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...normally is the very embodiment of decorum, Juan Carlos' retort to the Venezuelan president - "Why don't you shut up?" - seemed shockingly uncharacteristic. But a statement from the Palace on Tuesday may have offered a bit of context on the royal mood: the king's eldest child, the infanta Elena, was separating "temporarily" from her aristocratic husband, Jaime de Marichalar. Could His Majesty - coolheaded impeder of military coups, tireless inaugurator of schools and hospitals, diplomatic booster of all things Spanish - be feeling a little family stress...
Perhaps, though, the latest news was too much, although the separation announcement wasn't wholly unexpected: The gossip rags have been hinting for months that all was not well in the Bourbon-Marichalar household. Besides, Elena and Jaime have always made a strange pair. Married for 12 years and parents of two children, she has always been the loyal, stoic princess tirelessly fulfilling her royal duties, while he, an eccentrically dressed dandy, has become a regular presence at New York fashion shows. But whatever their differences, and although the Palace stressed that the separation was a "temporary cessation of their...
...Saturday, the day of the Chavez smackdown, Elena and Jaime were in the process of moving into their separate homes. Politicial analysts on Wednesday's morning talk shows insisted that one had nothing to do with the other, but it was hard to avoid speculation about the pressure the king must be feeling. Hard, too, to avoid the conclusion that 2007 has been a particularly rough year for the Spanish royals - or, as Britain's Queen Elizabeth said of 1992, a year that she would not "look back with undiluted pleasure" because of the marital troubles of her own progeny...
...murder Leonardo.Three actors with smaller roles deserve praise for their interpretations. Nina L. Vizcarrondo ’08, who is a former Crimson news editor, masterfully played Mujer, Leonardo’s wife. She was one of the better actresses in the entire production. Professor of Romance Languages Elena M. Brito was a very convincing Mother-in-law, and her experience on the stage was very evident. Lastly, Adrienne White ’09 comically portrayed the maid Criada, and although she struggled a little with her Spanish, gave a very strong performance throughout the night.Although the set design...
...Elena recounted how, as a kid, Hugo sold papaya candies made by his grandmother, who raised him and Adan, to help support the family. She said it shamed him to see friends whose families had nothing, and that was why he emphasizes social programs as President. "I continue with the same humbleness," she says. "In my heart I'm the same humble woman as before. Of course I have to change my clothes. I have to put on clothes more appropriate for the position. But I feel that I'm the same. Humble. If it weren't that way then...