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NOVEMBER 2004
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Earthquake Leaves
Eight Dead and 526 Homes Damaged
The scare came at 2:07am
Saturday morning, as a strong
Earthquake woke most Costa
Ricans living in the Central
Pacific and Central Valley
regions.
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Ibero-American
Nations Agree on Permanent
Organization
Leaders of the 21 Ibero-American
states voted over the weekend to
turn the organization into a
formal, permanent international
community by early next year as
they ended a summit meeting in
San José.
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Costa
Rican Leads Struggle in the US
She speaks perfect
English and got top grades in
high school, but the gates to
college are closed for her.
Marie Gonzalez has lived in
Jefferson City, Missouri, for 14
years, but she is not a legal
resident, therefore she cannot
enroll in college.
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Costa
Rican President Warns Failure To
Reform Taxes May Hinder Economy
Costa Rican President Abel
Pacheco has announced that he
expects the nation's economy to
grow by 4% next year, although
he has warned that growth may be
hindered if lawmakers fail to
approve a long awaited tax
reform, and oil prices remain
volatile.
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Fight for
Sharks
Several Costa Rican
organizations have launched a
campaign to put an end to a
widespread killing of sharks
just for their fins.
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Leaders of Spain, Portugal, Latin America urge
Falklands dialogue
Leaders from Spain,
Portugal and their former colonies in Latin America urged Britain
and Argentina to renew their dialogue on the Falkland islands, known
in Argentina as the Malvinas. more
Peru Vows to Keep US Woman in Prison
Peruvian officials say they will not free a U.S. woman serving a
20-year sentence for terrorist collaboration, even if a regional
human rights court orders her release. more
Colombian police confiscates 1 ton of cocaine
The Colombian police announced
Sunday it seized one ton of cocaine in the northwestern city of
Turbo.
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China, Mexico pledge to push forward strategic
partnership
Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Mexican counterpart, Vicente
Fox, agreed in their talks Sunday to push forward the strategic
partnership between the two countries. more
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APEC SUMMIT:
'Axis of
Evil' Is Uninvited Guest
North Korea, Iran and Iraq, the
countries that U.S. President
George W. Bush labelled the
"axis of evil" in early 2002,
are the main unofficial issues
being discussed at the 12th
Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) summit, which
opened Saturday in the Chilean
capital.
Bush arrived in Santiago late
Friday amidst a massive security
presence, and met separately
with Chinese President Hu Jintao
and Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi to discuss the
question of North Korea's
nuclear programme.
Sources close to the U.S. leader
said he also spoke with Russian
President Vladimir Putin about
North Korea's withdrawal from
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty.
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