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Gautemalan President Oscar
Berger, Nicaragua Vice President
Alfredo Gomez, El Salvador
President Tony Saca , and Costa
Rica President Abel Pacheco,
from left, participate in the
Latin American and Caribbean
HIV/AIDS Forum , in San Salvador
, El Salvador Friday. The
leaders launched a campaign to
eradicate mother-child AIDS
transmission by 2010. (AP
Photo/Luis Romero)
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AyA Workers Strike Over; Back
to Work on Monday
The Acueductos y Alcantarillados
(AyA) workers strike that began
on October 10, finally came to
an end yesterday, on day 33, and
the day following the decision
by the Tribunales de Trabajo (labour
court) declaring the strike
illegal.
Taxi Fares Going Up Tuesday
For those who take taxis on a
regular basis, fill your pockets
with a lot more cash as Tuesday
approaches, the day when the
second round of taxi fares takes
effect, hiking fares by 32%.
Train Locomotive Lands in
Water a Bridge Washes Away
It was unbelievable. A train
locomotive in Matina (Limón) was
washed off its tracks and swept
into the river, with all its
occupants. Fortunately no one
was injured.
Nicaragua Asks For Full
Investigation Into Dog Attack
In typical fashion, the daily
Spanish newspaper Diario Extra
published on the front page of
today's edition, gruesome photos
of the remains of the man
attacked by two rottweilers
Thursday morning.
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Slum
Dwellers Doubled
In the last 17 years, the number
of people living in slums in the
Greater Metropolitan Area (GMA)
-which extends from San Ramon,
Alajuela, to Paraiso, Cartago -
doubled.
 
CSalvadoran Electoral Reforms
Regarded as Illegal
Opposition Farabundo Marti
National Liberation Front (FMLN)
reiterated Friday that the
recent modifications to the El
Salvador electoral code would
remove legitimacy and
transparency from the 2006
elections.
AIDS Kills Hundreds in Latin
America Daily
The UN program against AIDS (ONUSIDA)
called on Latin American
governments Friday for a more
committed leadership in the
struggle against the disease,
which causes 300 deaths in the
region everyday.
Guatemala Hurricane Victims
Still Urgently Need Help: UN
The UN World Food Program has
insisted on the critical need
for funds to assist the more
than 285,000 Guatemalan victims
of Hurricane Stan.
Colombian
court allows president to run
for 2nd term
The Colombian Constitutional
Court approved an election law
Friday that the country's
president Alvaro Uribe can run
for a second term in 2006,
official sources said on Friday.
ENVIRONMENT-CHILE:
Conflict
Over Andean Glaciers Heats Up
Environmentalists and the police
clashed violently Friday in the
centre of the Chilean capital
when activists presented the
government with a petition
containing 18,000 signatures to
protest a planned mining project
on the Argentine border which
could destroy three glaciers in
the Andes mountains.
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