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Judge Reduces Calderón's
Prison Time From Nine Months To Two; Wife Interviewed by
Prosecutors
Former president
Rafael Angel Calderón got is Christmas present early
yesterday. Following his appeal to a lower court judge
Carmen María Peraza's order to preventive detention of nine
months, the appeals court judge, Didier Mora, ruled that
Calderón should remain in preventive detention, but only for
two months.
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Constitutional Court Rejects Rodríguez Motion of Habeas
Corpus
While former president Rafael
Angel Calderón got good news yesterday, his cellblock mate
did not fare so well with the judges.
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Vargas Leaves Prison
Eliseo Vargas, former president
of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), was
ordered to leave jail yesterday, where he has been in
preventive detention since September 8.
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Union Wants
Karen Olsen Questioned
Union leaders of
the Hospital San Juan de Dios have made a request to the
Ministerio Público, to make arrangements for the return of
Karen Olsen, former legislative deputy and mother of former
president José María Figueres Olsen.
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Naranjo With the Best
Coffee
Looking for the best coffee? You
don't have to look too far.
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More Tourists
Expected This Year
Tourism Minister, Rodrigo Castro,
told is audience in Madrid, Spain, that Costa Rica will have
received about 1.5 million visitors this year, which is an
increase of 300.000 more visitors than in 2003, leaving
behind some us$1.5 billion dollars in the local economy.
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Commission for recall of Nicaraguan president turned down
President of the Nicaraguan parliament
Carlos Noguera said Wednesday there are no conditions to ratify a
commission aimed at discussing the dismissal petition against
President Enrique Bolaños.
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Colombian drug
pusher sent to hospital
Colombian drug pusher Gilberto Rodriguez was sent to hospital for a
heart problem after the decision was made to extradite him to the
United States, Colombian National Penitentiary Institute said
Wednesday.
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1st
torture report during Pinochet's rule delivered
Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Escobar on Wednesday morning
received the first official report about the use of torture during
the military regime of Augusto Pinochet Ugarte in 1973-1990.
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Colombian
police capture FARC assassin leader
The Colombian police arrested a leader of an assassination team
belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and
responsible for over 50 assassinations, official sources said on
Wednesday.
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ENVIRONMENT:
The Galápagos - Enchanted Islands or Political
Spoils?
The
Galápagos Islands, a paradise in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and
U.N.-declared heritage of humanity, have been victims the past two years
of Ecuador's political ups and downs, which threaten the archipelago's
fragile environmental balance and unique biodiversity, say activists.
The past 20 months have seen a succession of eight people at the helm of
the Galápagos National Park, based in Puerto Baquerizo on San Cristóbal
Island. The directorate is in charge of managing natural resources,
including the Galápagos Marine Reserve. Instability in the leadership
has been accompanied by two labour strikes by the local fishing
communities and one by the park's rangers.
''There is political management of the islands instead of technical
decision-making. This is like a volcano about to erupt,'' Rosario Mejía,
president of the National Association of Tourism Operators in Galápagos,
told Tierramérica.
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