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Calderón Leaves Hospital Goes Back to Jail
Following a two day respite, yesterday
afternoon at 1:15pm, former president Rafael Angel
Calderón left Clínica Católica hospital for his way
back to his temporary home in La Reforma prison,
where he is serving out his nine months of
preventive detention.
Only
67.000 Cellular Lines Left
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) announced that it has only 67.000 cellular
telephone lines available and once those are gone,
it will be one to two years before it can offer new
cellular lines.
Season Change
Underway
The change from the "rainy season" to the
"dry season" has begun. And with that comes lots of
rain, strong winds and cold temperatures.
Coco Gets
Land For New School
It’s taken four years,
dozens of meetings and countless more appeals,
letters and reports, but this week with a couple of
signatures on a single sheet of paper in a cramped
office in Filadelfia, Playas del Coco got its first
high school.
Bank
Hunch on the Money About Scam
Thanks to an on-the-ball bank clerk, a bid by Costa
Rican scammers to bilk an elderly Taunton,
Massachusetts, woman of her life savings was
foiled Thursday.
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Nicaragua Beaches Gaining
Popularity Among Busy Americans
Tico Travel, long known for its tours to Costa Rica, announced today
it is expanding its Nicaraguan operations by offering additional
tours to the Central American country.
Nicaragua to send peacekeeping troops to Haiti
Nicaragua's army chief General Javier Carrion announced Saturday
that his country would send 125 soldiers to join the UN mission in
Haiti.
Venezuelan president hopes to
improve ties with US
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
on Saturday expressed his
willingness to improve relations
with Washington after the
re-election of George W. Bush.
Cuba
rejects US accusation of human rights violations
Cuba on Saturday rejected US accusation of human rights violations
and condemned Washington for absolute disrespect of human rights
because of the four-decade-old blockade on Cuba.
Riot leaves over 50 injured in Peru
At least 50 people were injured and two public buildings burnt down
in clashes between two groups of inhabitants in Peru's San Martin
province, local radio reported Saturday.
International News from the New
York Times
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BRAZIL:
A Bio-Energy Superpower
Rising oil prices and the upcoming
implementation of the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gases, following the
recent ratification by Russia, are accelerating the process of turning
Brazil into a world leader in ''bio-energy''.
Exports of alcohol made from sugarcane are expected to increase from 800
million litres last year to two billion litres this year -- this
expansion trend continues independent of rising world oil prices.
There are many countries, like Japan, that are moving to blend ethanol
with gasoline, or increase the alcohol additives in fuel, as a means
towards curbing air pollution.
It augurs for renewable energy sources having a strong global impulse
with the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, which sets goals for
reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, responsible for climate change.
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