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Santa Claus (who on the off season is known locally
as David Hepler) was spotted in San José, taking in
the last days of sunshine, before heading for the
North Pole to begin his yearly trek of spreading joy
to the world!
[Foto: insidecostarica.com]
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updated by 8:00 a.m. CST each day
Teletón Was a
Success
Dozens of
national and international artists took the
stage with their shows, at the Palacio de
Deportes in Heredia , to lend support to the
Teletón that started Friday night and ended
last night.
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Key Week For
Trade Agreement
Today,
Monday, begins a crucial week for the Free
Trade Agreement between the United States and
5 Central American countries.
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Will There Be
Bulls in Zapote This Year?
Come
tomorrow Tuesday, the Minister of Health,
Rocio Saenz, she will give her decision on
whether there will be permission to build the
new 'bull ring' for the upcoming Festejos
Populares - annual festivities - in Zapote.
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Police in San
José have a new tool to help combat street
crime: surveilance cameras.
Starting
today, different parts of San José will wake
up under the watchful eyes of cameras manned
by police personnel to detect street crime and
dispatch offices to the scene.
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Ex-Nicaraguan
president gets 20 years in prison
Former Nicaraguan
President Arnoldo Aleman was sentenced Sunday
to 20 years in prison and would remain under
house arrest for the moment for health
reasons.
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Record-setting
snowstorm winds down in northeastern United
States
The first major winter
snow storm in northeastern United States began
to wind down Sunday after downing trees and
power lines, forcing airport delays and
cancellation, and claiming 10 lives in three
days.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS:
MEXICO |
"Bring Our Children Home"
”Our children must come home, and not
keep dying in this absurd military
occupation,” says Mexican Fernando
Suárez, whose son, a U.S. citizen, was
killed in Iraq in the first days of the
war.
”I'm in Iraq to express support for the
people and to tell the soldiers from the
United States, and especially the
Latinos, to return home, to stop this
military madness,” Suárez said Wednesday
in a telephone interview with IPS.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS:
NICARAGUA |
Nicaragua
- "Violence
against women is an issue of power and control"
Interview with
Matilde Lindo of the Network of Women Against Violence
Over the last 10 years, Nicaragua has seen organized and
systematic activities to combat violence against women.
Particularly outstanding is the work of
consciousness-raising carried out by the Network of Women
Against Violence, whose actions are aimed at making public
and denouncing intra-family and sexual violence. Created
in 1992, the network is made up of 150 women representing
different groups nationwide as well as around 100
individuals.
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