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Friday 11 January 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Increased
Budget Convinces OIJ's Rojas To Stay On
The head of the Organismo de
Investigación Judicial (OIJ), Jorge
Rojas, had threatened on many occasions
to quit and last month he handed in his
resignation effective at the end of
January, saying that the lack of
resources and commitment by the
government led to his decision.
Many Residents of The
Worst Mudslide Back In
Their Homes Despite Risk
Today marks three months
of one of the worst
landslides in the
country, when in the
early hours of October
11 when 14 people died
in Atenas, west of San
José.
World Natural Wonder
Costa Rica’s Cocos
Island is a strong
candidate to become one
of the world’s seven
natural wonders, since
the sponsor of the
election, the Swiss
foundation New7Wonders,
has enlisted it among on
of the favorite spots
around the globe.
Re-Stocking Macaws
The population of macaws
is growing scarcer; they
are badly threatened,
and their extinction
seems imminent. However,
those big colorful birds
are abundant in Rio
Segundo, Alajuela, not
far from Juan Santamaria
International Airport.
Savings Hurt
The
higher-than-estimated
inflation and the low
rates of interest
delivered a heavy blow
to those who have
savings accounts, term
certificates, and
current accounts.
Nicaragua's Ortega
Proposes Restructuring
Legislative System
Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega told
legislators the country
would be "among the most
democratic in the
world'' if they adopt a
parliamentary-style
system and fund citizen
groups modeled after
those in Cuba.
Nicaragua in Deal
With Exxon Mobil to Process Crude
Nicaragua has agreed to
let U.S. oil company ExxonMobil Corp buy
and process the crude it buys from
Venezuela, President Daniel Ortega said
on Thursday.
CAFTA Heightens Poverty
in Guatemala
A year and a half after
signing the Central
American Free Trade
Agreement, poverty has
worsened in Guatemala
and there is greater
concentration of wealth
in the few, farm leader
Helmer Velasquez
denounced on Thursday.
Ecuador Conspiracy Grabs
Attention
Destabilizing plans
against the Ecuadorian
government and the
constituent Assembly to
hinder the process of
change have attracted
national attention.
FARC
Prisoners Arrive in
Venezuela
Colombian former
candidate to Vice
President Clara Rojas
and former congress
deputy Consuelo Gonzalez
arrived at the
Venezuelan airport of
Santo Domingo,
Venezuelan state of
Tachira Thursday.
COLOMBIA:
Hostages Handed Over by
Rebels
Two Colombian
politicians held hostage
by the FARC guerrillas
are on their way to
Caracas in Venezuelan
helicopters sent to a
secret location in the
Colombian jungle early
Thursday.
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