San José, Costa Rica -
Friday 28 January 2005
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Fishman Quits The Vice
Presidency
For almost three years, Luis
Fishman, has been second
vice-president of Costa Rica,
though with no office or
official duties after his run
with president Abel Pacheco, has
tendered his resignation.
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New
Immigration Law Would See Couple
Live Together For One Year
Before Applying for Residency
Following a decision by the Sala
IV - the Constitutional Court -
that said that the immigration
service cannot investigate or
refuse residency to a foreigner
who is marriage to a Costa
Rican, deputies are studying a
new law by Migración y
Extranjería where it will
regulate "marriages of
convenience".
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Tourism in
Limón Down Due to Floods
Asociación Costarricense de
Profesionales en Turismo (ACOPROT)
confirmed yesterday a 70%
cancellation rate by visitors to
the Caribbean tourist spots.
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OIJ To Use
DNA To Curb Cattle Theft
The use of DNA testing is
applied in many ways in a
criminal investigation by police
authorities. We've see the
television shows where DNA
became the principal evidence in
a case. And we've read the
headlines in newspapers were DNA
has set free many innocents
after spending years in jail.
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Bulgarian
Scammer Arrested
Kitov Ivan Velinov, a Bulgarian
who was the target of a
worldwide search because of his
participation in a multi-million
scam in his country, was
arrested by the Costa Rican
police.
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Venezuela,
Colombia seek to overcome
diplomatic crisis
Venezuela and Colombia are
discussing the wording of a
memorandum of understanding (MOU)
in order to overcome a
diplomatic crisis between them,
the Ultimas Noticias newspaper
said Thursday.
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Colombia
to demobilize over 130 AUC
paramilitaries
More than 130 paramilitaries
from the right-wing United
Self-Defense Forces of Colombia
(AUC) will lay down their
weapons Sunday as part of the
ongoing peace process with the
government, officials said
Thursday.
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Book Fair
in Cuba Will Be a Party,
Brazilian Ambassador Status
The 14th International Book Fair
will be an unforgettable party,
as a consequence of close
relations between Cuba and
Brazil, said here Brazilian
Ambassador to Havana Tilden
Santiago here Thursday.
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WORLD
SOCIAL FORUM:
Lula Leads
Global Call to Fight Poverty
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio
Lula da Silva led a global call
Thursday for a worldwide fight
against poverty. In his address
to the fifth World Social Forum,
however, the leftist leader was
also the target of harsh
criticism from party activists
even farther left on the
political spectrum.
Lula took part in the official
launching of the Global Call to
Action Against Poverty (GCAP), a
civil society movement that is
pushing governments to keep the
promises they have made for
development assistance.
Addressing the 12,000 people
packed into Gigantinho Stadium
in the southern Brazilian city
of Porto Alegre, where the fifth
World Social Forum (WSF) is
under way, Lula expressed his
solidarity with the movement,
which is made up of hundreds of
civil society groups from around
the globe.
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