President Corrects Himself
One year into his four-year term, President Abel Pacheco blamed the slow start of his administration on the fact that when he took office the country lacked enough economic stability. 

This way he corrected himself regarding his inaugural address, on May 8, 2002, when he stated that he was receiving a country in proper order. >more


Bus Fares Boost Inflation
The heaviest impact on inflation in April was delivered by the transportation sector, which includes bus (8 percent up) and taxi fares, fuels, and maintenance costs. >more


In Search of the True Figures
The National Bureau of Statistics and Censuses has launched a project to update the data on inflation and poverty by the year 2005. >more


Astronaut Chang talks to Brownsville students
BROWNSVILLE — More than 100 students stared in awe Thursday as they watched Franklin Chang-Diaz, a former astronaut and director of the Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory, describe life aboard a space shuttle. >more

Italian scientists develop electronic nose to detect lung cancer

Italian scientists said on Wednesday they had developed an electronic nose that can sniff out a distinctive odor of lung cancer patients.

The equipment proved to be accurate in a test on 60 patients at Rome's Forlanini Hospital, said Corrado Di Natale, an electronics expert on the biosensors research team at Rome's Tor Vergata University. >more

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BRAZIL: Half-Million Girls Work as Domestic 'Slaves'
A campaign is underway in Brazil to quash the notion that hiring a girl to work in one's home is ”normal”. The estimated half-million female minors working as maids -- often without pay -- are the focus of a new effort by national and international institutions to stop child labour.

This ”tradition”, a throwback to the slave era, persists due to widespread poverty and to the fact that ”society considers it natural” that black girls should perform domestic chores, Creuza Maria Oliveira, president of the National Federation of Domestic Workers, told IPS.  >more