San José, Costa Rica -
Thursday 06 January 2005
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Municipality and Vendors Reach A
Solid Agreement
The Municipality of San José and
the Street Vendors have reached
an agreement, peacefully and to
everyone's satisfaction. For now
that is.
 more
Price of
Bread and Cookies Going Up
With the start of the new year
comes a series of price
increases to keep pace with
inflation.
more
Monge
Leaves the Party
In
2004 we saw a dramatic change in
the political face of Costa Rica
with the preventive detention of
two former presidents - Rafael
Angel Calderón (1990-1994) and
Miguel Angel Rodríguez
(1998-2002) - and the failure to
show his face of former
president José María Figueres
Olsen (1194-1998) all accused of
corruption.
more
Illegal Aliens Rejected
During the year 2004, a
total 42,643 foreigners were
rejected at border crossings
and other ports of arrival
to Costa Rica.
more
UN-Funded Pro-Abortion Group
Attacks Costa Rica's In Vitro
Ban
The Center For Reproductive
Rights (CRR), the most active
pro-abortion litigant in the
United States and a major global
pro-abortion force, has filed
supporting documents in a case
against Costa Rica that is now
pending before an international
human rights commission.
more
Cicomex Seeks to Develop SME
Exports
The
Costa Rican-Mexican industry and
trade chamber Cicomex plans to
launch new programs to encourage
Costa Rican small and
medium-sized enterprise (SME)
exports to Mexico, Cicomex
president Hector Lee told
BNamericas. more
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Former
Chilean dictator under house
arrest
Former Chilean president Augusto
Pinochet has been placed under
house arrest. This follows a
decision from the Chilean
Supreme Court, that murder and
kidnapping charges filed against
him can proceed. more
Switzerland asks for information
from Argentina about Kirchner
case
Switzerland asked Argentina for
information to decide whether to
cooperate in an inquiry
implicating Argentine President
Nestor Kirchner in a money
transfer case, local press
reported Wednesday. more
Omar
Quintana elected president of
Ecuadorian congress
Omar Quintana, a lower house
representative of the Ecuadorian
Roldosista Party (PRE), was
elected president of the
National Congress on Wednesday.
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CHALLENGES 2004-2005:
Risks
Posed by South America's Growing
Ties to China
While the United States has its
gaze trained elsewhere, China
has been nudging its way into
South America.
Its influence could perpetuate a
weak economic model based on
commodity exports, and
exacerbate the already serious
problem of corruption, according
to analysts, who identify these
as the immediate risks posed by
the sudden interest in this
region expressed by the Asian
giant.
Given that China has the
potential to become a major new
presence in South America over
the next two decades, it could
also contribute to a significant
change in the balance of
geopolitical and economic forces
in the hemisphere, say some
observers.
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