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...Cab driver Ruben Lopez said he voted for Noboa, who he described as “smart and prepared”, adding: “Correismo would be bad for Ecuador.”...
...The Havana recording sessions yielded three albums at the time: one from the Afro-Cuban All Stars, the Buena Vista album, and a third from the late insanely productive pianist Rubén González, made in the...
...Cuba is the influence on “A Spy in the House of Dub”, Robert Mitchell’s piano approximating Rubén González while Orphy Robinson’s vibes are like an exhalation of cigar smoke....
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...Nothing groundbreaking here, but delights include a lengthy piano solo from Rubén González on “Como Siente Yo”, followed by a snatch of sung guide vocal from Egrem studios....
...Ruben Gonzalez of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce said the higher wage was likely to lead to job cuts. “It’s going to hurt,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s simple math....
...Steeped in Cuban tradition – Fonseca was the Buena Vista Social Club’s lead pianist following the death of Rubén González in 2003 – and an avid fan of fusion jazz, the keyboardist/composer mashed up Cuban...
...In González Palma’s hands, it is not so mad....
...… In the Beginning Was the Sea, by Tomás González, translated by Frank Wynne, Pushkin Press, RRP£12 The long-overdue translation of this modern Colombian classic tells the story of a bohemian couple...
...Argentina’s Ruben Gonzalez, a four-time Olympic luger turned motivational speaker, tells his audiences: “Not quitting on the way to the goal transforms us....
...“I never thought I would live to see the day when the government renovated this place,” says Rubén Reina Ruiz, the caretaker. “Now, I guess I will.”...
...“This has more to do with politics than foreign exchange,” says Rubens Barbosa, a former Brazilian ambassador to London and Washington. “Brazil is moving closer to China than to the US and Europe.”...
...Rubens Barbosa of Fiesp, a São Paulo business group, says the government was wrong to designate China a “market economy” in 2004 – making it harder to block imports for being underpriced – and has been complacent...
...“The world knows it cannot go forward without these countries,” says Rubens Barbosa, a former ambassador to London and Washington....
...William Kentridge: Five Themes runs until May 31. www.sfmoma.org MadridJulio González Opening on Wednesday, the Museo Reina Sofía hosts an exhibition of the work of Spanish sculptor Julio González....
...If one pronounced a Rubens genuine, the other doubted it – and vice versa. Jongkind watercolours, says James Mitchell, are hotly disputed between two rival specialists....
...“In Africa, it is relatively easy for the Chinese to build up a large political presence because the region is so neglected,” says Rubens Barbosa, a former Brazilian ambassador who runs an advisory firm...
...Rubens Barbosa, a former ambassador to Washington and London who now runs a consultancy in São Paulo, is involved in a number of new initiatives....
...Ruben Gonzalez [the elderly piano player]? Compay Segundo, the 90-year-old cigar smoker?’ We connected as people, and governments don’t want that....
...I was desperate to have time at the end to record Rubén [González, the virtuoso pianist]. So the experiment with the Africans never happened....
...“This is the big contradiction,” says Rubens Barbosa, former ambassador to London and Washington....
..."The exchange rate is having a negative impact on some sectors, but commodity prices are strong and the overall export figures are still rising," said Rubens Barbosa, a trade consultant and former ambassador...
...Rubens Barbosa, a former Brazilian ambassador to Washington, said the apparent contradiction reflected the low priority given to Brazil and Latin America by US policymakers....
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