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Family,
friends and neigbours, yesterday, said
goodbye to Miurel Camacho, the 11 year old
murdered by a friend of the family, while
she struggled to avoid being raped.
(Foto: Luis
Moral)
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President Abel Pacheco
Gets Poor Marks of Survey
The survey
made by IDESPO, of the Universidad Nacional
(UNA) that was made from the 19 to the 22 of June
was made public. Of the 800 people surveyed,
half were interviewed by telephone and the other in
person. >more
Man
Sets Fire to His House to Kill Mother
The
true reason is not known why Alvaro Salazar, 56,
took to bruning his house but it was
possibly to end the life of his more than 80
year old mother. The fire began about 4pm in
the afternoon in Barrio Cuba, a district
south of San José and consumed 3 houses. >more
Bermuda To Host Latin American Insurance
Conference
Bermudian Finance Minister Eugene Cox announced last week that the main risk and insurance body from Latin America will be staging its conference in the jurisdiction, in a move that could generate millions of dollars in business.
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Ex-bank exec to stay in custody
A former bank executive agreed Monday to stay in U.S. marshal custody to await trial on charges he scammed the Decatur Compass bank out of $10 million.
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Colombia authorizes extradition of former senator to US
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe authorized the extradition of former Senator Samuel Lopesierra to the United States, the president's office said Tuesday.
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Venezuelan president agrees on possibility of referendum
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday it was possible to hold a referendum on his tenure as demanded by the opposition, and called it a right granted by the Venezuelan Constitution.
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Report warns of increased poverty in Venezuela
Venezuelan people will suffer from deteriorating poverty in 2003, according to a report by the EU Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
(CEPAL). >more
Chile Lower
House approves FTA with South Korea
The Chilean Lower House approved on Tuesday
the Chile-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA),
which provides for tariff reductions in
trade between the two countries. >more
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REPORTS: CUBA
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Increased
Trade with the United States
The
US economic blockade against Cuba has
begun to crack. After more than four
decades, a cargo ship with a US flag and
US crew docked in Havana.
The Helen III — a barge operated by
Maybank Shipping — tied up at the
Havana port on July 11 with six metric
tons of wood and 1,614 metric tons of
paper purchased in the United States by
Alimport, the Cuban food trading
company, for a total of US$1.5 million.
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