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President Arias Plays Santa
Claus
Costa Rican president, Oscar
Arias, announced Wednesday that
he will forsake his "total"
salary as president while in
office and donate it to charity.
In this photo released
by Costa Rica's
Ministerio de Seguridad
Pública (Ministry of
Public Security),
heavily armed police
officers escort Hector
Martinez Quinto to an
airplane for his
extradition to Colombia
at the Juan Santamaría
(San José) International
Airport in Alajuela on
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Costa Rica Ends Year with More
Tourists
The Instituto Costarricense de
Turismo (ICR) - Costa Rican
Tourism Institute - reported on
Thursday that the country will
end 2006 having hosted 1.7
million tourists, indicating a
slight growth over 2005, with
1.6 million tourists.
ICE Expects New GSM Lines by
April
Costa Rica's state power and
telecom group, the Instituto
Costarricende de Electricidad
(ICE), said it plans to start
negotiations this week for the
supply of additional GSM lines.
The news was reported by the
Spanish local daily Capital
Financiero.
Wendy Cruz
Says Goodbye To Costa Rica
With
tears and eyes and sadness in
her voice, the beautiful and
charming Wendy Cruz, said
goodbye to the Telenoticias
audience this morning, ending
her seven year career at
Teletica.
Sandinistas to Eradicate
Illiteracy
The Sandinista government goal
will be to eradicate illiteracy
in Nicaragua, and for this
purpose will use the Cuban
teaching method Yo Si Puedo,
announced here future Education
Minister Miguel de Castilla
Wednesday.
Guatemalan Terrorist Arrested in
Panama
The Panamanian police arrested a
man assumed to be Guatemalan
ex-Minister of Interior Donaldo
Alvarez, accused of state
terrorism, torture and genocide,
La Prensa daily revealed on
Thursday.
Panama Public Debt Increases
The Panamanian public debt has
hit 10.88 billion dollars, an
increase of 1.7 billion in
relation to September 2004, when
Martin Torrijos became
president.
Chile Communists for Voting
Reform
The Communist Party of Chile (PCC)
delivered a letter to President
Michelle Bachelet demanding the
modification of the exclusive
electoral bi-nominal system and
a law against corruption.
Chavez,
Correa Focus on Integration
The agenda of Ecuadorian
president-elect Rafael Correa in
Venezuela is centered on a new
integration strategy based on
solidarity and economic
complementation.
EL
SALVADOR:
Agriculture on the Brink
Neoliberal free-market policies
implemented since the early
1990s have pushed El Salvador's
agriculture industry into a
state of coma, and the free
trade agreement with the United
States that went into effect in
March might just be the final
blow.
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