San José, Costa Rica -
Monday 17 January 2005
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Rain And Strong Winds Maintain Red
Alert
If the rain and flood of last
weekend wasn't enough, this weekend there was more rain and
though the flooding was not as severe or caused more damage,
the real danger now is mud slides.
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Lawyers To Invade Costa Rica
More than 150
lawyers are expected to descend on Costa Rica between the
3rd and 6th of February for a world meeting of Notaries. The
event is being organized by the Colegio de Abogados and the
Instituto Costarricense de Derecho Notarial.
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Former President Figueres' Brother
Quits Party
The political game
is underway. Yesterday, with the folding of the Partido
Liberación Nacional (PLN), Mariano Figueres, the brother of
former president José Maria Figueres Olsen and son of José
Figueres Ferrer - "Don Pepe" - he left the party.
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Transit Police With Heavy Hand At
Palmares Festival
The Transit Police
has made good on it's promise to use a heavy hand against
drinking and driving at the Palmares Festival that began
last Wednesday and ends on January 24.
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SPECIAL
REPORT:
Isn't It Supposed To Be Summer?
On Sunday I visited the Limón
area to get a first hand look at some of the devastation
that we have been writing about all week.
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BUSINESS:
Arizona chip, IT work
outsourced to Costa Rica
Arizona firms are following the
national trend of outsourcing
manufacturing, information
technology and back-office jobs
overseas -- just not as far
overseas as some might think.
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IN MEMORIAM:
Linda Greissel
At
53 years of age, our freind,
Canadian Linda Greissel
passed away peacefully on
Friday, 14 January 2005 at
her house in Santa Ana.
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Colombian
Government pardons guerrillas
In an unprecedented decision,
the government of President
Álvaro Uribe decided on Dec. 2
to pardon and release 23
combatants of the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
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Cuban
Historians Launch Website
Cuba´s History Institute
Researchers have presented a
website, committing themselves
to strive for a better world for
all of mankind.
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Venezuela
Changes in the Supreme Court
The swearing-in of 17 lawyers on
Dec. 15 altered the make-up of
the Supreme Court (TSJ), which
now has 32 justices.
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RIGHTS-CHILE:
Sexual
Harassment Law Finally Approved
After 13 Years
After taking 13 years to make
its way through Congress, a law
against sexual harassment in the
workplace has been unanimously
approved by the Senate in Chile,
where an estimated 20 percent of
working women are subjected to
this form of abuse.
”This new legislation is a major
advance in terms of the rights
of working women in Chile, the
main victims of sexual
harassment, because it is aimed
at protecting their dignity.
They deserve to have a workplace
free from discrimination,” said
Patricia Silva, head of the
legal department of the
governmental National Women's
Service (SERNAM).
The law, approved by the Senate
on Jan. 6, will introduce a
reform to the country's labour
code, classifying sexual
harassment as a misdemeanour.
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