San José, Costa Rica -
Sunday 09 January 2005
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ICE President Vows to Combat Corruption at the Institution
The president of
the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), Pablo
Cob, told in an interview with Spanish language daily La
Nación how he intends to cut corruption within the state
controlled telecommunications monopoly.
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Cold Weather To Stay With Us Most of
This Week
Many tourists come
to Costa Rica to get away from the cold and snow of the
north, only to find cold and rain. In San José that is.
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Caribbean Community not to
re-admit Haiti until after
elections
Haiti will not be allowed back
into the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
until the country hold elections
in December this year and
democracy is restored, Jamaican
Foreign Minister Keith Knight
said Friday.
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8 illegal
combatants killed in fight in
Colombia
Eight members of illegal armed
groups have been killed in
fighting with government troops,
the Colombian army said
Saturday.
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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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