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ICE Post
Strike
The strike was settled last week and by today,
Monday, it is expected that ICE will return to
normal as all employees are back to work. >more
Teacher's Strike
Continues: Day 8
• Government
and Teachers look for a solution as soon as today
The
government, still without an Education
Minister and no candidate in the wings, is
hoping to bring the teacher's strike. Over
the weekend and continuing today, the
teacher's unions and members of the
government are holding talks to find a
solution. >more
Immigration
to continue its 'operatives' this week
Following
a decision the week earlier by the
Constitutional Court, immigration officials,
joined by members of other police forces
like the La Fuerza Publica, OIJ, drug
enforcement officers and on occasion
Interpol, will be in full force in San José.
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VILLALOBOS
UPDATE
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Enrique's
Letter:
Honorable Judge:
With all due respect I send you this letter
with the sole purpose that you as Judge, and
human being, devote a moment to reflect about
the manner, the conditions and the style in
which the judicial process that is being
undertaken against the undersigned and my
brother Oswaldo Villalobos Camacho has been
taking place. As can be observed in the case
file, you in your capacity as Judge Guarantor
of Rights have upheld and endorsed all the
proposals and motions that the Prosecutor Mr.
Walter Espinoza has requested and made, and
have turned down and rejected almost one
hundred percent of the proposals and motions
that my lawyers have made to defend and
preserve our rights. >more
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: COLOMBIA - PANAMA
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Refugees
deported
Intent on
“cleaning” its border region, Panamanian
National Guard violently expels asylum seekers. The
sudden expulsion of more than 100 Colombians who had
sought refuge in Panama’s Darien region,
accusations of mistreatment and torture, and the
separation of mothers from their children has caused
alarm on both sides of the border.
There is concern for
those once again exposed to persecution by
Colombia’s armed groups as well as for the
thousands of asylum seekers left behind.
"[The Panamanian
government] doesn’t want Colombia’s problems
spilling over onto our side of the border, so
they’ve adopted a policy of deportations thinking
this will solve the problem," said Manuel
Acevedo, who helps Colombian refugees for the
Catholic Vicariate of Darien. >more
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: CUBA
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Beach
Recovery to Benefit Tourism, Environment
The
restoration plan for Cuba's tourism hot spot,
Varadero beach, has proved resoundingly successful,
achieving the retention of its famed fine white
sands, expansion of beach width and preservation of
the coastal platform.
Five years ago, the governmental 'Oceanology'
Institute added a million cubic metres of sand to
the beach at Varadero, an international tourist
destination on the island's northern coast, 140 km
from Havana.
Today, the sand retention rates reach 80 percent,
says Alfredo Cabrera, director of the Varadero Beach
Recovery Office, an agency of the Ministry of
Science, Technology and Environment.
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