftist leaders who followed in the footsteps of...
...“We are seeing a shift in the nature of political risk surrounding Brazil,” says Rafael Cortez, a political scientist at Tendências, a consultancy....
...Rafael Correa, the leftwing president of Ecuador, called US comments about Venezuela being a security threat “a bad joke”....
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