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San José, Costa Rica -
Thursday 17 February 2005 |
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Bi-Lateral
Agreement with the U.S. Will
Force Payment of Child Support
Costa Ricans who leave the
country for "greener" pasture in
the United States forgetting
loved ones at home and Americans
who skip out on child support to
hide in Costa Rica can do so no
more.
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CCSS To
Sue Spanish Consortium for
Alajuela Hospital Deficienies
Following President Abel
Pacheco's strong comments the
earlier day, the Caja
Costarricense del Seguro Social
(CCSS) had announced it will sue
the Spanish consortium that
built the Alajuela Hospital,
following complaints about the
construction and medical
equipment that does not work.
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National
Debt Reaches $10 Billion Dollars
The Minister of Hacienda,
Federico Carrillo, said
yesterday that the national debt
grew by 13.82% in 2004, reaching
us$10 billion - yes billion -
dollars or ¢4.921.897 million
colones. The Revenue Minister
stated that to wipe out the
debt, each Costa Rican must pay
out ¢1.3 million colones or
us$2.800 dollars at the current
exchange rate. more
BAC San
José Bank Announces Payday Loans
Customers of BAC San José, a
private bank, don't have to wait
for their paycheck anymore. The
bank made the announcement
yesterday, that it's customers
can now get an advance on their
salaries. more
Nicaragua
Ready for One Border Control
Post at Peñas Blancas
The President of Nicaragua,
Enrique Bolaños, announced
yesterday that Nicaragua now has
the money to move the Costa
Rican Peñas Blancas border
control point into Nicaragua,
creating one united border point
than the current separate posts. more
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Costa Rican Paradise a Tonic for
Loneliness
A
young woman traveling alone
draws quizzical looks and a
variety of reactions, ranging
from horror to admiration, but
almost always tinged with pity.
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Venezuela,
Colombia start efforts to
improve ties
The foreign ministries of
Venezuela and Colombia started
talks Wednesday to improve
bilateral ties disrupted over
the arrest of a Colombian rebel
leader.
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Colombian
Rebels Gun Down Small Town Mayor
Marxist rebels killed a
Colombian mayor while he
supervised construction work on
Wednesday in his small town in
the center of the country,
police said.
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RIGHTS-BRAZIL:
Army
Intervenes in 'War' Over Land
The 2,000 army troops that
Brazil began to deploy Wednesday
to the northern state of Pará
will not be sufficient to
control the tension in the
Amazon jungle municipalities
where four people have been
killed in disputes over land in
the past four days.
Although the mobilisation of
troops and the probable capture
of the killers of Dorothy Stang,
a missionary and environmental
activist from the United States
who held Brazilian citizenship,
are important, they will not
suffice to solve the land
conflicts that generate so much
violence in Pará, said Tomas
Balduino, president of the
Catholic Church's Pastoral Land
Commission (CPT).
The soldiers have been given the
mission of keeping the peace and
curbing violence in the rural
municipalities of Altamira,
Anapú and Parauapebas.
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