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Wednesday 26 March 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
No List Of Costa
Ricans Involved With FARC
Fernando Berrocal, the
ministro de Seguridad
Pública, at the urging
of Costa Rica president,
Oscar Arais, said
yesterday that there is
no list of Costa Ricans
politicians alleged to
be tied to the Fuerzas
Armadas Revolucionarias
de Colombia (FARC) - the
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia.
Salud Looking To
Ban Smoking in Public Places
The Ministerio de Salud
(health ministry) is looking to ban
smoking in all public areas and is
pushing hard to get laws approved that
would affect restaurants and malls and
restrict tobacco advertising and more
visible warnings on the cigarette
packages.
Breast Cancer On The
Rise
According to the
vice-minister de Salud
(Health), Lidieth
Carballo Quesada, 284
women died in the first
ten months of 2007 due
to breast cancer and
since 1995 the numbers
of have been steadily
growing.
Accused Launderer Talked
of Foreign Account
The phony
Colombian drug dealer
asked Daniel Prewett a
friendly question to
start a discussion about
laundering $100,000 in
cash: "How was the Costa
Rica?"
Bundle Up, It's
Going To Be Cold Today
Before heading out today
make sure to take along a jacket and an
umbrella and bundle up at night, because
it's going to be cold, as strong cold
winds and showers continue over the
Caribbean, the Northern Zone and the
Central Valley (San José).
San Lucas To
Become A Tourist Attraction
The Refugio Nacional de
Vida Silvestre Isla San Lucas, Costa
Rica'a infamous version of San
Francisco's "the rock", or France's
"Devil Island", will soon become a
tourist attraction after Costa Rican
president, Oscar Arias, signs a
executive decree allowing tourism on a
small portion of the island.
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Fake Degrees Exposed in
Nicaragua
Nicaraguan media
denounced on Tuesday the
scandalous behavior of
several private
education centers in the
country for selling
false diplomas to
foreigners.
Panama Ecologist
Awakening Continues
Indigenous, farmer, and
ecology organizations
entered their second
week of wakefulness in
defense of the
environment, denouncing
it is affected by
private and government
projects.
Alleged Colombian Drug
Trafficker Reiterates
Ties With DEA
An alleged Colombian
drug trafficker said he
was an informant for the
U.S. Drug Enforcement
Agency (DEA) when he was
arrested, the local
Panamanian newspaper La
Prensa reported Tuesday.
Venezuela, Brazil to
Discuss Creation of
Latin American
Security Council
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez will travel
to Brazil this week to
discuss with his
Brazilian counterpart on
creation of an
integrated defense
council for Latin
America, local media
reported Tuesday.
Argentine President Vows
Not To Give In To
Farmers' Strike
Argentine President
Cristina Fernandez vowed
on Tuesday that the
government would firmly
rejected demands by
farmers prolonging their
days-long strike against
an export tax hike.
HEALTH-PARAGUAY:
Vaccination, Anyone?
Now that the panic that
broke out after the
reappearance of yellow
fever in Paraguay for
the first time in 34
years has died down,
health authorities are
facing the challenge of
expanding vaccination
against the disease.
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