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Grandma Drug Gang Busted
At first look, the
four grandmothers, ages 83, 75, 59 and 52 who nothing more
than neighbourhood women enjoying their later years in life.
However, the truth was anything but.  more
Fake Doc Says He Won't Leave
Voluntarily
The quack cosmetic surgeon who allegedly murdered a
Manhattan woman seeking treatment for a hairy tongue insists
he will never willingly return from Costa Rica.
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Human Rights Court to Begin
Deliberations on Berenson Case
The Inter-American
Human Rights Court, based in San José, said Thursday it will
soon begin deliberations in the case of Lori Berenson, the
34-year-old New Yorker jailed since 1995 in Peru for
collaborating with Marxist guerrillas.
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No Internet Saturday Night to Sunday
Noon
Radiografica Costarricense S.A. (RACSA) says it will pull
the plug on internet service between 11pm Saturday night and
12 noon on Sunday, to make changes to the MAYA underwater
cable, one of two cables that connects Costa Rica to the
rest of the world. more
Poverty on the Rise
According to
experts, poverty worsened in Costa Rica this year, as
compared to 2003.
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Perfect Blend
The production of coffee has become a tourist attraction,
and the so-called "coffee tours" - which include visiting
coffee plantations and observing the different parts of the
process - are taken by thousands of foreign visitors.
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US Firms Settle Here
Before the end of
the year, another six US companies will establish venues in
Costa Rica. Their initial investment is some $1.8 million,
and they will generate 200 new jobs. more
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CUBA:
Drought-Stricken East Pins Hopes on Aqueduct
Tension fills the air
as 300,000 people in eastern Cuba anxiously await the construction of an
aqueduct that is to bring them water from the Cauto River, the longest
on this Caribbean island.
The emergency caused by the intense drought has lasted more than a year,
and the city of Holguín, 700 km from Havana, is counting the hours. Two
of the three nearby reservoirs are now dry, and the third holds barely
enough water for 100 days of even limited use.
''I used to pray for rain, but now I am following with my soul the
construction of the aqueduct. That appears to be our salvation,'' says
Belkys Gómez, a 37-year-old woman who ''had a well in the back patio,
but it dried up.''
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