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Saturday 29
March 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Majority Of Refugees in
Costa Rica Are
Colombians
Costa Rica is home to
more than 6.500
Colombians who have been
granted refugee states
by the immigration
service, of which 100
are already facing
charges for committing
crimes in their new
country and unlikely
that the will be
deported.
Only A Couple of Weeks
Left of Summer
If the predictions b the
Instituto Meteorológico
Nacional (IMN) -
national weather service
- are correct, there
remains only two weeks
left of the summer or
"dry" season instead of
six.
IAFA
Will Give $2.000 To
Quit Smoking
The Instituto Sobre
Alcoholismo y
Farmacodependencia (IAFA)
is promising giving
us$2.000 to the winners
of the "Deje y Gane
2008" (quit smoking and
win) contest in May.
Smile, Or The Camera
Won't Take Your Picture
Sony's smile shutter
technology has finally
made it to Costa Rica
and for ¢303.000 colones
(us$612) you will never
have frowning faces in
your pictures again.
Record Popularity
Halfway his second term
as President of Costa Rica, and in
comparison to the preceding four
administrations, doctor Oscar Arias
enjoys record support from the people,
since 50 percent rank his performance as
“good” to “very good”, while only 14
percent say it is “bad”.
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Former Nicaragua
President Speaking At US
State Colleges
He was the vice
president of Nicaragua
from 1984 to 1990. But
Sergio Ramirez is also a
leading literary figure
and intellectual in
Spanish-speaking
countries. He has
published more than 30
books, nine of them
fiction, and has won
many honors for his
work.
Colombian President
Offers Huge Rewards for
FARC Rebels To Release
Hostages
Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe said Friday
that he would pay FARC
rebels rewards from a
fund of us$100 million
dollars for releasing
any of hundreds of
hostages they held for
years, including
politician Ingrid
Betancourt.
5.3-Degree Quake Shakes
Colombian-Venezuelan
Border
A 5.3 degree
Richter-scale earthquake
shook on Friday the
Norte de Santander
department, bordering
Venezuela, but neither
victims nor material
damages were reported,
reported Colombia's
Seismological Network.
Latin America Fingers
Hostile Media
The Latin American
Meeting against Media
Terrorism, underway in
this capital, emerges as
an initiative aimed at
defending sovereignty
faced with destabilizing
attempts of largest
media at the service of
imperial interests.
Abortion, God Ignite
Controversy at Ecuador
Assembly
Topics such as abortion
and mention of God in
the future Constitution
have given rise to
controversies at the
Ecuadorian Constituent
Assembly.
EL SALVADOR:
Gangs Recruiting Younger
and Younger Members
Youth gangs in El
Salvador are changing
their recruitment
methods, targeting ever
younger potential
members in the slum
neighbourhoods of the
capital, authorities
report.
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