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...“Noboa is easy to beat,” said Mauricio Morales, a mechanic. “The right has only brought crime and decay to Ecuador.”...
...Their most powerful representative is president Evo Morales, who many say continues their struggle today....
...Ruben Costas, governor of Santa Cruz, accused Mr Morales of being a tyrant and said his province would not back down on its desire for autonomy....
...Ruben Costas, governor of Santa Cruz, on Sunday night accused Mr Morales of being a tyrant and said his province would not back down on its desire for autonomy....
...The boisterous success of the St Laurent sale may have boosted dealers’ confidence and morale but it is impossible to ignore the global financial crisis....
...Three key opposition governors – Rubén Costas of Santa Cruz, Mario Cossio of Tarija and Ernesto Suárez of Beni – told the Financial Times that dialogue was always an option....
...Opinion polls show that the vote will strengthen the mandates both of Mr Morales and his deputy Álvaro García Linera, as well as one of their principal opponents, Ruben Costas, the governor of Santa Cruz...
...The demonstrators are allowing themselves lots of liquids – as well as four almonds and a centimetre of chocolate per day – and will stop their strike when the governor of Santa Cruz, Ruben Costas, today...
...For the man who might style himself as governor of Santa Cruz, incumbent prefect Ruben Costas, this autonomy process is 'contagious': “this is unstoppable and will redefine Bolivia”....
...Significantly, Ruben Costas, the governor of Santa Cruz, the most powerful department, has begun to talk of federalism, rather than autonomy, a demand that would push Bolivia closer to break up....
...“I am convinced that we will not retreat a millimetre nor move one step to the side,” Ruben Costas, the governor of Santa Cruz, told tens of thousands of jubilant supporters waving the department’s green...
...Rubén Dario Cuéllar, a representative of the opposition Podemos party, said the move was “an instrument through which President Morales wants to perpetuate himself in power, as has done President Chávez...
...All five figures – Domingo Cavallo of Argentina, Rubens Ricupero of Brazil, Pedro Aspe of Mexico and Eduardo Aninat of Chile, as well as Mr Botero – were prominent supporters of the so-called Washington...
...Rubén Costas, the departmental prefect, told the crowd they had now assured the autonomy of Santa Cruz....
...“This is the big contradiction,” says Rubens Barbosa, former ambassador to London and Washington....
...The first action of the department’s newly elected prefect, Rubén Costas, was to call for a summit on how to advance devolving more power to Santa Cruz....
...Energy reform: Morales seals energy accord with Chávez. Go there Zapatero lobbies Morales on energy....
...“The hurricane has forced us to do all these projects,” says Ana Patricia Morales Portas, executive vice-president of the Cancún Hotel Association....
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