San
José, Costa Rica - Saturday 04 December 2004
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Mayor and
Two Municipal Officals In Jail
for Corruption
The wave of sending politicians
and government officials to jail
does not stop at the ICE-Alcatel
and Fischel-Caja scandals,
former presidents and powerful
figures who got rich off the
backs of Costa Ricans, but is
now reaching smaller communities
and smaller fish.
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Two
Orientals Kidnapped; Family
Keeping Quiet
The División de Secuestros de la
Sección de Delitos Varios del
Organismo de Investigación
Judicial (Kidnapping Division of
the OIJ) are investigating the
kidnapping of two orientals, two
men identified only by their
last names, Wuu and Yung, who
have no connection other than
being kidnapped by the same
group.
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More than
90.000 Have Paid Their
"Marchamo"
December in Costa Rica is a
month of many things: the
Aguinaldo, children end the
school year, vacation at the
beach, Christmas and the
marchamo to name a few.
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Banco
Popular Recalls 25.00 Debit
Cards
The Banco Popular on Aveniga
Segunda in downtown San José was
the scene of a mad rush after
the bank made the announcement
to all it's customers with
"debit cards" issued before 2002
and expiring n 2007, to visit
their local branch to exchange
them.
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Attempts to Thwart US Food Sales to Cuba
Harshly Criticized
Senator Byron Dorgan D-N.D.
demanded an Inspector General´s probe into OFAC´s reinterpretation
of 2000 trade law and said he would introduce legislation in
Congress to prevent thwarting sales of food and agricultural
products to Cuba.
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Uribe postpones extradition of rebel chief to
US
Colombian President Alvaro
Uribe has postponed signing a final order to extradite Ricardo
Palmera, rebel chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),
to the United States, local media said on Friday.
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Raul Castro Attends Youth Congress" debates
Cuban Minister of the
Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), Army General, Raul Castro,
attended today the debates on national defense which are taking
place at the VIII Congress of the Young Communist League (UJC).
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MIGRATION:
Undocumented Immigrants Won't Be
Home for Christmas
Every year, around two million
Mexican and Central American
immigrants living in the United
States head back to their home
countries for the holidays. But
many millions more cannot even
dream of spending Christmas and
New Year's with their loved
ones, because once they cross
the Rio Grande, they might not
be able to make it back again.
Those who are able to make the
trip south almost always come
”loaded down with gifts and
money, to help meet the many
needs of the people here,” said
Eduardo Quintero, a Catholic
priest and deputy director of
the Casa del Migrante (Immigrant
House) in Guatemala City.
The Casa del Migrante is a
Catholic church-sponsored
non-governmental organisation
devoted to defending the rights
of migrants. more
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