San José, Costa Rica -    Monday 01 November 2004

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insidenicaragua A new weekly feature published on Sundays, featuring a summary  of current news and events in Nicaragua.

Inmates Intent To Make "Like Impossible" for former president Rodríguez
Sunday morning, more than 1.500 persons visited friends and loved ones at the La Reforma prison located in San Rafael de Alajuela. Sunday mornings between 9am and 1pm is the only visiting day available to inmates of Costa Rican prisons and detention centres, though the hours may vary slightly at some institutions.

Fake Tico Passport for Only ¢5.000
Costa Rican immigration officials are investigating the possibility that a group or groups of organized crime are taking advantage of the poor economic situations of some Costa Ricans by offering them colones for their passport.

Evangelicals Oppose Free Trade Agreement with United States
In a joint declaration, Evangelical churches from Costa Rica expressed their opposition to Free Trade Agreements between the Central American region and the United States arguing that they exclude the most vulnerable sectors of the population.

No Money for Roads!
The Ministerio de Hacienda (Revenue Minister) has made cuts for the 2005 spending budget, to which transport officials say they will have enough money to pave roads only for the first two months of next year.

Figueres Mom Abandons Costa Rica!
The Diario Extra reports that, Karen Olsen Beck, the mother of former president José María Figueres Olsen, "abandoned" Costa Rica, headed for Miami on an American Airlines flight over the weekend,

Venezuelan president votes at regional election
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his opposition candidates voted for state governors and mayor son Sunday, with tens of thousands of police and soldiers deployed around the country to maintain order.

Chilean local elections run smoothly
Chilean Interior Minister Jose Insulza said Sunday the nationwide local elections ran smoothly, as unarmed forces guarded the electoral process.

Brazil's ruling party likely to lose biggest stronghold
Brazil's ruling Worker's Party may lose one of its biggest strongholds in the city of Sao Paulo, according to preliminary results of Sunday's municipal run-off election.

UN expects FARC to consider humanitarian exchange proposal
The United Nations expected the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to consider in a constructive way Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's proposal for the humanitarian exchange, UN special envoy James Lemoyne said on Sunday.

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Foreign capital, open governments find more Latin leaders facing corruption charges When the former Costa Rican president and ex-secretary general of the Organization of American States Miguel Angel Rodriguez exited from an airplane in handcuffs earlier this month, Costa Ricans could not help but have mixed emotions. Their country, long deemed a bastion of honesty amid a wasteland of corruption, was embarrassed as Rodriguez was carted away, accused of taking kickbacks just like many of his Latin American colleagues have been accused of taking for years. "Of course I am suffering," current Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco said. "But I feel very proud that Costa Rica is a democracy that functions. Costa Rica is an example for the world."

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