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Iberoamérica Summit Begins Tomorrow
Costa Rica is all set to host
the XIV Cumbre Iberoaméricana (14th Ibero American Summit),
to be held at the Herrardura Hotel beginning tomorrow and
conclude Saturday with the signing of the San José
Declaration, about 20 special statements and the formal
creation of the Ibero American General Secretariat.
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Iberoamérica Summit participants
Condemn U.S. Blockade of Cuba
The 14th Ibero American Summit participants advance in a
statement condemning the US blockade on Cuba as part of the
San José Declaration, rejecting Washington´s inhumane
action.
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Little Kattia's Killer to Face 35
Years in Prison
The Fiscalía is
asking for the maximum penalty of 35 years in prison for
Jorge Sánchez Madrigal, accused of kiling 9 year old Kattia
Vanesa González Juárez last year.
Rodríguez Asks Wife Not To Come;
Forgives Lobo
Former president
Miguel Angel Rodríguez has asked that his wife. Lorena Clare
Facio, not come to Costa Rica as the "circus" surrounding
his detention and jailing in La Reforma will only hurt her
more.
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ELCA Managers To Remain In Jail
The president and
managers of failed Banco ELCA will remain in preventive
detention the appeals court has declared, following an
appeal of the court decision of October 22.
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Italy Offers Compromise on Costa
Rica's Proposal to Ban Cloning
Italy has offered a compromise
on human cloning that seeks common ground among U.N. member
states who are sharply divided over competing treaties to
ban the practice, diplomats said.
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Restaurant Announces World Wall of
Peace
In a world torn by the ravages
of war, Costa Rica abolished their military forces over 50
years ago and has remained at peace ever since. According
the to U.S. State Department web site, “Costa Rica has
exercised an international influence well beyond its
relatively small size. Consecutive administrations have
participated in a number of initiatives to promote human
rights and democracy within the region and around the
world.”
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CONCACAF SOCCER:
Costa Rica Reaches Next Round
of World Cup Qualifiers
Costa Rica progressed to the final stage of the CONCACAF
World Cup qualifiers while Honduras were knocked out after a
tense goalless draw on Wednesday.
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Unidentified man attacks
Bolivian private TV station
An unidentified man attacked a
Bolivian private television
station in downtown La Paz with
dynamite in the early hours of
Wednesday, but there were no
injuries, reports from Bolivia
said.
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Rumsfeld
urges closer anti-terror
cooperation in Americas
United States Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday
urged the countries in the
Americas to strengthen
cooperation in the fight against
terrorism.
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Jail riot
leaves three dead, seven injured
in Venezuela
A riot started in the early
hours of Wednesday here at the
El Rodeo II jail, leaving three
people dead and seven injured,
an official from the Interior
and Justice Ministry said more
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Cuba and
Colombia: A Nightmare for
Journalists
Reporters Without Borders
appealed today to heads of
government attending the Ibero-American
Summit meeting in San José
(Costa Rica) from 18-19 November
to press Cuban President Fidel
Castro to release 26 journalists
he has imprisoned. It also
called on Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe to urgently ensure
that people who killed
journalists were punished.
"The summit must uphold the
principles it swears by," the
worldwide press freedom
organization said. The 21
government heads at the last
summit, in Santa Cruz (Bolivia)
last November, said they would
encourage the promotion and
protection of human rights.
Since then, 11 journalists have
been killed in the 21
participant countries, 24
arrested and 336 threatened or
physically attacked. Twenty-six
journalists are in prison, all
of them in Cuba, where Castro's
regime has a monopoly of all
news. Castro is attending the
summit.
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