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U.S. Trade Representive Robert Zoellick,
right, and Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco, right, speak during a meeting at the Presidential House in San Jose,
Wednesday, October 1, 2003.
Zoellick is in Costa Rica to talk to Pacheco about opening up the country's telecommunications industry, a state run monopoly, as part of the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between the U.S. and Central
America.
[Foto: AP Photo/Kent Gilbert)
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Zoellick Starts
Tour to Negotiate CAFTA
U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick is in Central America this week to meet with the United States' best prospects for a new free-trade agreement — some of the same countries that lined up against him at World Trade Organization negotiations last month.
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Woman
Gets Six Years for "Renting" Out
Niece
A
woman, identified only by her last name,
Fonseca, was sentenced to six years in
prison for "renting" our her niece
for ¢50.000 colones in exchange for which the girl granted sexual favors to
clients.
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Operative
in Tortuguero Results in 9 Arrests
Three
thousand green turtle eggs and 9 people
detained, are the result of an operative
against the illegal turtle egg hunting in
the Tortuguero National Park.
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American
Airlines to Begin Nonstop Service Between
Miami and Liberia
American
Airlines will begin nonstop service between
Miami International Airport and Liberia,
Costa Rica, on Jan. 31, 2004. The flights
will operate three times per week. The
airline will serve the route with 142-seat
Boeing 737-800s.
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Schwarzenegger outlines plan for first 100 days in office
With the California recall election less than a week away, leading Republican actor-turned candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Wednesday he was ready to take the governor's office and outlined plans for his first 100 days in office.
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EC warns of possible fines on France
A top-level European Commission (EC) official warned Tuesday that the commission would not shy away from imposing fines on France if it continues to break euro-rules.
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Developing nations
may seek bilateral FTAs with rich nations
Developing countries may seek individual
bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) with rich
nations after the World Trade Organization (WTO)
talks failed to reach an agreement in Cancun,
Mexico, a Philippine official said Friday.
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U.S.
Slashes Military Aid to Friendly Nations
The
Bush administration today cut over $89
million in military aid to 32 friendly
countries because they refused to exempt
U.S. citizens and soldiers from the
jurisdiction of the new International
Criminal Court (ICC)--the world's first
permanent tribunal to prosecute the
perpetrators of war crimes, crimes
against humanity and genocide.
Among the countries whose aid was cut
were a number of new democracies in
Central and East Europe--some of which
have contributed troops to bolster the
U.S.-led occupation in Iraq (news - web
sites)--as well as Brazil, Costa Rica,
Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, South Africa,
and several other Latin American and
African countries. >more
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