Word: fausto
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Their work is serious, even dangerous. As I venture from island to island on one of the motor yachts which are the preferred method of exploration (with the province’s government providing itineraries and carefully monitoring tourists), Fausto, our confident, loquacious guide tells us stories of local fishermen kidnapping CDF staff. The inhabitants of the Galapagos, a few thousand, relay on tourism and fishing for their welfare. The paradox here: The presence of these “indigenous” people jeopardizes the pristine ecosystems on which tourism—and therefore the inhabitants themselves—depends...
...gets all the AL Central ink because of their scary lineup, but fans shouldn't forget that the Indians were one game away from the World Series last season before they blew a 3-1 lead to Boston. Can pitchers C.C. Sabathia, the AL Cy Young winner, and phenom Fausto Carmona repeat their '07 success on the mound, while Grady Sizemore and Victor Martinez try to match their sterling years at the plate...
...center-left political insider in Rome told TIME that he now predicts that Italians will return to the polls in April. Refounded Communist leader Fausto Bertinotti, who had worked hand-in-hand with Marini as Lower House Speaker these past two years, told reporters Friday that he too expects early elections. Even a close Marini ally, centrist Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli said he is losing hope. "Arriving at a (positive) result is very difficult," he said. "Obviously we'd like it, but it's a very, very tight passage...
...School, encouraged the students to add their voices to the protest against the regime. “The government isn’t going to evaporate on their own,” he said. But some at the meeting were skeptical that protests in the U.S. can be effective. Fausto G. Gurrea, a student at the Kennedy School, said that protests here might not pressure the U.S. to take action against Myanmar’s ruling junta. However, he added, “It’s no harm to be active and push for a change...
...good news traveled fast. As a leftist, Bologna's incoming mayor Sergio Cofferati was sure to be a friend to the city's most marginalized. And so an illegal encampment of Roma refugees on the city's outskirts began attracting new residents. "Word was spreading," recalls Bologna immigration chief Fausto Amelii, "that the new administration was going to take care of them...