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...report says that Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the son of Equatorial Guinea's president, relied on American lawyers, bankers and real estate agents to bring a total of $110 million in suspected dirty money into the U.S. via a complex system of shell accounts. The report also described how Omar Bongo, who ruled Gabon for nearly 42 years until his death last June, transferred $18 million into a U.S. account with the help of an American lobbyist. Similarly, the ex-wife of former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar is alleged to have helped shift $40 million into U.S. banks...
...Nevertheless, Arroyo's deep unpopularity is seen hurting the chances of her ruling party's presidential bet Gilberto Teodoro, an urbane 43-year-old US-trained lawyer and, according to analysts, a competent former defense secretary. Teodoro's dismal placing in the polls - he trails the top three candidates - may change as he gets more into the public eye. "He offers firm leadership and understands the security situation," says political commentator Alex Magno, who expects security matters will be a prominent election issue. In the intertwined world of this country's dynastic politics, Teodoro and Aquino are related as cousins...
Certain girls' names, Jasso points out, survive the Spanish-English crossing better than boys' names, since the a ending (Victoria, Cordelia, Diana, Maria) is popular in both languages, while the o ending for boys' names is not. A Spanish Marco becomes an Anglo Mark; Antonio similarly becomes Anthony, and Teodoro becomes Theodore. "If names exert an influence on their own," Jasso says, "then Hispanic girls will be more likely to assimilate, and to assimilate more quickly than boys...
...TEODORO OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO Equatorial Guinea 30 years He deposed and executed his uncle to take power. State-owned radio has declared him a "god" in "contact with the Almighty...
...long-term effects of the agreement on the Swiss banking industry, however, are difficult to predict, experts say. "The settlement is a success for Switzerland and its financial center because it takes away a lot of pressure," says Teodoro Cocca, a former professor of wealth and asset management at the Swiss Finance Institute in Zurich. "But what is disturbing is that it contains elements of a 'fishing expedition,' and potentially other Swiss banks that have U.S. clients could be put under similar pressure." (See the top 10 tax dodgers...