SUNDAY
21
NOVEMBER 2004
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Violent Awakening as Strong
Quake Shakes Costa Rica
The strong earthquake that shook
Costa Rica in the early hours of
Saturday morning resulted in
eight deaths and lots of
property damage from the Pacific
Coast to the Central Valley. more
Leaders of Spain, Portugal, Latin America Gather for Annual
Summit
The Iberoamerican summit was inaugurated late Friday, before
the heads of state and of government sat down for a day of
formal talks at a San Jose hotel Saturday.
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Central America’ Candidate for OAS Secretariat
Presidents of Central American
countries chose this Satuday in San José former Salvadoran
head of state Francisco Flores as the region's candidate to
head the Organization of American States.
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North
Zone Hotels Almost at Full Capacity
Notwithstanding the bad roads,
hotels in the Guanacaste region and La Fortuna de San Carlos
say they have few rooms available. In Guanacaste hotels are
already at 80% capacity.
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Cuba Wins OK for Anti-Terror
Statement
Cuba
has won approval for a draft
resolution at the 21-nation
Ibero-American Summit condemning
a Panamanian pardon for four men
accused of trying to assassinate
Cuban President Fidel Castro at
a meeting four years ago. more
Spain becomes observer of
Central American sub-regional
body
The
Central American Integration
System (CAIS) on Saturday
accepted Spain as an observer. more
APEC leaders' meeting opens
The
12th Economic Leaders' Meeting
of the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) forum opened
here Saturday to discuss
security and economic issues in
the region. more
Sandinista victories worry U.S.
As leftist leaders make gains
across Latin America, an old
U.S. adversary from the 1980s
contra war has set off alarm
bells in Washington: Daniel
Ortega's Sandinistas. more |
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BRAZIL:
Indians'
Genetic Material Sold on
Internet
The Brazilian government has
asked Interpol, the
international police, to
intervene in what it says is the
illegal sale of genetic material
from its indigenous peoples by a
U.S. research centre.
Living cells from individual
members of Karitiana and Suruí
Indians, as well as other South
and Central American indigenous
groups, are available for 85
dollars, purchased through the
Internet from the Coriell Cell
Repositories, a division of
Coriell Institute for Medical
Research.
The cells are intended to be
used for research purposes only,
says the independent,
not-for-profit, biomedical
research institute, based in the
northeastern U.S. city of
Camden, New Jersey.
Mercio Pereira, president of
Brazil's National Indigenous
Peoples Foundation (FUNAI),
asked the federal police to
investigate the matter in
October.
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