San
José, Costa Rica - Wednesday 08 December 2004
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Formal Charges Presented in Parmenio Medina Murder
It's been a little over three
years and a score of accused,
including outspoken priest,
Father Minor Calvo, have been
lingering in preventive
detention, but finally yesterday
"formal charges" were presented
in the murder of journalist,
Parmenio Medina.
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More Than A Thousand Left
Without Cellular Service
Last Monday, thousands lined up
the offices of ICE all around
the country for what could be
last chance to obtain GSM
service for some time, while
others went directly to
authorized ICE agents to
purchase their telephone and get
connected to the network.
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1/3 of Costa Rican Roads OK
A recent study by the
Laboratorio Nacional de
Materiales y Modelos
Estructurales (Lanamme) and the
Universidad de Costa Rica, only
one third of the country's road
are in good condition.
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Cuba to launch military drill to warn US not
to underestimate Havana
Cuban Vice President Raul Castro
warned the United States on Tuesday not to repeat its mistakes in
Vietnam and Iraq by invading Cuba, saying that next week's
nationwide military maneuver will tell the US "not to underestimate
our people."
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Colombian paramilitary leader
confirms to surrender arms
Salvatore Mancuso, top leader of
the right-wing paramilitary organization United Self-Defense Forces
of Colombia (AUC), confirmed Tuesday he would turn in weapons along
with 1,600 followers on Friday as agreed in a peace deal with the
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government.
Mexican FM seeks OAS
secretary-general candidacy
Mexican President Vicente Fox
announced Tuesday that his Foreign Minister Luis Derbez will seek
the post of Secretary General of the Organization of American States
(OAS).
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SOUTH
AMERICA:
Chile
Seeks Integration through Energy
and Roads
The South American community of
nations that will begin to take
shape this week in Peru
represents a realistic
integration project in two key
areas: energy and roads,
international analysts in Chile
told IPS.
"Just as the integration project
that we know today as the
European Union started with the
European Coal and Steel
Community in the 1950s, we could
begin with a community of
highways and energy," commented
Fernando Reyes Matta, a former
Chilean ambassador to New
Zealand.
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