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Resident of Bajo Anonos protested yesterday the
removal of the makeshift bridge, by the Municipality
of Escazu, that connected the two communities.One
half of Bajo Anonos is in Ezcasu, the other half in
Saj Jose.
The bridge the connects the two halves was washed
out several months ago. The only other crossing to
the two communities is the newly built bridge over
the River Tiribi, which sits about 300 feet above
the community.
[Foto: insidecostarica.com]
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updated by 8:00 a.m. CST each day
Adoption Inquiry Alarms
Costa Rica
A
suspected case of baby trafficking under
investigation here and in Guatemala has
shocked this country and drawn the attention
of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Costa Rica Tries to Halt
Data Sales
Costa
Rica's justice minister said lawmakers are
likely to pass a measure by April restricting
the sale of data that the government collects
on its citizens.
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HPV May Cause Oral Cancer
The sexually transmitted human
papillomavirus,
already shown to cause nearly all cases of
cervical cancer, also may cause cancer of the
mouth and oropharynx, the part of the throat
including part of the tongue and the tonsils,
Reuters Health reports.
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Better Outlook for
Economy
Even though the actual figures are not available
yet, the outlook of the economy of Costa Rica for
the year 2004 is positive.
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Former Argentine president charged with tax
fraud
An Argentine court Friday charged former
president Carlos Menem with tax fraud, citing
an alleged failure to declare in his income
tax report 600,000 US dollars he had in a
Swiss bank account.
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Brazil, Russia propose expanding UN
Security Council
Brazil and Russia propose including developing
countries as permanent members of the United
Nations Security Council, a joint communique
issued by Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso
Amorim and his Russian counterpart, Igor
Ivanov, said on Friday.
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New Peruvian minister resigns amid
accusations of corruption
Sociologist Ana Maria Romero has replaced
Nidia Puelles as Peru's new Women Minister
after Puelles resigned on Friday.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: LATIN AMERICA |
Activists Predict Increase in Street
Vendors
Critics of the impact of free trade
agreements on Latin America, especially
the projected effects of the FTAA, say
the number of street vendors will
increase in the region's large cities.
Due to the inevitable flood of U.S. farm
products, which have a competitive edge
thanks to the huge government subsidies
shelled out to U.S. farmers, ''the most
likely scenario is an increase in street
vendors'' in the big cities of Latin
America and the Caribbean, said
Salvadoran economist César Villalona.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: FREE TRADE |
Growers
watch CAFTA
Proposed Central American Free Trade
Agreement still has opposition
Costa Rica rejected it. U.S. labor
unions and manufacturers are lining up
against it, and it faces a tough
ratification battle in Congress.
But if it comes to fruition in its
current form, the proposed Central
American Free Trade Agreement -- terms
of which were reached this week by the
Bush Administration and four countries
in that region -- could bring benefits
for Coachella Valley agricultural
growers.
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