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Thursday 20 December 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Costa Rica's Tourism
Booming
Tourism minister, Carlos
Ricardo Benavides, is
boasting COsta Rica's
achievement of an 11.5%
increase in tourism this
year over 2006.
Foreign Trade
Minister Says China And A Better
Presence in US Markets Are A Priority
For 2008
China will be a priority project for
2008 according to the ministro de
Comercio Exterior de Costa Rica (Foreign
Trade Minister), Marco Vinicio Ruiz, who
said that Costa Rica will begin to study
the feasibility of a free trade
agreement with China.
OIJ Director Calls
It Quits, Blames Lack of Funding
The director of the Organismo de
Investigación Judicial (OIJ), Jorge
Rojas, announced yesterday that he is
calling it quits and will step down from
the post he has held for the last six
years on February 1. Rojas blames the
lack of funding for the police agency
for his decision to resign.
Separated Twins Learning
To Walk Again
Costa Rica's
conjoined twins who were
successfully separated
last month at Lucile
Salter Packard
Children's Hospital at
Stanford are now
learning to walk on
their own during daily
physical therapy
sessions.
Minnesota Fugitive
Arrested in Costa Rica
The Minnesota Fugitive
Task Force (MFTF)
announced the arrest of
Charles Boyd Edward
Vance, 41, in Playa Jacó,
Costa Rica seven years
after being charged with
Unlawful Flight to Avoid
Prosecution.
Gringo Justice
in Nicaragua
The American, Eric Volz,
absolved of killing his
Nicaraguan girlfriend
was under guard at a
police hospital Tuesday
while struggling to
obtain his release from
custody, according to
his lawyer.
British Coastguard Aids
Yacht in Panama
BBC News - The crew of a
sinking yacht in the
central American state
of Panama have had their
lives saved thanks to a
999 call thousands of
miles away in Kent,
England.
Argentina Claims
Money-Bag Proof from USA
The Argentinian justice
demanded on Tuesday that
INTERPOL requests
information from the US
police about the
statements by four
detainees in Miami, in
relation to a bag with
$800,000 seized in
August.
Colombian Guerrillas to
Free Hostages
The Colombian
Revolutionary Armed
Forces (FARC) announced
the release of Clara
Rojas, her son Enmanuel,
and Consuelo Gonzalez,
who will be handed over
to Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez or any
person of his choice.
Venezuela Faces
International Media War
The Venezuelan
government is at the eye
of an international
media campaign aimed at
promoting
destabilization and
tarnish the image of the
country, in contrast to
the recent steps giant
toward integration.
CUBA:
Women Apply for Masonic
Rites
A group of women are
looking forward to
founding the first
women’s Masonic Lodge in
Cuba next year, and so
put an end to their
traditional exclusion
from Freemasonry, an
esoteric society which
is based on the ideals
of liberty, equality and
fraternity.
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