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Municipal
Police and Fuerza Publica jointly patrol the
Morazan Park in an effort to combat the
problem of the prostitution of minors and
the sale of drugs in the park.
Minister of Public Security, Rogelio Ramos
and San José Mayor, Johnny Araya, have
declared war the sexual exploitation of
minors and the sale of drugs in the
Metropolitan area.
[Foto: insidecostarica.com]
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updated by 7:00 a.m. CST each day
New Municipal
Regulation to Combat Sexual Exploitation of
Minors
Article
81 of the Municipal Code, for years now, has
established sanctions for establishments
that conduct business against 'moral
conventions', but it has been difficult to
apply as those actions are not concretely
defined. >more
Mother's
Day Scam? or Just Business as Usual?
Vilma Villalobos, Minister for the Economy,
advises consumers who will be out shopping
for Mother's Day gifts to carefully look at
the cost of financing if buying on credit. >more
Central
America Bond Outlook Clouded
Debt issued by
Central American nations has provided
yield-hungry investors with a bumper year so
far, with Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica
and Panama selling a combined $1.37 billion
in new paper since January.
>more
US Suspends Transit
Without Visa
On
August 2, 2003 the Department of Homeland
Security announced the indefinite suspension
of the Transit without a Visa Program (TWOV)
program and the
International-to-International Transit
Program (ITI), pending a review within the
next 60 days. This
announcement does not affect qualified
travelers traveling visa free under the Visa
Waiver Program. >more
World's
first cloned horse born in Italy
 ROME,
The world's first cloned horse was born in
Italy this spring and it was also the first
case of a mammal giving birth to its own
clone, according to a report to appear in
the upcoming edition of Nature magazine. >more
Nicaragua's opposition seeks to prevent troop deployment in Iraq
Nicaraguan opposition groups on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to declare the deployment of Nicaraguan troops in Iraq unconstitutional.
>more
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: VENEZUELA
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Congress,
Supreme Court Clash over Electoral
Powers
The
struggle for power that has polarised
all spheres of Venezuelan society was
revived this week when the Supreme Court
threatened to designate a new Electoral
Council, a task that constitutionally
belongs to Congress, as lawmakers
stressed on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court said Monday that
Congress is committing a
”constitutional omission” in failing
to designate the five members of the
Electoral Council, and gave the
lawmakers 10 days to do so. >more
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