Word: teodoro
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...CHARGED. MARK THATCHER, 51, the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, with helping to finance an alleged coup attempt in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea; in Cape Town, South Africa. Authorities say Thatcher allegedly bankrolled the purchase of a helicopter in a plot to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, for which 14 suspected mercenaries are currently standing trial in the Equatorial Guinean capital, Malabo. Thatcher, under house arrest in Cape Town, has denied the allegations...
...likes to fly helicopters, he keeps fit, he runs up [Cape Town's Table] Mountain," he says. "He entertains and he is entertaining." South African police allege that Thatcher also finances mercenaries. They believe he helped bankroll the failed coup attempt last March against the President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema. Thatcher's close friend and neighbor Simon Mann, a former British S.A.S. officer, was arrested along with 64 other men in Harare, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean and South African authorities say the men, who were found aboard a Boeing 727-100, were on their way to topple Nguema's government...
...petition urging Arroyo to do everything in her power to gain his freedom. Rallies in the capital, Manila, were getting rowdier by the day. "The only logical explanation for this change in policy and her willingness to risk disappointing her allies is to tame the protests," says Representative Teodoro Casi?o. Senator Rodolfo Biazon notes: "Had [Arroyo] not listened to the pulse of the people, she could have been toppled." Still, Roh and Koizumi stood fast, despite the political risks back home. By showing that kidnapping pays, Arroyo might find she has created even bigger problems?for herself...
...Arroyo asserted that poverty and the birthrate are indeed connected and that the government should promote "fertility-awareness education" using "modern technology" and "birth spacing." Her words seemed intentionally vague, but the church, hearing contraceptive allusions, snapped back. "I want the President to make clear what she means," said Teodoro Bacani, a bishop in Manila, adding that he was "hurt" by her remarks. Arroyo, herself a devout Catholic, quickly qualified her statements, saying that she supported "natural family planning," thereby disappointing those who hoped she would be less beholden to the church now that she's no longer seeking...
...Bank payment on arms to prosecute a war against northern secessionists. Environmentalists worry that massive infrastructure projects like the Chad-Cameroon pipeline will destroy sensitive rain forests. Critics also fear that the oil windfall will help prop up dictators. In Equatorial Guinea, the ruling party and its leader, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, show no sign of giving up control; opposition members are routinely harassed and tortured, according to Amnesty International. The IMF has cut off several aid programs because of corruption, and has called for good governance and good management of oil resources in Equatorial Guinea, warning that "authorities will...