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Ticas Study More, But Earn Less
According to a report by the "Estado
Mundial de la Infancia", the
inequality between men and women
in the home and at work does not
permit children to better their
situation in Costa Rica as in
the rest of Latin America.
Costa Ricans with with
lanterns protest against
the Free Trade Agreement
with the U.S. outside
the Legislative Assembly
in San José last night.
Costa Rica remains the
only country that has
not approved the Free
Trade Agreement between
the U.S. Central America
and the Dominican
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Heightened Security Around
Legislature as TLC Discussions
Commence
Ottón Solís, leader of Partido
Acción Ciudadana (PAC), said
that today the supporters of the
Tratado Libre de COmercio (TLC),
violate the "institutionality"
of the country, as the Comisión
de Asuntos Internacionales
prepares to make a decision on
the trade agreement with the
United States.
Two Women Lose Their Lives
Crossing Busy Highway
The using of pedestrian
overpasses on the country's
busiest highway hasn't caught on
yet, as many continue the mad
dash across speeding traffic on
the General Cañas.
Cold Spell To
Continue All Week
Two weeks ago the
"rainy" season gave
way to the "dry" or
summer season,
according to the
Instituto
Meteorológico
Nacional (IMN) - the
weather experts.
They, the IMN, said
that the strong
winds and cold
weather was normal
for the seasonal
transition, making
way for hot and
sunny weather.
Light Festival This Saturday
Circle this Saturday on your
calendar as perhaps the best of
the holiday events occurs when
the "Festival de la Luz" (light
festival) makes its way through
downtown San José.
Transnational Cuts Power,
Nicaraguans Irate
Consumers from Leon and Granada
in Nicaragua mobilized Monday to
urge Spanish Power company Union
Fenosa to leave the country
because of poor service to the
population.
Church for Gun Control In El
Salvador
Archbishop
Fernando Saenz affirmed the
Salvadorian Catholic church
views favourably the Arms Law
reform recently approved by
Antonio Saca s government, noted
local press Monday.
El
Salvador Deputies Favor Troops
in Iraq
Despite the disaster of the Iraq
occupation forces, El Salvador s
Legislative Assembly s Defense
Committee passed judgment Monday
for Salvadorian soldiers
continuance in the Arab nation
for another year.
Riots in Chile lead to 100
arrests
One hundred people were
arrested and dozens more were
injured during the riots from
Sunday night to early Monday in
Chile after the death of former
President Augusto Pinochet.
Gore Vidal Breaks US
Blockade on Cuba
I came to Cuba with
my broken knee to
help break 40 years
of embargo, said US
writer Gore Vidal,
who will be visiting
Havana until
December 14, after
referring to the
distortion of
information about
the Island by his
country's media.
COLOMBIA:
Speaking Out Against
Paramilitaries -
Before Fleeing Again
Even his elderly
aunt Jacinta, who
raised him, is
urging him to leave
town. This will be
the second time
Santander Blanco has
had to flee for his
life. The first time
he was forced to
leave after refusing
to vote for the
candidates to the
Colombian
legislature imposed
by the
ultra-rightwing
paramilitary
militias.
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