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San José, Costa Rica -
Wednesday 16 February 2005 |
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Former Alcatel Costa Rica President
Gives Declaration
The ICE-Alcatel saga continued
yesterday with the testimony by former Alcatel Costa Rica
president, Edgar Valverde, before the fiscales - the
prosecutors.
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President Pacheco Promises Tough
Action Against Alajuela Hospital Builder
The hospital that took some 25 years to build - the new
hospital in Alajuela that was recently opened - is under
fire with the detection of more than 300 major flaws, from
construction to non-working or faulty equipment.
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Man
Arrested for Suspected Sexual Abuse of
Two Minors
A 64 year old man
will be spending the next three months in preventive
detention following his arrest last Friday for the suspected
sexual abuse of two minors aged 7 and 14. more
"Gringos Want Fresh Meat" Madam Trial
Judges Hear Testimony
"The Gringos are tired
of Nela, they already know her, they want fresh meat", were
words that heard by a judge from a telephone wire tap of a
presumed conversation between Madam Sinaí Monge and her
brother Miguel. more
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Troop
deployment not swapped for US
benefit: Salvadoran FM
The presence of El Salvador's
troops in Iraq is not the result
of a swap with the United States
for a postponement of the return
of thousands of Salvadorans to
their home country, Foreign
Minister Francisco Lainez said
Tuesday.
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Argentina
to be first to sign Protocol of
Kyoto implementation pact
Argentina will be the first to
sign an agreement to put the
Protocol of Kyoto into effect in
a ceremony scheduled for
Wednesday in Japan, said the
Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.
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Death toll
rises to 43 in Colombian
flooding
The death toll has risen to at
least 43 as more bodies were
found following the week-long
devastating floods in Colombia,
authorities said Tuesday.
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DEVELOPMENT:
The Millennium Goals Challenge -
Latin America Is on Its Own
Latin America cannot count on
foreign aid to help it reach the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
10 years from now. Nor can it
meet these targets solely on the
strength of economic growth,
because the gap between rich and
poor remains the biggest hurdle,
according to U.N. experts.
Enrique Ganuza, chief economist
in the regional office of the
U.N. Development Programme (UNDP),
said the countries of Latin
America and the Caribbean can
only count on their own
resources to face the challenge
of living up to the MDGs,
because ”no one is going to give
them non-refundable aid.”
This remains the region with the
greatest income gap between rich
and poor, Ganuza pointed out.
The MDGs were agreed by world
leaders at a U.N. summit in
September 2000 as a strategy to
uproot poverty, inequality and
pollution by 2015.
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