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San
José, Costa Rica - Friday 10 December 2004
RECORD!
1.863
Average Daily Visitors in November. Click here for the
details!
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Aguinaldo
Is A Must! Ministerio de Trabajo
Opens Hotline For Employee
Complaints
The first two weeks in December
are a retailer's paradise in
Costa Rica, as the "Aguinaldo" -
the annual bonus paid to all
public and private sector
salaried employees - hits the
streets and is usually spent for
Christmas holiday shopping
season.  more
Foreign
Labour
The number of foreign workers
present in the Costa Rican labor
market is growing steadily.
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Fishing
Agreement
Several Central American and
Panama institutions signed an
agreement aimed at improving
training and technical
assistance for commercial
fishermen throughout the region.
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Corruption Mars Democracy
Most Costa Ricans believe in
democracy and in political
parties, but they are not
satisfied with the way in which
they operate in this country.
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Court Annuls Gold Mining
Concession
Costa Rica's highest court has
annulled a $70 million
concession allowing a local
subsidiary of a Canadian company
to dig for gold near the border
with Nicaragua, authorities said
Thursday. more
Jaguar
Resorts Continues its Evaluation
of Establishing a New Resort
During the past two weeks,
Jaguar Resorts, Inc. executives
have continued due diligence and
evaluations to establish a new
Jaguar Resort and Spa in
Guanacaste. more
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Poverty among Latin American young rising
Over half the children in Latin
America live in poverty and suffer from diseases, including
HIV-AIDS, according to a new report released on Thursday by the
United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF.
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South American leaders sign Ayacucho
Declaration
One day after creating the South American Community of Nations (CSN),
a continent wide political-economic bloc, the leaders of South
America on Thursday signed the Ayacucho Declaration, which expounds
the foundations of the community.
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One killed, 40 injured in riots in Venezuela
One person was killed and 40
others injured when some street vendors clashed with police in
downtown Caracas, local media reported Thursday.
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Venezuela to ask US to extradite murder
suspect
Venezuela will request the
United States to extradite a suspect who is implicated in the murder
of political crimes prosecutor Danilo Anderson, should he be in the
North American country, a senior official said here Thursday.
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LATIN AMERICA:
Born on
the Streets - Just One of
Millions of Poor Children
A baby was
born on the streets of the
Mexican capital this week. Just
two days old, she still hasn't
been given a name. Her parents,
homeless youngsters, say they
are happy, but that they don't
know how they will support her.
Her father, Jesús Omar, who has
lived on the streets since he
was 10, and his tiny daughter
who was born on Tuesday are just
a few of the millions of
youngsters in Latin America for
whom ”childhood” is an empty
word.
Between 56 and 59 percent of
children and adolescents in
Latin America and the Caribbean
are poor, the regional director
of the United Nations children's
fund (UNICEF), Nils Kastberg,
said Thursday at the release of
the Latin American section of
the ”State of the World's
Children - 2005: Childhood Under
Threat” report.
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