Word: teodoro
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...should show the same dedication to politics. He should make sure he plays a clean game. There are dirty tricks in boxing, but there are a lot more in politics. If he does his homework, I think he can be a very effective politician." - Bayan Muna, Philippines Rep. Teodoro Casino on Pacquiao's 2010 run for Congress (cbnNews.com...
...property of the Spanish navy, government and people, and we want it all back.' TEODORO DE LESTE CONTRERAS, an admiral with the Spanish Culture Ministry, on a $500 million treasure discovered aboard a sunken 19th century Spanish warship by a U.S.-based marine-exploration company...
...Meanwhile, across town in wealthier Altamira, Chavez opponents who had seemingly forgotten how to rejoice clogged streets, set off fireworks and exchanged embraces. As the mostly student crowd chanted and played drums outside the opposition campaign headquarters, newspaper editor and former presidential candidate Teodoro Petkoff flashed a wide smile. "Last week it was evident there was a transfer of people who usually vote for Chavez, and they defeated it," he said...
...speculation about possible alliances involving the Communists for the elections set for next spring. At the same time, however, the Aquino government has emphasized that it would never be a party to such a coalition. The President has even avoided a meeting with Communist cease-fire negotiators, her spokesman Teodoro Benigno explained last week, because the aim of the organization they represent is "to topple the government by revolution...
...Chávez is also a polarizing figure at home. Although his approval ratings are in the high 50s, there is growing impatience with the country's stubborn unemployment and violent crime. Teodoro Petkoff, an erstwhile socialist leader who is a campaign strategist for Chávez's main opponent in the December presidential election, Manuel Rosales, says Chávez's "21st century socialism" is only a short-term fix. "The real fight against poverty is a fight against unemployment," Petkoff says. Others complain that Chávez is a Castro wannabe who has subverted Venezuela's democratic institutions, especially the courts...