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Fiscalía Admits Investigating Figueres
The Fiscalía de
Delitos Económicos has admitted, yesterday, for the first time, that
it has opened an investigation to determine the nature and
relationship fo the Alcatel payment to former president José María
Figueres Olsen.
Unisys Sells TSE Used Equipment for New
Public institutions and
employees are being cautious these days, as Costa Rica continues to
suffer from world embarrassment over corruption scandals that has
seen two former presidents in preventive detention and a third being
investigated for corruption.
Rodríguez Appeals His Jailing
It appears that
former Miguel Angel Rodríguez is not happy with his current living
arrangements and has is appealing to the Sala IV - the
Constitutional Court - in a Habeas Corpus action to return him to
house arrest instead of spending the next six months in preventive
detention in La Reforma prison.
Flight Information Now Available Online
Ever gone to
the airport to meet friends, only to find that flight is delayed?
What do you don? Hang around and come back later? Need to know if
your departing flight is leaving on time?
Inflation to Reach 13%
Inflation for the first 10 months of this year was 10.34%, the
highest in the last three years, this according to the Banco Central
de Costa Rica (BCCR).
Citigroup Sued Over Lawsuit in Brazil
A global investment fund manager has filed a civil suit against
Citigroup, charging that the New York-based financial institution
improperly interfered with the investment fund's operations in
Brazil, lawyers said Tuesday.
Colombian bishops urge
rebels to negotiate
The vice
president of the Colombian bishops conference, Archbishop Augusto
Castro, has called on the leaders of the rebel Armed Revolutionary
Forces of Colombia (FARC) to consider a government proposal calling
for negotiations, to be held under the aegis of the apostolic
nuncio.
International News from the New
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URUGUAY:
Referendum Gives Resounding 'No' to the
Privatisation of Water
Uruguayan voters not
only made a dramatic shift to the left in the presidential and
parliamentary elections Sunday, but also approved a constitutional
reform that defines water as a public good and guarantees civil society
participation at every level of management of the country's water
resources.
While at least 51 percent of voters elected the country's first leftist
president on Sunday, more than 60 percent came out in favour of
introducing a constitutional clause stating that ”water is a natural
resource essential to life” and that access to piped water and
sanitation services are ”fundamental human rights”.
The referendum promoted by the National Commission for the Defence of
Water and Life, made up of the trade union representing the employees of
the state-owned water and sewerage company Obras Sanitarias del Estado (OSE)
and several civil society organisations, needed the support of at least
50 percent of voters to pass.
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