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...While such international pressure was expected, last week’s resignation of Supreme Court judge Rafael Solís, for years a close ally of the president, came out of the blue....
...Indeed, Evo Morales in Bolivia remains anchored to power; so does Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, Dési Bouterse in Suriname, and Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela....
...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...
...Ecuador’s former president Rafael Correa is accused of accepting money from an illegal armed group, and in Bolivia, Evo Morales has faced mass protests after pushing through constitutional changes to run...
...Even allies, such as Rafael Correa, Ecuador’s former leftist president, believes the solution is free elections....
...Daniel Ortega, a former leader of the Sandinista guerrillas, is still firmly in charge of Nicaragua after winning a landslide election victory in November....
...The son of Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega, a Fidel Castro protégé, has a fondness for expensive watches....
...Apart from the Catalan president, Irene Rigau, a regional minister, and Joana Ortega, the former vice-president of Catalonia, will also appear in court....
...At the launch President Daniel Ortega tried to assuage fears of signing sovereignty over to China....
...President Daniel Ortega had to assuage fears that awarding the 100-year contract was signing sovereignty over to China....
...Damián Ortega erects a structure out of stiff, slotted tortillas, a mocking homage to mid-century toys for future engineers....
...But in Quito, nestled in a high Andean valley under snow-capped volcanoes, Mr Snowden will also no doubt meet Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa, a leftist strongman full of contradictions....
...Alfredo Espinosa, a resident of Rafael Angel Río, a poor area of Managua, took possession this week of 10 new zinc tiles to refit his dilapidated house made partially from cardboard and plastic sheets....
...Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador, and Daniel Ortega, president of Nicaragua, also did not attend....
...But in a city sometimes called the “capital of Latin America” there are also pockets of hostility to Bolivia’s Evo Morales, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa and Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega....
...Adam Thomson Ecuador and América Móvil President Rafael Correa’s decision to end the concession enjoyed by Mexico’s América Móvil is no big surprise. It may even be justified....
...Economic policymaking has become completely distorted and disorganised,” said Guillermo Ortega, who led the research team in the finance ministry until early this year....
...Alejandro Encinas and Jesus Ortega, the two candidates for the party presidency, are very different figures. Mr Encinas is considerably further to the left than Mr Ortega....
...He has backed Alejandro Encinas over the more moderate Jesus Ortega, and could suffer a loss of support if his candidate does not emerge triumphant....
...Richard Lapper Bizarre but successful Friday’s Rio Group summit meeting in Santo Domingo made for a bizarre and dramatic spectacle, with Presidents Hugo Chávez, Rafael Correa and Daniel Ortega first trading...
...And it looks a fair bet that Rafael Correa, the radical ally of Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez who takes office on Monday, will also fail to last the full four years....
...Rafael del Pino A year ago a relatively unknown quantity outside Spain, the 49-year-old Ferrovial executive chairman has become synonymous in the UK with Heathrow Airport and the word “chaos”....
...Correa rides in Ecuador’s pro-Venezuelan candidate - Rafael Correa - was an outsider until a few weeks ago....
...Two election victories for his allies: first for Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua and then last weekend for Rafael Correa in Ecuador, and now – if opinion polls are to be believed – the prospect of a resounding...
...Polls consistently showed the businessman with a lead of about 20 points over Rafael Correa, the radical who has ties to Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez....
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