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Miss
Costa Rica Andrea Ovares poses for photographers
upon her arrival at Panama's Tocumen international
aiport, in Panama City, May 15, 2003. Panama is
hosting the Miss Universe beauty pageant, which
will be held next June 3.
(Foto: REUTERS/Alberto Lowe)
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ICE
To Strike Today!
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Barring
any last minute changes, ICE is set to
strike today
As promised by the worker's union at ICE,
there will be a definite strike today and it
will continue until the Central Bank
authorizes the issue of bonds as per the
agreement ICE has with the government,
signed on the 16th of February this year.
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Story
Free
of SARS
The
Ministry of Health declared Costa Rica free
of SARS. >more
US
Airways teams with Lufthansa
If
you collect US Airways frequent flier miles,
you can earn them on Lufthansa now. US
Airways and the German carrier have signed
an agreement for a long-term strategic
alliance that includes code sharing and
mileage accrual. >more
U.S.
may seek another pre - FTAA Latam
trade pact
GUATEMALA
CITY (Reuters) - The United States
could begin trade talks with another
unspecified Latin American country or
the Mercosur block before signing the
Free Trade Area of the Americas pact
set for 2005, a U.S. official said
Thursday.
Talks could begin as soon as the
United States completes free trade
talks on the regional U.S.-Central
American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: LABOUR
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Discrimination
at Work a Major Problem in Central America
Persecution
of labour activists, ''black lists'' drawn up by
employers, and lower wages paid to women are just a
few of the forms of labour discrimination suffered
by groups like trade unionists, women, indigenous
people, the disabled, and immigrants in Central
America.
In the 1990s, the peace accords that put an end to
civil strife in several Central American countries
contained blueprints for building societies that
offered people new opportunities. But discrimination
at work remains rampant in Central America, one of
the poorest, most unequal regions in the world.
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