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"La
Fanatica Más Sexy" here!
U.S.
Seniors Defrauded From Costa
Rica
Three Americans and two
Canadians were in the hands of
Costa Rican police yesterday
following a raid on a number of
homes in Costa Rica while at the
same time authorities in
California, the FBI was taking
into custody another five, all
forming a group that operated
from Costa Rica since 2003,
charged with fraud involving
some us$20 million dollars.
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President Oscar Arias
casually met with
presidential rival,
Partido Acción Ciudadana
(PAC) leader Ottón
Solís, at Expotur. Arias
listened to a number of
complaints by tourism
operators and a list of
demands to better the
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Another
Gas Hike Around the Corner; ¢27
Colones This Time
Get ready for another round of
gasoline price increases. This
time it will be ¢26 colones a
litre for super, ¢27 colones for
regular and ¢39 for diesel, this
on the heels of a whopping
increase of ¢51 colones a litre
for super and regular that went
into effect last Saturday.
Canadian Wanted By Costa Rican
Authorities Nabbed
When Michael James Forrest
walked out of his luxurious home
in San Pablo de Heredia
yesterday at noon for a jog he
never imagined that he would end
up in police custody.
Tough
Negotiations With EU
According to the Costa Rican
minister of Foreign Affairs, a
FTA with the European Union
would mean a historic
opportunity to Costa Rica.
Costa
Rica not overawed by World Cup
group, says Wanchope
Costa Rica striker Paulo
Wanchope said the Costa Ricans
will not be overawed by facing
hosts Germany, Poland and
Ecuador in their first round
group at the World Cup finals.
Venezuelan parliament approves
new oil taxes
Venezuela's National Assembly on
Tuesday approved a new 33.3
percent tax on oil extraction
that will mainly affect joint
ventures involved in extracting
heavy crude from the country's
oil-rich Orinoco River basin.
Deaths toll in Brazil's gang
related violence rises to 133
Deaths bring the toll since
Friday to 133, including 40
officers and guards, in Brazil's
latest gang related riots that
has sown fear in Sao Paulo,
South America's largest
metropolis.
Ecuador defends cancelling
contract with US firm
Ecuador's government on Tuesday
defended its decision to revoke
a contract with the U.S. oil
company Occidental Petroleum,
saying the cancellation would
bring order to its oil industry.
Venezuela may sell US F-16s to
Iran
The Venezuelan military was
considering to sell F-16 fighter
planes bought from the United
States to another country,
possibly Iran, in response to a
U.S. ban on arms sales to
Venezuela, a senior military
official said on Tuesday.
Castro
says he's not wealthy, Forbes
story untrue
Cuban President Fidel Castro
furiously denied on Monday a
story in Forbes magazine that he
was worth $900 million and said
he would step down if the
magazine could prove the
assertion.
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