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Former Costa Rican President Jose Maria Figueres, co-CEO of the World Economic Forum, speaks about the benefits a Free Trade Agreement between Central America and the U.S. would bring to the region at the Future of Free Trade in the Americas Conference in San
Jose, Monday.
[Foto:
AP/Kent
Gilbert]
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Investor
Fraud More than $160 Million Dollars
A
report published in the daily La Nacion, the
loss by investors, who for the majority are
foreigners, who were defrauded, could reach
US$160.000.000 Dollars. This amount was
confirmed by the head prosecutor for
Economic Crimes and Corruption, Wagner
Molina. >more
Exiled Venezuelan
Labour Leader Didn't Violate Terms of His
Political Asylum
Costa Rica will not expel exiled Venezuelan
labour leader Carlos Ortega Foreign Secretary Roberto Tovar said Monday.
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Costa
Rica University Signs Agreement With
University of Hawaii
The Earth University in Costa Rica
and the University of Hawaii signed an agreement Monday to work together toward environmental and social sustainability.
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Costa Rican
Ambassador's Son Dies in Suicide
A man who died last week in what St.
Paul, Minnesota, authorities have ruled a suicide has been identified as the son of the Costa Rican ambassador to the United States.
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US-Brazil differences on FTAA diminishing: Brazilian FM
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said in a declaration on Monday that differences with the United States over the negotiations for a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) are diminishing.
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Opposition candidate leads Guatemalan presidential election
Guatemalan opposition presidential candidate Oscar Berger posted an early lead in Sunday's elections with 64.04 percent of the votes counted on Monday.
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Annan rules out UN involvement in seeking solution to Colombian conflict
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan ruled out on Monday a petition by Ecuador that the United Nations directly take part in the search for a solution to the armed conflict in Colombia.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: GUATEMALA ELECTIONS
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Second
Round Without Ríos Montt
Guatemala's
presidential election will be decided in
a late December runoff between
right-wing candidate Oscar Berger and
centre-right candidate Alvaro Colom, who
left former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt
far behind in Sunday's poll.
The partial results from Sunday's
election put Berger, the candidate of
the Great National Alliance (GANA),
ahead Monday with 38.4 percent of the
vote, followed by the National Union of
Hope's (UNE) Colom, with 27.6 percent.
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