San José, Costa Rica -
Saturday 22 January 2005
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Sixaola Completely Under Water
Sixaola, a small town at the
most Southern part of the East coast of Costa Rica with
borders with Panama, is a community that been totally
isolated and trapped by the floods of the past two weeks.
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Guilty Plea in Sales of Fake Lipitor
Made in Costa Rica
The scheme that
sold counterfeit cholesterol drug Lipitor made in Costa Rica
and smuggled and sold in the U.S. had resulted in the 2003
recall - one of that nation's largest prescription drug
recalls - of 200.000 bottles real tablets made by Pfizer,
and exposing the vulnerability in a pharmaceutical
distribution system considered the safest in the world.
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Tourists Stay Longer
The average stay of foreign tourists in Costa Rica has increased from 10.4
days in 2001 to 13.5 days in 2004, according to the Ministry of Tourism and
the National Chamber of Tourism. more
Do You Know Where Your Credits Cards
Are?
Tourists and residents alike are
warned to keep a close eye on their credit cards and to
closely review the monthly statements for unusual purchases.
Thieves can easily duplicate and clone stolen cards and in a
short time take it to the credit limit. more
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Cuba Shows
Proficient Readiness for Natural
Disasters
Cuba"s delegation to the UN
Conference on Disaster Reduction
in Kobe explained the domestic
experience in dealing with such
phenomena, especially the
priority given to protecting the
population.
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Colombian
troops kill six paramilitaries
Six Colombian paramilitaries
were killed and 11 others
captured in clashes with
government troops in the eastern
department of Casanare, the
military said Friday.
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11 injured
in light airplane crash in
Bolivia
When a private light airplane
was about to land in southeast
of Bolivia, it crashed, injuring
11 individuals, said Friday by
the Bolivian Information Agency
(ABI).
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ARGENTINA:
Tragedy
Creates New Safety Awareness
Among Rock Bands, Fans
The year-end tragedy that
claimed the lives of 189 young
people in a dance club in the
Argentine capital dealt a severe
blow to the city's rock scene,
and bands, fans and concert
producers are now expressing
their concern about creating a
culture of safety.
"We concert producers have lost
credibility, just like what
happened to the banks when they
kept the money of their
account-holders," Fernando
Benebeña, the organiser of the
country's biggest rock festival,
told IPS.
He was referring to the late
2001 freeze on bank accounts and
collapse of the financial
system, and the failure of many
Argentine savers to recuperate
their money. more
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