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Friday 04
April 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Passengers Continue
To Suffer Long Lines At
San José Airport
Although the Dirección
de Migración
(immigration service)
has added more officials
and more countersat the
Juan Santamaría (San
José) international
airport, the long lines
continue and the wait
can be up to 2 hours at
times.
Woman Appointed As New
Security Minister
Janina del Vecchio, a
retired mathematics
professor and currently
a legislativ deputy, has
been appointed as the
new ministra de
Seguridad Pública,
replacing Fernando
Berrocal, who left the
post on Sunday.
Costa Rica Telecom
Market Seen Opening Soon
Costa Rica,
one of the few Latin
America countries still
with a state-run
telephone sector, is
expected soon to open to
big foreign players as
part of a trade deal
with the United States.
Higher Electricity Rates
On the Way
Carolina Mora,
spokesperson for the
Autoridad Reguladora de
los Servicios Públicos (Aresep)
- regulator of public
prices and services -
says that the authority
is studying the proposal
to increase electrical
rates based on
consumption.
Canada Preparing for
Costa Rica
Canada's women's soccer
team has turned its
focus to Costa Rica in
advance of Sunday's
CONCACAF women's Olympic
qualification tournament
in Juarez, Mexico.
False Psychologist
Hypnotized Women To Rape Them
The Tribunales de
Justicia de Desamparados yesterday began
trial of a 67 year old man, a French
national, who claimed to be a
psychologist hypnotized more than 40
women to rape them.
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Taiwan Gives
Half-A-Million Dollars
In Aid To Nicaragua
The government of Taiwan
has handed
half-a-million dollars
over to Nicaragua to
finance projects to
strengthen the country's
institutions and to
promote investment and
foreign trade.
Panama Seeks $2.3
Billion Canal Funding
The Panama Canal
Authority is looking to
put debt finance in
place for $2.3 billion
by the end of the year,
a figure at the upper
end of its borrowing
forecast, according to
ACP administrator
Alberto Aleman.
Colombia's FARC Says It
Will Not Unilaterally
Release Hostages
Colombia's Revolutionary
Armed Forces (FARC)
rebels said on Thursday
they will not release
more hostages
unilaterally until an
accord is negotiated in
a demilitarized zone.
Cuba, Russia Strengthen
Economic Ties
Russian Transportation
Minister Igor Levitin's
four-day visit to Cuba,
which concluded
Thursday, has helped
strengthen economic ties
between the two
countries, Cuban Foreign
Minister Felipe Perez
Roque said.
Argentine Airlines
Suspends Flights
Argentine Airlines (Aerloineas
Argentinas) suspended
its national and
international flights
Thursday in order to
comply with "strict
security measures," the
Association of Airline
Pilots (APLA) stated in
a communique.
COLOMBIA:
On
the Verge of Death?
It is still uncertain
whether a European
humanitarian mission
sent to Colombia by
French President Nicolas
Sarkozy to provide
emergency medical aid to
French-Colombian hostage
Ingrid Betancourt will
be received by the FARC
guerrillas.
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