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Thursday 27 March 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Eight Beaches Lose Blue
Flag Certification
A total of eight beaches
have lost their Bandera
Azul Ecológica (BAE) -
blue flag ecological -
certification due to
contamination of its
waters.
San José Is A
"Moo-seum" As Of Today
San José will today
officially inaugurate its "Cow Parade",
where some 130 works of art are on
display in the downtown core along the
pedestrian walkways of Avenida Central
and Avenida Cuatro and the Parque
Central.
Dalai Lama Asks Oscar
Arias For Help
Initiating Dialogue With
China
Costa Rican President
and Nobel Peace Prize
laureate, Oscar Arias,
said that the
Dalai Lama has asked him
to help start talks with
China over unrest in
Tibet.
1.5 Million
Cellular Lines Promised For 2009
The Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE)
announced yesterday that it will have
available 1.5 million cellular lines in
2009 after it signed a deal with the
Banco Centroamericano de Integración
Económica (BCIE).
Studies: HPV Test May
Beat Pap Test At
Detecting Risky Cervical
Cells, But It May Take
Time
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
tests may be better than
the Pap test at
predicting abnormal
cervical cells that
could lead to cervical
cancer, new research
shows.
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Nicaragua Sees Foreign
Direct Investment Up
Nicaragua's government
said earlier this week
it expects to increase
foreign direct
investment by 18 percent
this year, about the
same rate as in 2007,
with strong growth in
textiles and
agriculture.
Panama's Minister Denies
Links to Colombia Drug
Lord
Panama's foreign
minister, Samuel Lewis
Navarro, a possible
presidential hopeful, on
Monday denied a
newspaper report that he
had business contacts
with one of Colombia's
top drug dealers.
Gulf Cartel Linked to
Guatemala Slaughter
Guatemalan authorities
investigate the
possibility that a cell
of Mexican drug
traffickers from the
Gulf Cartel, notorious
drug running group based
in Mexico, is linked to
the slaughter of 11
people, several wounded
and six detained in the
department of Zacapa.
Honduran Deportees from
USA Near 5,000
The number of Hondurans
deported from the United
States reached 5,000 on
Wednesday, according to
figures from the CAMR
(Center for Assistance
to the Returned Emigre)
Chavez Hails Brazilian
Proposal On South
American Defense Council
Venezuela's President
Hugo Chavez Wednesday
hailed Brazil's proposal
to create a South
American defense
council, suggesting it
could serve as a South
Atlantic version of
NATO.
LATIN AMERICA:
‘Christians Should Take
Poverty and Justice
Seriously’
Brazilian theologian
Leonardo Boff arrived in
El Salvador on Easter
Sunday, the eve of the
28th anniversary of the
assassination of
Monsignor Oscar Romero
by a sniper on Mar. 24,
1980, while he was
celebrating mass.
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