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+* Curriculum vitae
+  
+  Curriculum vitae template that uses LaTeX for rendering, via Pandoc.
+  If you want to adapt it to your needs:
+  
+  | Sections and layout | Details |
+  | *.latex             | *.yml   |
+  
+** Requirements
+   - Pandoc
+   - GNU Make
+   - LaTeX (only tested with TeX Live)
+** Usage
+   
+   Compile the documents using make
+   
+  #+begin_src shell
+    make
+  #+end_src 
+  
+  The pdf documents will appear in the same folder.