Having served for 11 years (he was elected in 2011 and 2016), Cortes announced his intention in September not to stand for re-election.

I’m going to the rock concert on Friday.

For the greater part of the time we were considerably above the sea, that took on a more vivid hue, more peacock freakings, for every yard we hung above it. Once in a way we got down to sea level, but only to mount again.

The more money you are given, the less happy you're apt to be, says John Sedgwick, author of the blockbuster book Rich Kids. That's especially true of rich kids who inherit such great wealth that they never have to support themselves. […] Rich kids live strange and isolated childhoods and go on an endless, fruitless search for happiness.