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Public Art
Drop a coin into the bucket
to make the human statue move. He can be found in
various locations in and around La Plaza de la Cultura. (Photo: Insidecostarica.com)
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May
1st - Happy Labor Day!
Today
is a legal holiday in Costa Rica - Labor Day
- and all government offices, most
businesses, banks and retails stores will be
closed. And though most workers have the day
off, political leaders and the legislative
assembly have a busy day.
Complete
Story
Uruguay
Grants Asylum to Two Venezuelan Officers
Uruguay
granted diplomatic asylum on Wednesday to
two Venezuelan army officers, the latest in
a string of military dissidents to seek
refuge abroad since Venezuela's President
Hugo Chavez survived a brief coup a year
ago. Complete
Story
Cuba:
Council Re-Election an Endorsement
HAVANA
- Cuba's re-election to the U.N. Human
Rights Council is a recognition of the
island's contribution to human rights around
the world, Fidel Castro's government said
Wednesday. Complete
Story
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LATIN
AMERICA TO FEEL EFFECTS OF EU GSP REVIEW
European
Union governments agreed in early April to a
revision of the EU Generalised System of Preferences
(GSP) for the period 2003-2004, increasing duties on
certain products, while lowering them on others.
The GSP will maintain the controversial concept of 'graduation,'which
ties benefits to levels of economic development, and
the review will affect exports from, inter alia,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Brazil and Mexico. Complete
Story.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS
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Gender
Inequality in South Has Global Roots
The
world's developing nations continue to lag far behind
industrial countries in gender equality and gender
empowerment, according to a new U.N. report released here.
Titled 'Progress of the
World's Women 2002,' the study says only three of 133
developing nations - Argentina, Costa Rica and
South Africa - have made any significant progress in
elevating the status of women. Complete
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