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San José, Costa Rica -
Thursday 27 January 2005
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Another Defection At the PLN
Party: Former President Monge
Following the
election of Oscar Arias as
presidential candidate for the
Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN)
- or 'green' party - several key
figures have left the party, all
claiming that Arias' election
was not just and fair and he
should not represent the party.
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Cellular Lines Almost Out Of
Stock
The Instituto
Costarricende de Electricidad
(ICE), the sole provider of
telecommunications in the
country, including cellular
service, announced that it is
almost out of cellular lines it
can assign to new subscribers.
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First Gasoline Hike of the Year
Coming
Following a break, the
Refinadora Costariccense de
Petroleo (RECOPE) has asked for
an increae in the price of
gasoline, the first for the year
and a lot higher than had been
expected.
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"Madam" Trial Next Month
Sinaí Monge Muñoz,
the woman suspected of operating
a prostitution network that
explioted minors is going to
trial on February 8, the
Fiscalía de Delitos Sexuales
(Prosecutor's office for sex
crimes) announced.
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Banana
Producing Countries Oppose New
EU Tariff
Costa Rican
President, Abel Pacheco, along
with the pesidents and foreign
ministers from five othe
banana-producing countries
Wednesday issued a statement
opposing a European Union (EU)
plan to raise per ton tariff
from 75 euro (us$97.5 dollars)
to 230 euro (us$299 dollars) on
their banana export starting in
2006.
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Peru,
China to establish partnership
of cooperation
Peru and China agreed Wednesday
to establish a partnership of
all-around cooperation during
talks between visiting Chinese
Vice President Zeng Qinghong and
his Peruvian counterpart David
Waisman.
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5th World
Social Forum opens in Brazil
The 5th World Social Forum (WSF)
with the theme of
anti-globalization was kicked
off with a special demonstration
participated by some 200,000
people Wednesday evening in the
southern Brazilian city of Port
Alegre.
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Guerrilla
attack on prison leaves 6 dead
in Colombia
Six prisoners died and four
others were injured when
guerrillas launched a rescue
operation in a prison in western
Colombia on Tuesday night,
Interior and Justice Minister
Sabas Pretelt said Wednesday.
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WORLD
SOCIAL FORUM:
Open Systems for Open Politics
The World Social Forum opens
Wednesday with open information
systems in place to go with an
open political ethos.
All of about 1,000 computers at
the forum are using free
software. The official website
has been developed for the first
time in 'php,' an open source
language.
A new translation system is also
a free software tool. The system
has been developed by Nomad, a
group of programmers from India,
Brazil, France and Britain
working since 2003 on a
voluntary basis to build the
system for the World Social
Forum (WSF).
A Tunisian group has developed a
programme to store video footage
and offer it on the Internet.
Discussions at more than 400
panels and workshops will be
transmitted live, permitting
virtual participation from
around the world.
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