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Konrad Brits, of Continiental Trade Commodities
Services, takes part in the cupping competition at the International Coffee Conference SINTERCAFE in San Jose, Costa Rica,
Monday. The three day SINTERCAFE conference brings together coffee producers and buyers from around the world to discuss
strategies for increasing the world wide coffee
market.
[Foto:
AP/Kent Gilbert]
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updated by 8:00 a.m. CST each day
Ninth Death at
Multiplaza Crossing on Monday
Monday
morning, the highway (autopista in Spanish) in front
of Multiplaza took another life. This time it was
the life of Manuel Sandí, a beggar who was
accustomed to asking for money near the toll booths,
bringing the total this year to 8 deaths. >more
Robert Zoellick's
Free Trade Evangelism
...
Here in Central America there are mixed feelings
about Zoellick who moved aggressively to target the
countries that joined the G-21: Costa Rica and
Guatemala, by threatening their membership in a
proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). >Complete
Story
Starbucks Aims for
Continued Quality Coffee Supply
Starbucks Corp., the world's largest coffee retailer, is working to guarantee its supply of quality beans as it plans for continued expansion, a company executive said on Monday.
>more
Archbishop Warns of Costa Rican
Cult
Archbishop Patrick Flores of San Antonio, Texas, is warning Catholics about a Costa Rican religious cult in which a former San Antonio priest has taken refuge. >more
Thousands hold candle-lit vigil for grenade attack victims in Bogota
Thousands of people gathered until the early hours of Monday outside the bars that were the target of last Saturday's grenade attack, as a way of challenging the rebel armed groups blamed for the blasts, local police said Monday. >more
Venezuela opposes OPEC production increase
Venezuela Monday expressed the hope that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC) would rule out an eventual production increase at an OPEC meeting scheduled for Dec. 4.
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Brazilian president says economic balance, social justice key to peace
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday that peace can be achieved only if there is a reconciliation between macroeconomic balance and social justice.
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REPORTS: BRAZIL
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Brazil
Pushes for Flexibility in FTAA Talks
Flexibility
is the key aspect that Brazil would like
to see incorporated into the Free Trade
Area of the Americas (FTAA) in order to
take into account the diverse realities
of the 34 countries involved and enable
each one to accept or reject commitments
on the touchiest issues.
The flexibility sought by Brasilia would
also help those countries with the most
diversified economies deal with
conflicting internal interests that are
difficult to reconcile when it comes to
hammering out a common national position
in the negotiations on the free trade
area to be created by 2005. >more
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