San José, Costa Rica -
Saturday 08 January 2005
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President
Pacheco Would Resign
Immunity
If congressmen were to ask
him, President Abel Pacheco
said he would resign his immunity
in order to allow an
investigation related to
allegedly irregular
donations to his 2002 political
campaign.
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Riteve
Confirms "Turbo Taxis"!
What is a Turbo Taxi? A taxi
that has it's taximeter or - "maria"
as they are called in Costa
Rica. - running at a faster rate
than normal. Most Costa Ricans
and foreigners alike have run
into these taxis that, for some
reason cost more for the same
trip taken daily.
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Immigration Services Only by
Appointment
The long lines at the Dirección
General de Migración y
Extranjería - immigration
department - has prompted some
changes. Beginning yesterday,
Costa Ricans need to make an
appoint to obtain a passport.
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Growth and
Inequality
Latin America looks forward
to strong economic growth
this year, but it must apply
strong reforms if it is to
keep growing in the long
term and to fight the high
inequality existing among
its population.
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Pro-Life
Costa Rica Under Fire from
Abortion Advocates to Reverse
Its IVF Ban
In March 2000, Costa Rica became
the only country in North or
South America to prohibit in
vitro fertilization. The Costa
Rican constitution protects
human life from conception to
natural death. IVF is a
procedure that necessitates the
killing of many of the embryos
created for the process.
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Brazil
sends more relief aid to
tsunami-ravaged countries
A
Brazilian air force plane is to
depart Friday night from Galeao
Airport of Rio de Janeiro for
Medan of Indonesia, carrying six
tons of medicine and nine tons
of water for the victims of the
Dec. 26 tsunami.
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Death toll
in Argentine nightclub fire
rises to 190
The death toll from a blaze in a
Buenos Aires nightclub rose to
190 after two young women died
on Friday, local health
authorities said.
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Triple
crash kills 25 in Bolivia
At
least 25 were killed and 50
others injured when three buses
collided with one another in
west Bolivia Friday, police
said.
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Facing
Charges, Not Discomforts
Former Latin American Leaders
Live the Good Life While in
Confinement
ANTIGUA, Guatemala - Efrain Rios
Montt, the former dictator who
presided over one of the
bloodiest eras in Guatemalan
history, has been under house
arrest in the capital since
early last year. He is accused
of inciting a riot, and he is
being investigated for genocide
in the killings of thousands
during a 1980s military campaign
against Marxist rebels.
But several weeks ago, the
retired general threw a grand
bash for his daughter's wedding
at his mansion in this colonial
city at the foot of
postcard-perfect volcanoes. Fine
scotch flowed, and the guest
list included both the U.S.
ambassador and a member of the
U.S. Congress, who happened to
be the groom.
Rios Montt is one of more than a
dozen former Latin American
leaders who are under
investigation on criminal
charges ranging from murder to
embezzlement, yet who continue
to enjoy the comforts of home
and even high-profile social
lives, arousing the ire of
ordinary citizens and human
rights groups across the
country.
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