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San José, Costa Rica -
Friday 18 February 2005 |
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Now Is Not The Time For
International Warrant, Fiscal
General Advises Legislators
The Fiscal General de la
República, Francisco Dall'Anese,
affirmed yesterday to the
deputies of the Comisión del
Gasto Público de la Asamblea
Legislativa that now is not the
time to be asking for an
international arrest warrant
against former Costa Rican
president José María Figueres
Olsen.  more
TLC
Demonstration in Front of U.S.
Embassy
The area of Pavas and
Rohrmoser saw a unprecedented
police presence in all areas,
especially near or in front of
various embassies that are
located there. Police on
horseback patrolled the nearby
streets of the U.S. embassy,
while a mini bus was used to
dispatch uniformed officers at
different embassies. One officer
we interviewed told us that the
measure was one of pre-caution.
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Some
6.500 Taped Conversations in
Madam Trial
The trial of Sinaí Monge
continued yesterday, where the
judges heard taped telephone
conversations and viewed
undercover film footage that
police used to arrest the woman
and make a case against her for
"proxenetismo agravado" - the
prostitution of minors. more
Arias Influence Reviewed
Costa Rican voters are divided
on which politician could be the
best rival against former
president Óscar Arias Sánchez in
next year’s election, according
to a poll by Borge y Asociados
published in the Spanish
language daily newspaper Diario
Extra.
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Procuraduría General Seizes
Goods of Accused in
ICE-Alcatel Scandal
In a follow up the
ICE-Alcatel scandal that has
seen various public
officials, including former
president Miguel Angel
Rodríguez behind bars or
under house arrest, the
Procuraduría General de la
República - the Attorney
General - received the green
light to seize real estate
and personal property of
those accused. more
In
Costa Rica, Bagel Entrepreneurs
Offer Their Products to a New
Market
It used to be that Costa Ricans
didn’t have many choices for
breakfast: They would almost
always start the day with gallo
pinto, a hearty combination of
leftover black beans and rice,
with fresh cilantro thrown in
for flavor.
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US Port
Renews Deal with Havana for
Shipments to Cuba
Daniel McNeel, executive
director of Gulfport,
Mississippi, and Pedro Alvarez,
head of ALIMPORT, Cuba´s food
import company, have renewed an
agreement to increase shipments
from that harbor to Cuba.
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Venezuela Denounces At UN U.S.
Intrusion on Its Internal
Affairs
Venezuela has rejected at the UN
Security Council statements by
the US Department of State over
Caracas´ purchase of Russian
military weapons as an intrusion
in its internal affairs. more
Mexico
rejects CIA comments on
potential instability
Mexican Interior Minister
Santiago Creel Miranda on
Thursday rebuffed a brief from
the US Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA), which indicated
that several Latin American
countries, including Mexico, are
"potentially" unstable.
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
OPEC
Members Share Responsibility,
Say Venezuelan Experts
The petroleum producing
countries should make a greater
contribution to fighting global
warming, even though the
obligations established by the
Kyoto Protocol fall primarily on
the shoulders of the
industrialised oil consumer
nations, Venezuelan analysts
say.
The members of the Organisation
of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC) "should be ashamed for
trying to pass themselves off as
victims and even attempting to
obtain funds under the Kyoto
Protocol," Francisco Mieres, an
environmentalist and professor
specialising in the oil economy,
told IPS.
"Not only do they contribute to
global warming through the
burning of gas in the production
process and of crude in the
refining stage, but also some of
them, like Indonesia, have
permitted the savage destruction
of their forests," he added.
The OPEC nations -- Algeria,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,
Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, the United Arab Emirates
and Venezuela -- produce 35
percent of the crude oil
consumed in the world, which
translates into total combined
earnings of over 200 billion
dollars.
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