Puerto Rico's Governor Sila Maria Calderon, left, speaks as her husband Ramon Cantero, center, and Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco, right, look on during an official visit at the National Museum in San Jose, Thursday. (AP Photo/Kent Gilbert)  Click for larger image!

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Figueres Will Not Support Arias
Former liberacionista (green party) president José María Figueres has said publicly he will not support the presidential candidacy of Óscar Arias. Figueres met with Arias yesterday in the home of Arias to have lunch and discuss various issues, but never gave Arias his support. >more
 

IMF Forecasts 4 Percent Growth
The production of Costa Rica will grow 4 percent this year and 3.5 percent in 2005, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts in its World Economic Perspectives, which comes out every six months.  >more
 

Archaeological Preservation
Amidst the cement, asphalt, and other modern features, the city of Curridabat, east of San Jose, now preserves three aboriginal tombs dating back some 1,200 years. >more
 

Global Effort to Stop Child Pornography
About 300 police officers from 90 countries have already gathered in Costa Rica, Brazil and other countries for training in the "Global Campaign Against Child Pornography," sponsored by the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children. The group plans to host as many as 10 sessions a year.  >more
 

Guatemala Apologizes for Role in Killing
President Oscar Berger joined the heads of Guatemalan Congress and the Supreme Court Thursday in publicly acknowledging government responsibility in the 1990 killing of human rights leader Myrna Mack.  >more
 

Colombia to extradite three alleged drug dealers to US
The Colombian government approved on Thursday the extradition of three people suspected of drug dealing and wanted by the United States, judicial sources said.  >more
 

IMF, WB press Argentina to boost budget surplus
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) on Thursday criticized the Argentine government for its economic policy, pressing the South American nation to boost budget surplus and fulfill its foreign debt obligations.  >more
 

Salvadoran troops to remain in Iraq: commander
El Salvador's military chief in Iraq Col. Hugo Omar Orellana Calionio said Thursday that the Salvadoran troops will not withdraw, although troops from Spain, Honduras and the Dominican Republic would pull out, reports from El Salvador said.  >more

 

 

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