Ernesto Samper Pizano
Ernesto Samper Pizano , 1950-, Colombian politician, president of Colombia (1994-98), b. Bogotá. An economist, lawyer, former professor, and member of the Liberal party, he became president of the Financial Institutions Association in 1975 and was elected to the senate in 1986. In 1989 he was severely wounded by drug traffickers in an assassination attempt. Subsequently, he served as development minister (1990-91) and ambassador to Spain (1991-93). Returning to Colombia, he was elected president by a slim margin in 1994. Shortly after his election, there were widespread accusations that his campaign had accepted money from the Cali cocaine "cartel." Samper denied the charges, but they resurfaced in 1995 and precipitated a political crisis. He was cleared of all charges in June, 1996, by the Colombian congress, but polls showed most Colombians believed him to be guilty, and the U.S. government revoked his entry visa. When President Álvaro Uribe proposed (2006) Samper for ambassador to France it provoked a firestorm of criticism in Colombia, and Samper declined the post.
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International: The Mafia's Sicilian grandmothers: they're poor, beautiful and under 30 In a cycle unbroken over generations, illiterate girls of 12 run away, get pregnant and return home alone. Bruce Johnston reports from Adrano, Sicily
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 8/17/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...dilapidated agricultural towns of Paterno, Adrano and Biancavilla has long had a tradition...define the region. Despite efforts made by Adrano's new Left-Democrat mayor, Nicolo...Frequently, properties are abandoned. In Adrano, 90 per cent of businesses are said to...
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Review: Donald Pfarrer's new novel, "The Fearless Man"
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 10/13/2004; ; 508 words
; ...his own best hopes for a future. Paul Adrano, who joined the priesthood against his...Mac Clare's Delta Company, to which Adrano the chaplain has attached himself, into...they take to be their patriotic and, in Adrano's case, Christian duty. Pfarrer describes...
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WOMEN LEADING MAFIA IN ITALY.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/18/1999; 700+ words
; ...swapping a prison cell for a hospital bed. Arrested on Monday in Adrano, a town in western Sicily at the foot of Mount Etna, and charged...murder of three opponents in simultaneous attacks in Acireale and Adrano in March, 1994. The victims were Gaetano and Salvatore Cordaro...
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The Godmother; Behind Bars At Last After 12 Years Of Terror, The Woman Mafia Boss Who Is More Fearsome Than Any Man.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 4/18/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...protest her innocence. She will say that in her home village of Adrano, a half-hour drive from here in the foothills of Mount Etna...uranium, the essential ingredient of nuclear weapons. In the Adrano empire, 80 men received orders from Ms Scalisi, collecting...
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Mother of three at just 14; RELATIONSHIPS.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 2/16/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...amazing story was kept quiet in the close-knit community of Adrano, Sicily, where the Mafia code of silence is strictly observed...first, and it will not be the last," Dr Gullotta said. "In Adrano there's a 25-year-old woman who has become a grandmother...
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ING finalises $60m buy.
News Wire article from: Australasian Business Intelligence; 8/8/2001; 552 words
; ...vendor, an Asian syndicate working through a vehicle called Adrano, paid $A35 million for the office block in 1995. ING REAL...SECURITY APPEALS TRIBUNAL: VICTORIAN WORKCOVER AUTHORITY: ADRANO By Karina Barrymore All copyright subsisting under the Copyright...
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HUMAN DIGNITY A VICTIM OF NHS.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 1/27/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...is too romantic. Breeding doubts about us Brits Giving a whole new meaning to the term "glamorous granny" is the woman in Adrano, Sicily, who has been hailed as the world's youngest grandmother at the tender age of 24 after her 11-year-old daughter...
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Youngest gran is 24 as girl 11 has baby.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 1/23/1997; ; 340 words
; ...named, has beaten the titleholder, Jacky Willis, from Didcot, Berks, by seven years. The record-breaking birth was in Adrano, Sicily, where a 14-year-old girl, known only as Maria T, is reported to have three children. Shocked welfare workers...
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New fiction.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 11/5/2004; 700+ words
; ...never known fear, is ordered to lead his company behind enemy lines to destroy an arms dump. They are joined by chaplain Paul Adrano, a Catholic priest seeking to test his wavering faith under fire, and the two men become friends. What follows is a gripping...
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'Fearless Man' unafraid to face questions about courage
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 11/7/2004; ; 663 words
; ...qualify as the fearless man of the title, including MacHugh (Mac) Clare, the captain of a Marine infantry company; Paul Adrano, a Catholic chaplain attached to Mac's unit; and a dying North Vietnamese army officer Mac encounters during a battle in...
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Adrano
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Adrano , town (1991 pop. 32,717), E Sicily...where olives and citrus fruit are grown. Adrano was founded c.400 by Dionysius the Elder...Hadranus. Fierce fighting took place in Adrano during World War II. Of note are the ruins...
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Adernò
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Adernò see Adrano , Italy.
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