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...Santos, she noted, was more leftwing than the outgoing Socialist prime minister, António Costa, whose resignation over a corruption scandal triggered the election....
...Costa has not been formally accused of wrongdoing but is still being investigated by prosecutors....
...She said the contenders included finance minister Fernando Medina; Mariana Vieira da Silva, number two in the Costa government; Pedro Nuno Santos, a former infrastructure minister; and José Luís Carneiro...
...But his rivals may be wary of triggering another election.Pedro Nuno Santos, who led the Socialists to defeat in the election, has promised to form a “strong opposition” and said it would be “almost impossible...
...In the past, Costa brought him in to handle thorny issues including the nationalisation of TAP airline and a banking dispute with Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of a former Angolan president...
...Although Costa has not been formally accused of wrongdoing, the saga appeared to vindicate a long-standing Ventura slogan: “Portugal needs a clean-up”, which appears on campaign billboards featuring Costa...
...The contest to replace Costa as head of the Socialist party stepped up a gear on Monday as Pedro Nuno Santos, a former infrastructure minister, presented his candidacy, joining a race against José Luís Carneiro...
...“None of the options are good,” said Paula Espírito Santo, a political-science professor at the University of Lisbon (ISCTE)....
...The political winds have changed,” said Bruna Santos, director of the Brazil Institute at the Wilson Center, a US think-tank....
...“We need to improve what didn’t go right before,” says Abinadade Santos, general secretary of the metalworkers’ union in Recife....
...J. Bradford DeLong versus The Economist....
...Costas Mourselas has what you need to know. Ken’s cold feet: Ken Griffin, Mr Citadel, gave a pro-Nikki Haley super Pac $5mn in December and January....
...His paintings answer TS Eliot’s call to modernism in “The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock”, writes Jackie: “It is impossible to say just what I mean!...
.... £9.99 Majestic J Navascués, Cutio Garnacha/Carineña 2020 Carineña (14.5%)Mainly Grenache with Carignan from a star winemaker....
...US private equity investor J Christopher Flowers has warned that a dramatic increase in private credit investments by life insurers is creating systemic risk for investors....
...It could be people like Isabel dos Santos, former head of Angola’s national oil company and whose father was the former president. And she’s basically on the run from international law enforcement....
...Lourenço took over half a decade ago from José Eduardo dos Santos, the nation’s longtime strongman leader who died last month....
...Because the head of the largest party in the election will become president, Lourenço is officially on track for a second term having replaced José Eduardo dos Santos, the nation’s late strongman, in 2017...
...“Costa is an ambitious and determined politician,” said Paula do Espírito Santo, a political science professor at the University of Lisbon (ISCSP)....
...Along with the Brazilian port of Santos and Costa Rica’s Limón facility, Guayaquil is one of what McDermott terms a “second wave of ports” used for cocaine shipment in recent years....
...Isabel da Costa, a restaurant manager in São Paulo, is conflicted about the state of the Brazilian economy....
...Popular party (CDS-PP), one of the founding parties of Portugal’s democracy and a regular participant in government coalitions, lost its remaining two seats in parliament, causing Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos...
...Augusto Santos Silva, foreign minister, has said Portugal is “totally open” to welcoming “thousands” of Ukrainian refugees....
...Rui Rio, Costa’s main opponent, fired straight back....
...Other nations receiving US-donated vaccines in recent days include Costa Rica and Haiti. The Philippines has administered 13.4m doses in total so far, according to the FT’s vaccine tracker....
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