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Gov. Jeb Bush, center, accompanied by his wife
Columba Bush, left, speaks with Costa Rica
President Abel Pacheco, right, during a
welcoming ceremony at the National Museum in
San Jose, Monday. Bush is on a two-day
official visit to promote investments and
trade between Central America and Florida, and
to promote Miami for the headquarters of the
Free Trade Zone of the Americas. (AP
Photo/Kent Gilbert)
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Costa Rica Plays FTAA Card
Gov. Jeb Bush got a boost Monday
for Miami's bid to become the headquarters of a proposed 34-nation Free
Trade Area of the Americas pact.
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Two 11 Year Old Girls Shot in Schoolyard Accident
Yesterday, a new chapter on
violence was written in Costa Rica. At the school, Unidad Pedagógica Rafael
Araya Rojas en La Florida de Tibás, it appears a 17 year old boy was
carrying a handgun in his backpack, which apparently went off injuring two
evelen year old girls.
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Actor Paul Newman Visits Costa Rica
In his first visit to
Costa Rica, actor Paul Newman, is here to support a project to help children
along with the Fundación Arias para la Paz y el Progreso Humano.
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"Piratas" Block Highway in Protest
Monday, hundreds of informal
taxis or "piratas" from various sectors of San José, blocked the main
east-west highway (circumvalacion) in front of Parque de la Paz, south of
San José...
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American Accused of Abusing Poor Girls in Nicaragua
Arnold Peter Einsner, a 53-year-old US citizen, sits in a jail cell in
Managua where he will be tried in court for the crime of “corruption of
minors” for sexually abusing Nicaraguan girls between the ages of 8 and 14.
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US-Canadian border crossing briefly closed
A busy crossing on the
US-Canadian border was briefly closed Monday after a grenade was found in a
car entering Canada from the United States, media reports said.
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Honduras to send troops in Iraq
Honduran Deputy Chief of
Staff Hector Pavon went to the Palmerola Comayagua military base Monday to
see off 95 Honduran soldiers joining the Iraqi peace mission.
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New Peruvian cabinet sworn in
Peruvian President Alejandro
Toledo swore in a new cabinet headed by the ruling party's legislator Carlos
Ferrero in a ceremony held Monday in the Government Palace.
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