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Economy
on faulty compass
It
is like sailing a ship with a faulty
compass. That is the way Costa Rican economy
authorities operate. They perceive the
problems, but lack the tools to properly
address them.
For example, the estimate of the Gross
Domestic Product is based on the structure
of the economy in 1991. Another, the
consumer price index is based on the
spending trends of Tico families in 1988. >More
Costa
Rican stance praised
The
independent world organization Human Rights
Watch praised Costa Rica for its stance in
face of the violations of basic rights in
Cuba.
Joanna Weschler, a representative of the
organization, congratulated Costa Rica,
Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, and Switzerland
as nations that keep a straight line in many
issues related to human rights. >More
Devastation
in wildlife refuge
Some
4,000 hectares (9,884 acres) of the 9,940
hectares (24,561 acres) of the Caño Negro
Wildlife Refuge in northern Costa Rica fell
victim to a spontaneous fire.
Wetlands, forests, a wide variety of
animals, and other elements of the protected
area are listed among the casualties, in
spite of the efforts of hundreds of
volunteers, firemen, and Ministry of the
Environment officials who, for weeks, fought
the raging fire.
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Fidel’s
message to the world and to the people
of the United States
ON
behalf of the one million people gathered in
José Martí Revolution Square on May Day,
Cuban President Fidel Castro sent the
following message to the world and to the
U.S. people at the end of his speech in the
central event marking International
Workers’ Day, likewise celebrated in more
than 200 Cuban cities, towns, villages and
communities. Complete
Story
HK
breathes easier on SARS news
Hong
Kong has reported its lowest number of new
SARS cases since mid-March -- an indication
the Chinese territory may have seen the
worst of the viral outbreak.
Eight new
cases were reported Sunday along with five
deaths from the disease. There have been a
total of 1,629 cases in the former British
colony while 184 people have died from SARS.
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Murder
shocks Colombians inured to violence
She
was a mother, a part-time university student, and a
schoolteacher. Now she's dead. In Colombia, this is nothing new. Last year,
left-wing guerrilla armies in the South American
republic of 41 million people murdered approximately
3,500 civilians.
It was not just the addition of Ana Cecilia Duque's
name to that long list of grief that has outraged
her compatriots, shaking what little popular support
may still have remained for the guerrillas.
It was the way that her killing was done.
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REAL
ESTATE
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Gringo Prices
Yes, the dreaded Gringo price!
It seems that Tico's are under the assumption that
all Gringo's are millionaires and will pay any
price. It is this reasoning that some how justifies
higher prices with no feelings of guilt.
This is also why some sales never happen, and the
effect is far reaching even to the extent of hurting
the economy.
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