73 Telephones Lines issued to the Dead
During the period of 1990 to 1998, ICE assigned 73 telephone lines to three people who had passed way, and were used by a company owned by a Canadian, to offer international long distance services. >more


Pacheco to Travel to El Salvador for European Trade Talks
resident Pacheco is to travel to El Salvador next Wednesday in order to take a direct role in the Free Trade Agreement (TLC) with the European Union (EU). >more


Venezuelan, Colombian experts deactivate bomb placed on rancher 
Venezuelan and Colombian bomb experts early Tuesday disarmed a bomb tied around the neck of a Venezuelan rancher from whom Colombian guerrillas were demanding aransom. >more


Colombia unveils "roadmap" to curb violence by early 2005 
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has announced a security "roadmap" aimed at weakening guerrilla and paramilitary groups so that they would negotiate peace with the government by early 2005. >more


Humans settled in upper Amazon 4,500 years ago 
Archaeologists said on Tuesday that they had uncovered remains of a monument and carved stone receptacles which prove that man had lived in the upper reaches of the Amazon some 4,500 years ago. >more


US still unprepared for terrorist attack: think tank 
Nearly two years after the Sept.11 attacks, the United States is still dangerously unprepared and underfunded for a catastrophic terrorist attack, a US think tank warned. >more


Latin America sees slow economic growth this year 
  Authoritative international financial agencies have revised down Latin America's economic growth in 2003 and countries in the region are also adjusting their growth expectations, but the regional economy as a whole is expected to grow, albeit slowly.  >more


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