However a pact between CiU - Mr Mas's centre-right nationalist coalition - and Esquerra Republicana will not be easy.
The elections saw Convergence lose ground to the left-wing ERC party, which also supports independence but opposes Mr Mas's spending cuts.
For those in the south, who are mainly Sinhalese (as, presumably, are most of the hardworking women in MAS's factory), the war is too distant to cause much pain.
Deputies from Mr Morales's MAS party, which has a slim majority, then decamped to the vice-president's office to approve the charges against the judges, provoking a further outcry from the opposition.
Professor Nuria Mas from Spain's IESE business school specialises in the economics of healthcare policy.
Artur Mas has headed Catalonia's regional executive since December 2010, when his centre-right Convergence and Union alliance defeated the Socialist Party of his predecessor, Jose Montilla, in legislative elections.
The next day, the current Catalan president and leader of Mr Pujol's party, Artur Mas, went to Madrid to ask for more fiscal autonomy.
They gave a rendition of one of Nicola's most famous songs - Es mas, te perdono.
Political analyst Maria Teresa Zegada told El Pais newspaper that "it is clear that the will of the MAS (Movement Towards Socialism, Bolivia's governing party) is to remain in power and opt for the re-election of Evo Morales".
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Mr Mas Canosa, now dead, stripped Sintel's assets and failed to pay Telefonica.
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Born in Barcelona, Mr Mas has an economics degree from the city's university.
Jean-Claude Mas, 73, spent eight months in detention after his company's breast implants were revealed to be prone to rupturing.
Judge Annaick Le Goff ordered the arrest of Jean-Claude Mas, founder of Poly Implant Prothese, or PIP, from his partner's home in southern France, a law enforcement official in Marseille told CNN on March 7.
The death in 1997 of Jorge Mas Canosa, the most powerful leader of the hardliners, took away much of the older generation's punch.
Mr Zapatero's determination to avoid general strikes is proof that he will never take a difficult decision, says Artur Mas, head of the Catalan Convergence and Union coalition.
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