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Wednesday 12 March 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Government
Outlines Plans For Improved Security
Jail for thieves of cellular phones,
sanctions against "compras y ventas" who
accept stolen goods and fines for riders
of motorcycles without an identity vest
are all part of the government's plans
to take back national security from
criminals that will be included in the
Ley de Seguridad Ciudadana that was sent
to the Legislative Assembly yesterday.
Country Readying For
Semana Santa
Semana Santa or Easter
Week, a time that many
Costa Rican head for the
beach, resorts and
mountains, is around the
corner and the Policía
de Tránsito (traffic
police) say they are
ready, working around
the clock in full force,
patrolling the major
highways and routes
around the country.
Alliance For New
Humanity Conference
Underway at
Intercontinental
Acknowledged as one of
the world's greatest
leaders in the field of
mind body medicine,
Deepak Chopra, is in
Costa Rica to
participate in the Human
Forum, sponsored by the
Alliance for a New
Humanity (Anh), at the
Intercontinental Hotel,
that runs until
tomorrow, March 13.
ICE
Customers Can Make Payment Arrangements
Many of the 554.000 GSM cellular
telephone customers forced by the
Institutio Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) to make payments every 15 days
instead of monthly may find some relief
as a number of customers filed
complaints with the Autoridad Reguladora
de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep) -
regulating body.
What Do Leaders in The
Americas Earn?
d States president,
George W. Bush, is
reported one of the best
paid leaders in the
Americas, with a monthly
salary of us$33.000
(us$400.000 yearly),
while the worst paid
leader is, or was, Fidel
Castro, who told some
time back French -
Hispanic reporter,
Ignacio Ramonet, that
his salary was us$30
monthly.
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Nicaragua Opposition
Unity Threatened
A recent alliance
between the
Constitutionalist
Liberal Party (PLC) and
Vamos con Eduardo
movement may be annulled
by internal differences.
Ecuador To Restore
Diplomatic Relations
With Colombia
Ecuador will restore
diplomatic relations
with its northern
neighbor Colombia next
Monday, the day the
Organization of American
States (OAS) foreign
ministers meet,
Ecuador's Deputy
Minister of Foreign
Affairs Diego Stacey
said on Tuesday.
Venezuela Withdraws
Troops From Colombian
Border
Venezuela began to
withdraw some 4,000
troops from its border
with Colombia on Tuesday
after the nation's
President Hugo Chavez
ordered normalization of
Venezuela-Colombia
relations.
Heavy Storm Kills 28 In
Ecuador
At least 28 people were
killed and another 20
missing in flood and
mudslide caused by a
heavy storm that hit
many parts of Ecuador,
officials said on
Tuesday.
Latin American
Integration Association
Condemns U.S. Trade
Blockade of Cuba
The 14th meeting of the
Latin American
Integration Association
Foreign Ministers'
Council approved a
statement Tuesday,
condemning the U.S.
trade blockade of Cuba.
RIGHTS-GUATEMALA:
Trial on Disappearances
Marks a ‘Before’ and
‘After’
"My husband had
taken a cow out to
pasture when an army
platoon took him away.
He was missing for 25
years, until his corpse
was exhumed two years
ago," María Magdalena
C., an indigenous woman
from the village of
Choatalum in the central
Guatemalan region of
Chimaltenango, told IPS.
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