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Pineapples Top Coffee in Costa Rican Exports
Gourmet pineapples have elbowed coffee
out of the second spot in Costa Rica's agricultural exports over the last
year, as farmers sowed ever-greater areas with the fruit amid growing
demand.
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Say "NO" to Chorizo, Get Rewarded
The Spanish daily Diario Extra reports
of an ambitious project headed by lawmaker Carlos Avendaño of the Partido
Renovación Costarricense party, that will reward Costa Ricans with cash
incentives for reporting corrupt government officials and agencies.
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Pacheco's Health OK; Leaves Today For Europe
Following the cancellation this week of
his trip to Nicaragua due to illness, President Abel Pacheco leaves today
for Europe, visiting Italy and Spain.
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Costa Rica Subject to "Oil Extortion"
Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco
delighted environmentalists two years ago when he announced a moratorium on
oil exploration and open-pit mining in the country.
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Merchants Prevent a Man from Falling Victim to a
Sweepstakes Scam
You may be the winner
of hundreds of thousands of dollars. But first, you'll need to send in some
of your cash to insure the prize. That is the come-on line international
sweepstakes and lotteries use to lure their victims.
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Colombian Paramilitaries Use Civilians as Shields
Warplanes preparing to bomb a
paramilitary camp abandoned their mission after militants used villagers as
human shields, Colombia's army chief said. A soldier and 14 paramilitary
gunmen were killed in subsequent firefights.
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Mexico unsatisfied with Britain's explanation on
trapped cavers
Mexican President Vicente Fox
declared Friday he was not satisfied with the explanation from Britain on
the tasks carried out by the six speleologists trapped in partly flooded
caverns in the central Puebla state, 180 kilometers north of the capital
Mexico City.
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Brazil's Zero Hunger project brings food to 15 Million
people
Brazil's ambitious Zero Hunger plan is
working, and will this year tackle the big cities where half the country's
poor live, a special adviser to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said
yesterday.
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