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Thursday 03
April 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Commission To Travel To Colombia To Seek
Out Truth Over Ties Between Colombian
Rebels and Costa Rican Politicians
A commission headed by
vice-president and interim security
minister, Laura Chinchilla, will travel
to Colombian on Friday. Chinchilla will
be accompanied by Foreign Minister,
Bruno Stagno and the Fiscal General,
Francisco Dall’Anese to review
information Colombian authorities have
over the possibility of links between
Costa Rican politicians and Colombian
rebels.
President Arias Wary Of
Inflation
Reuters - Costa Rican
inflation in 2008 will
likely exceed the
central bank's 9 percent
target because of
international food and
energy prices, President
Oscar Arias told Reuters
on Wednesday.
Lottery President Sues
Institution For Salary
The president of the
Junta de Protección
Social (JPS) - lottery
operator, Sergio Ramírez,
is suing the institution
which he works for,
demanding that he be
paid a salary although
he also earns a
legislative advisor. The
JPS, however, counters
that their presidents
have always worked for
free for the
institution.
Hot Mornings and
Afternoon Showers Normal
For Last Days of Summer
Gabrieal Chinchilla of
the Instituto
Meteorológico Nacional (IMN)
- national weather
service - confirmed
yesterday that the
remaining days of "verano"
(summer or dry season)
will see hot mornings
with scattered showers
in the afternoons.
Pilot Claims To Have
Captured UFO's On Film
More and more Costa
Rican pilots dare
ridicule and speak out
about their sightings of
Unidentified Flying
Objects )UFO's) or
Objetos Voladores No
Identificados (OVNIS) in
Spanish.
Free SMS Text
Messaging Via Internet To Any Cellular
Phone in Costa Rica
The online edition of
the daily Spanish language newspaper La
Nación is now offering a free text
messaging service to any cellular
telephone in Costa Rica from anywhere in
the world via the internet.
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Nestle Panama Accused of
Alleged Collusion In
Dairy Market
Panama's Consumer
Protection Authority has
said that the Nestle
subsidiary in that
country has been accused
of alleged collusion in
the dairy market,
reported Reuters.
Cuban President Meets
Russian Minister
Cuban Council of State
and Ministers President
Raul Castro met Russian
Federation
Transportation Minister
Igor Evguienevich
Levitin.
Colombia Prefers To
Rebuild Ties With
Venezuela Than Negotiate
With FARC
The Colombian government
said on Wednesday that
it is more interested in
rebuilding ties with
Venezuela than again
negotiating with the
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC)
rebels.
Colombian Court
Authorizes Former
Paramilitary Chief's
Extradition to U.S.
Colombia's Supreme Court
authorized on Wednesday
the extradition to the
United States of former
paramilitary chief
Carlos Mario Jimenez
alias "Macaco," who is
accused of illicit drug
trafficking and money
laundering.
Argentina Reiterates
Sovereignty Over
Malvinas (Falkland)
Islands
Argentine President
Cristina Fernandez said
on Wednesday her country
"cannot abandon" its
sovereignty claim on the
Malvinas Islands (called
the Falkland Islands in
Britain).
RIGHTS-COLOMBIA:
Paramilitarism Alive and
Well
"If their slogan was
land, dignity and peace,
this time it will be
terror, murder and
hell," said a threat
sent to human rights
defenders and trade
unionists who took part
in a Mar. 6 march in
homage to the victims of
Colombia’s far-right
paramilitary groups.
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