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...flock to the frigid continent each year. Trips don't come cheap: a round-trip ticket - most likely by cruise ship - to the bottom of the earth can cost between $5,000 and $10,000. Nevertheless, at least five people have been born in Antarctica, the first being Argentinian Emilio Marcos Palma, whose mother, Silvia Morella de Palma, flew there to give birth in order to beat Chile in having the first Antarctica-born baby, on Jan. 7, 1978 - marking the southernmost birth in history. And despite not having much of a local economy, Antarctica still boasts a postal service...
...Rafael Ferrari and Freddy Nasser monopolize sectors like broadcasting and energy - and, say analysts, continue to exert incredible influence on the government. Little will change, says Rosenberg, unless those local élites "step up and assume a greater sense of [social] responsibility." Former Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Emilio Alvarez agrees, but says Honduras' coup is only likely to encourage more meddling. Central America, he says, "is like a small village where the same group of families controls everything...
...Perhaps. But Lugo's behavior leading up to his admission on Monday was reminiscent of former U.S. President Bill Clinton before he conceded his affair with Monica Lewinsky in 1998. Lugo kept even his closest aides in the dark about the truth. As late as last weekend, presidential spokesman Emilio Camacho was telling reporters that Carrillo's paternity claims "must be false." Sources close to Carrillo suggest the suit might never have been filed if Lugo had assumed a more appropriate level of child support in the past...
Counting revenues of some $3.5 billion a year, Televisa is headed by Emilio Azcarraga Jean, 40, who inherited the empire from his father Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, who was known as "El Tigre" because of his white-streaked hair and fierce character. The network catapulted onto the world stage by exporting its steamy telenovelas, which have been translated into more than 50 languages from Korean to Romanian. Critics lambasted the network for giving uncritical support to the government during decades of one-party rule. However, since the advent of multiparty democracy in 2000, Televisa has given fairly equal airtime to competing...
...Emilio Estevez in Mighty Ducks...