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Better Pay Your Debts, There Are
Groups Dedicated To Collection
And Extortion
According to Jorge Rojas,
director of the Organismo de
Investigación Judicial (OIJ),
lenders are resorting to groups
made up of "gorillas" to recover
what is owed to them, who in
turn use extortion tactics to
ensure payment. Rojas said that
there is at least one
"extortion" case a day for his
investigators.
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Nine-month old baby
Angelina Delach looks at
the FIFA World Cup
trophy while being held
in the arm of her mother
Christine for a visitors
photo session with the
trophy in Berlin May.
The World Cup trophy is
on display to the
general public in Berlin
from Friday ahead of the
World Cup which starts
with the opening match
between Germany and
Costa Rica in Munich on
June 9, 2006. WORLD CUP
2006 PREVIEW/Wolfgang
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Gas Price
Goes Up At Midnight; First
Bus Fares Hike Approved
Beginning at midnight tonight,
gasoline prices will jump ¢51
colones per litre for super and
regular and ¢18 colones for
diesel, which will begin a
series of price increases in
other areas, like buses and
taxis for example.
Florida Land Developer Helps
Costa Rican City Improve Public
Water Supply
Quepos, Costa Rica (PRWEB) - For
many residents in the area of
Damas, a small community outside
of Quepos, taking a shower or
making a cup of coffee is a
harrowing experience. The lack
of fresh water in the summer
months and below par water
pressure from old and outdated
water infrastructure affects as
many as 400 local residents in
the area.
World
Cup
Fever Has Hit Costa Rica
If you turn the television,
listen to radio or pick up a
newspaper, there is sure to be
something about soccer - World
Cup Soccer and the opening game
on June 9 between the Costa
Rican national team and the host
German team.
Entire
Neighbourhood Becomes Murder
Suspect
An entire barrio (neighbouhood)
has become murder suspect of a
local thief. Eduardo Loaiza
Acuña, who according to police
had a long record of robbing his
neighbours and other crimes, was
found murdered, in front of his
home, in León XIII, in Tibás.
EU, LAC Summit Takes Off
The fourth European Union-Latin
America and Caribbean Summit (EU-LAC)
commenced with the meeting of
foreign ministers Thursday and
Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula
Plassnik´s welcome to the guests
at the Reed Meese Wien
Conference Center.
UN Criticizes Latin America
Neoliberal Reforms
Neoliberal reforms in America in
the 90s did not solve the
financing and coverage of social
protection systems, because they
did not consider the reality of
the regional industrial markets
and the limited economic
development, a UN report issued
Thursday found.
Guatemala to Host Summit of
Parliaments
Speaker of the Central American
Parliament, Julio Palacios,
announced the holding of a
summit of assemblies, congresses
and senates from all the world
in Guatemala on Jun 26.
Honduran
Opposition to Gov: Steer Wheel
Leader of National Party (PN)
Porfirio Lobo called on Honduras
President Manuel Zelaya to set a
new course for the nation.
COLOMBIA:
Magistrates Excommunicated for
Partially Lifting Abortion Ban
Twenty-seven years after
Congresswoman Consuelo Lleras
unsuccessfully submitted a bill
to legalise abortion in
Colombia, the country’s
Constitutional Court has
recognised the right to
terminate a pregnancy in case of
rape, a threat to the woman’s
life or health, or if the foetus
has a deformity that would
prevent survival outside the
womb.
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