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San José, Costa Rica -
Wednesday 26 January 2005
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Marriages
of Convenience Are OK, Court
Rules
It
is with regular occurrence that
marriages between Costa Ricans
and foreigners are registered at
the Registro Civil. Many of
these marriages, according to
the Dirección General de
Migración y Extranjería -
Immigration service - are
marriages of convenience.
 more
Man Takes
Women For a Ride
In
an early morning operation in
Los Guidos de Desamparados,
agents of the Sección de Fraudes
del OIJ (Fraud Squad) arrested a
60 year old man for defrauding
more than 10 women, who were
only looking for love.
more
The Cold
Is Back in San José
After a few days of warm
weather, the cold spell is back.
But, it seems only in San José.
more
ICT
Website Warns Sex Tourists
The Instituto Costarricense de
Turismo (ICT) - the tourism
board - has added to it's
website (www.visitcostarica.com)
a warning to sexual abusers and
exploiters of minors.
more
Leaders
Protest EU Banana Tariffs
Following a meeting Panama City,
Panama, Latin American ministers
met to draft a joint declaration
rejecting the European
Union (EU) proposals to increase
banana import tariffs in 2006.
more
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elempleo.com
website
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Colombia,
Venezuela seek to overcome
diplomatic crisis
The governments of Colombia and
Venezuela are working for a
solution to the diplomatic
crisis between them, said a
senior Colombian official
Tuesday.
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Argentina,
Spain sign declaration to
improve ties
Argentine President Nestor
Kirchner and Spanish Prime
Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez
Zapatero signed the Declaration
of Buenos Aires here Tuesday to
improve the political and
economic ties between the two
nations.
more
The Cuban
Biggest Market Opens in Holguin
Over one hundred Cuban
enterprises participate in
Holguin Commercial Fair, the
biggest marketplace of this
province in the northeastern
zone of the island.
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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM:
Venezuela
Aims to Channel Voice of the
South
Following in the footsteps of
Arabic broadcaster Al Jazeera,
Venezuela is spearheading a
project to launch a new
television network that will
bring the voice of Latin America
and the Caribbean to the rest of
world, while challenging U.S.
control of the hemisphere's
media.
”Why don't the oil companies of
our countries unite? Why don't
we South Americans have a Bank
of the South, which could use a
part of our reserves to invest
in development? Why do we have
to learn about ourselves from a
TV network from the North, like
CNN?”
These are questions that
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez
has put forward at almost every
forum he has addressed in the
past year.
And he will undoubtedly pose
them once again in the southern
Brazilian city of Porto Alegre,
where he will be attending the
fifth annual World Social Forum
(WSF), taking place Jan. 26-31.
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