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MADRID- Paco de Lucia, one of the world s leading guitarists who dazzled audienceswith his lightning-speed flamenco rhythms and finger work, has died in Mexico,Spanish officials said Wednesday. He was 66.Aspokeswoman for the town hall of de Lucia s native Spanish town of Algecirassaid de Lucia family members had told them the artist died of a heart attack.She said he began to feel unwell while on a beach in Cancun with his child anddied while being taken to a local hospital.Theofficial spoke on condition of anonymity as town hall regulations do not allowher to be identified publiclyDescribingthe death as unexpected and premature, Education and Culture Minister JoseIgnacio Wert said he was a unique and unrepeatable figure. BornDec. 21, 1947, de Lucia - whose real name was Fr adidas original campus ancisco Sanchez Gomez - wasbest-known for flamenco but also experimented with other genres of music. Oneof his most famous recordings was Friday Night in San Francisco, recorded with fellow guitarists John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola in 1981, analbum that helped introduce him to a wider audience, especially in America. Hisalbums such as El Duende Flamenco de air force one Paco de Lu samba shoes cia and Almoraima also reinvented traditional flamenco with a morewide-open, sometimes jazz-like flair.Duringthe 1960s and 1970s, he formed an extremely popular duo with late flamencosinger legend Camaron de la Isla.His1973 rumba Entre Dos Aguas Between Two Waters became one of themost popular recordings in Spain. Ithas been sai Ueer China builds road right around nail house as owner Luo Baogen refuses to sell
From shoeshine boy to union firebrand to the next president of Latin America s largest nation, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrated a stunning electoral vic stanley quencher tory, but has a world of problems to confront in Brazil.Silva became the first leftist elected president of Brazil, stanley romania beating ruling party candidate Jose Serra with 61 percent of the vote in a runoff.Thousands of people thronged the streets of Sao Paulo, waving the red flags of Silva s Workers Party to the boom of fireworks and the throbbing of live music. Some revelers also hoisted the hammer-and-sickle flag of the Communist Party, which backed Silva.But so did the rightist party of Silva s running mate, Jose Alencar. The country s bankers and industrialists associations were among those welcoming Silva s victory.Silva, who dropped out of school after the fifth grade, will face enormous challenges after his Jan. 1 inauguration. He must try to pull more than 50 million Brazilians from poverty, save the world s ninth-largest economy from recession, create new jobs and increase housing. At the same time, he must maintain fiscal responsibility and the confidence of Brazil s creditors and investors.Standing by a huge banner wit stanley thermos h the words Hope Will Overcome Fear, supporters listened to Silva deliver a speech filled with encouragement, his words echoing down Avenida Paulista, Sao Paulo s main avenue. So far, it has been easy, Silva said. The hard part begins now. We will work around the clock to fulfill every one of ou
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