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The
Banco Nacional building with it's new
facellift, overshadows the old Correos De
Costa Rica building in downtown San Jose.
[Foto:
insidecostarica.com]
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updated by 8:00 a.m. CST each day
Shannon
Martin's
Mother Threatened
The mother of a
slain Kansas University student who traveled
to Costa Rica for the trial of the three
people accused of killing her daughter has
received death threats, police said Tuesday
night.
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Immigration Installs
New Document Detection Equipment
Immigration
officials have announced the addition of new
equipment to detect falsified and altered
documents at all border crossings.
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Fugitive
Tico Coming Home After Four Years
After nearly fours on the run, Costa Rican
Jorge Martínez Meléndez, was arrested in his
apartment in Toronto, Canada .>more
Nestle's
Nespresso Opens Costa Rica Coffee Mill
Nespresso, the espresso coffee-making unit of
global food maker Nestle, on Tuesday opened a
new mill in Costa Rica meant to help it
guarantee supplies of quality arabica beans
amid rapid growth.>more
Miami
Police Cordon Off Downtown Area Ahead of
Expected FTAA Protests
Thousands of riot
police fanned out across downtown Miami to
face an expected flood of anti-globalization
protesters, as trade ministers from the
Americas prepare for a major free-trade summit
here.
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Mexico sacks UN ambassador for criticizing
US
Mexico sacked its ambassador to the United
Nations for remarks that his country was
treated as the backyard of the United States,
something that irritated Washington.
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Chile recalls ambassador to Venezuela over
Chavez's remarks on Bolivia
The Chilean government said on Tuesday it had
recalled its ambassador to Venezuela following
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's support for
Bolivia's quest for Pacific Ocean access by
referring it as a landlocked country.
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Brazil proposes to hold G20 meeting on WTO
talks
The Brazilian government has proposed to the
members of the G20 to hold a ministerial
meeting in an effort to resume the stalled
World Trade Organization (WTO) agricultural
negotiations, the Valor Economico daily
reported Tuesday.
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Texaco
pollution case begins
After 10 years in US courts, plaintiffs
face a long legal battle at home.
The tiny courtroom in Lago Agrio, a
jungle town in northeastern Ecuador, was
packed on Oct. 21 for the start of a
landmark trial against US oil giant
ChevronTexaco for pollution caused by
its operations more than a decade ago
(LP, Jan. 18, 2003). But while many of
the 70-plus plaintiffs in the case are
members of the Secoya, Siona, Cofán and
Huaorani peoples, there were only a few
indigenous people in the crowd of
lawyers, journalists, environmentalists
and spectators.
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