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Two
Ton
Mansion!
Authorities
found
two tons
of
cocaine
hidden
in
bathroom
in this
luxurious
house
located
in
Ojochal,
in
Cortés
de Osa,
Puntarenas,
in the
southern
zone.
The haul
was part
of an
intensive
police
operation
since
the
discovery
of a
base
camp
used by
drug
traffickers
in
nearby
Portálon
last
Sunday.
[Foto:
Guillermo
Solano,
MSP]
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CENTRAL
AMERICA:
Poverty and Violence in Times of
Peace
Twenty years after the
signing of the agreement that
laid the foundations for peace
in Central America, the economic
and social causes of the civil
wars that shook the region are
still in place, and represent
latent threats of new conflicts,
analysts warn.
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People Words
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English has different names for different people. By learning the words
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Wednesday 08
August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Costa Rica, Panama
Sign Free Trade Agreement
Panamanian President Martin Torrijos,
while in Costa Rica yesterday signed the
Costa Rica - Panama Free Trade Agreement
with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias.
Best Fill Your
Tank Today, Gasoline Prices Up At
Midnight
The price of gasoline is going up ¢32
colones per litre at the stroke of
midnight tonight, the Autoridad
Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep)
informed yesterday.
Motion To Celebrate
Mother's Day on August
15 Stalled in
Legislature
An effort by legislators to move Mother's Day holiday back to its original
day, August 15th,
instead of being moved
to the following Monday,
failed.
Printing of
Referendum Ballots Begins
The Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE) yesterday officials
began the printing of the 2.708.365
voting ballots for the October 7
referendum on the Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - free trade deal with
the United States.
Central American
presidents celebrate 20
years of peace agreement
Costa Rican President
Oscar Arias hosted a
ceremony for four
Central American
presidents on Tuesday,
celebrating the 20th
anniversary of the
Esquipulas II peace
agreement that ended
decades of civil wars in
the region.
Quintavalle To Remain in
Preventive Detention
Despite Claims of Poor
Health
Matteo Quintavalle will
remain in jail until
January 17 as a judge of
the Tribunal de Juicio
de Goicoechea declined
his request to have his
preventive detention
downgraded to house
arrest giving his health
as a reason.
President Lula Visits
Nicaragua
Well-known to
Nicaraguans, whom he
visited numerous times
when he was a union
leader, Brazil's
President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva will
arrive in Nicaragua this
afternoon in his first
visit as head of State.
Military Maneuvers
Commanded by US in
Panama
Military maneuvers
Panamax 2007, led by the
US South Command, will
start Thursday with
military exercises on
the ground with
Panamanian forces, said
Panamanian newspaper La
Prensa Tuesday.
International Antidrug
Seminar Held in Panama
More than 500 delegates
from Latin America and
the Caribbean are
debating on politics,
strategies and actions
to prevent
drug-trafficking, money
laundering and
terrorism.
Guatemala Indigenous Nix
Usual Parties
The Maya Waqib Kej
National Convergence,
grouping 25 indigenous
organizations, has ruled
out giving electoral
support to parties
representing traditional
forms of power.
Colombian drug lord
arrested in Brazil
Brazil's Federal Police
arrested on Tuesday a
top leader of Colombia's
biggest cocaine cartel
-- the Norte del Valle
Cartel, the police said
in a statement.
LATIN AMERICA:
Political Parity for
Women Still a Long Way
Off
Legislation in the
countries of Latin
America and the
Caribbean has not
succeeded in ending
discrimination against
women in political and
public life, say
participants at the 10th
Regional Conference on
Women being held in the
Ecuadorean capital.
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