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Costa
Rica Mourns Pope John Paul II
In all Catholic churches across Costa Rica masses to remember Pope John
Paul II were held. The Catedral Metropolitana in San José was no
exception, where masses were held at different times during the day.
Nine Arrested for "Pirated" Music
Three Costa Rican and six
Nicaraguans were arrested last Friday for "pirating" music. The arrests
were made by police in Central market in Heredia.
Colombian Police Break Up Counterfeiters
Colombian police report that they broke up a gang of counterfeiters that
send "dollars" to various countries in Latin America, among them Costa
Rica.
No to Re-Negotiation of CAFTA
The possibility that Costa Rica
re-negotiate the Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA),
as has been suggested by the opposition Citizen Action Party (PAC in
Spanish), is not an option for the Government, according to Minister of
Foreign Trade Manuel Gonzalez.
Need a
School for Your Kids? Start Your Own
What do you do if you're an
experienced teacher with two young children and a shortage of toddler
schools in the area in which you live?
Lava Tours Epic Mountain Biking Supports Costa
Rica's Biodiversity
Lava Tours, Costa Rica’s premier
mountain biking tour operator, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
with the Association for the Conservation of the Mono Tití (ASCOMOTI) to
fund their environmental conservation and educational programs in Costa
Rica’s Central Pacific.
LATIN AMERICA
Spanish Cardinal Leads Vatican until New Pope Is
Elected
Spanish Cardinal Eduardo
Martinez Somalo, the Vatican camerlengo, will be the administrative, not
spiritual, father of the world´s more than 1 billion Catholics until a
new pope is elected within the next few weeks.
Cuban Five Wives Request Catalan Parliament Support
Olga Salanueva and Adriana
Perez, wives of two of the five Cubans imprisoned in the United States
for trying to put a stop to terrorist actions against the island,
requested that Catalan parliamentarians support their cause.
Brazil, Havana Get Top Honors as Best Country and City
The Latin American Federation of
Congress and Related Event Planners (COCAL is the Spanish acronym) made
public the most outstanding destinations of 2004 in organizing congress
and events, with Brazil and Havana awarded as best country and best
city, respectively.
Two Brazilian policemen arrested for mass killing
Two Brazilian policemen were
arrested for suspected involvement in the worst massacre in the
Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, according to local reports Sunday.
SPECIAL REPORTS
RELIGION:
How Do You Say Wojtyla
"Ma, Chi è? (Who is He?)" That was the
question on the minds of many at St. Peter's Square on a balmy autumn
evening on Oct. 16, 1978 when Cardinal Pericle Felici announced: "Habemus
Papam (We have a Pope)."
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