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...news. "My first reaction was, 'What?' This story is so crazy that the only thing I could imagine was that the police officers either believed the tale of someone trying to cover up a crime or they were trying to cover up something themselves," says Mitchell. The daily La Republica reported on Nov. 30 that the police authorities in Huanuco, where the fat stealers supposedly operated, found out about the case from the press conference the same way as the rest of Peru...
...WEARABLE Republica Trading Co. brings out a Che sweater in time for fall--a cashmere-wool blend that will retail for $198 at hip boutiques such as Fred Segal...
...pocketed guayabera, a traditional shirt that's popular with many Latin men. But the market goes beyond the Latin customer base. Jennifer Lopez, who launched her JLo fashion empire in 2001, has a diverse clientele, as do some of the other brands. Says Feldenkreis: "Our brands have crossover appeal." Republica Trading Co., a small men's apparel brand founded by Rafael Jimenez, started out targeting a very specific Latin niche--Dominican ex-pats living in New York City's Washington Heights neighborhood--but has grown to envelop a much wider audience. Republica's shirts, jackets, pants and sweaters, which often...
...last week for Ricardo and 18 other former Banco Latino directors, this time for embezzling public funds. The new charges carry a prison sentence of two to 10 years. - Orlando Castro, a Cuban refugee who owned businesses in half a dozen countries, including the failed Banco Progreso and Banco Republica and 42 Venezuelan radio stations. He has lost all his Venezuelan holdings, which he had pledged as collateral for government loans to the banks. Charged with having violated an order not to leave Venezuela, Castro says he departed because the Caldera government's suspension of civil liberties denies...
...Lewis defended Reagan, claiming that the president has "moderated his tones over the last year--he is more realistic and rational." When asked by Piero Benetazzo of La Republica, an Italian newspaper, whether U.S. foreign policy could be "more consistent and more consensus-oriented," Lewis said, "Our system has a certain amount of in-coherence and I see nothing that can be done to change that fact...