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FISCHEL-CAJA SCANDAL:
Eliseo Vargas Fingers Calderón
The Fischel-Caja scandal
took on a new twist as former president of the Caja Costarricense de
Seguro Social (CCSS), Eliso Vargas, talked to prosecutors on Tuesday
to make a deal for a change in his housing arrangements and charges
dropped against his daughter, in exchange for more incriminating
information.
PRESIDENTIAL SCANDAL:
Taiwan's
Impact of Costa Rica Scandal
Widens
The Taiwan legislative foreign
affairs committee yesterday
temporarily froze an annual
secret budget to South and
Central America nations,
demanding that the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MOFA) provide a
clear explanation of Taiwan's
donations to former Costa Rican
president Miguel Angel Rodríguez.
Abengoa Loses
Costa Rican Contract
Spain's
Abengoa SA 's Inabensa SA unit
has lost a €162.4 Million Euro
contract in Costa Rica due to
bribery charges facing
ex-president of the country
Miguel Angel Rodríguez, El Mundo
reported, without citing a
source.
More Protected
Areas and Planted Forests in
Latin America and the Caribbean
Less natural forest cover, but
more protected areas and forest
plantations, and an increased
share of international trade in
forest products are expected by
2020 in Latin America and the
Caribbean.
BUSINESS
“Business & Beyond” to feature CINDE, Costa Rican
Investment Board
Platinum Television Group will feature the Costa Rican Investment Board,
CINDE, for its innovative, educational television series, Business &
Beyond. It will be featured in a segment on “Economic
Development--Investment Opportunities Abroad.”
IAEA to accept Brazilian proposal over nuclear
inspections
Brazil believed that
the conditions it proposed for the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) to inspect a uranium-enrichment plant in the
southeastern part of the country had been satisfactory to the
inspectors, Brazilian officials said Wednesday.
Cuba circulates draft resolution, urging end
of US embargo
Cuba has presented a draft
UN resolution that urges an end to a 43-year-old trade embargo
imposed by the United States on the Caribbean island, local media
reported Wednesday.
Cuban President Castro injured after tumble
Cuban President Fidel Castro fell and got injured as he left the
stage after a televised speech on Wednesday night.
El Salvador to send 125 soldiers to Haiti
El Salvador will send 125
soldiers to Haiti as part of the Central American contingent to be
deployed in the country, in response to a UN request, said reports
from the capital San Salvador on Wednesday.
International News from the New
York Times
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LATIN
AMERICA:
Long List of
Ex-Presidents Face Corruption Charges - Report
Never before has such a large number of
former and current presidents faced corruption charges in Latin America,
a region with serious graft problems, according to the new Transparency
International report released Wednesday.
The long list includes two serving presidents facing charges, as well as
former leaders who have served time in prison, are now behind bars, are
under prosecution, or are the target of suspicions and about to be
tried.
The Germany-based Transparency International (TI), the global
anti-corruption watchdog, put out its annual report, the Corruption
Perceptions Index 2004 (CPI), on Wednesday.
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