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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: *.latex
+- Details: *.yml
+
+** Requirements
+   - Pandoc
+   - GNU Make
+   - LaTeX (only tested with TeX Live)
+
+** Usage
+
+  Compile the documents using make
+
+  #+BEGIN_SRC sh
+    make
+  #+END_SRC
+
+  The pdf documents will appear in the same folder.