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Thursday 20 December 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Calvo and Chavez
Found Guilty
Although the court
acquitted Catholic
priest, Minor
Calvo Aguilar,
of hiring a hitman the
murder of journalist
Parmenio Medina, he was
found guilty of fraud in
the Radio María, the
priest's own church
affiliated radio station
scandal and sentenced to
15 years prison.
Transit Law Reforms
Stalled
The reforms to the Ley
de Tránsito (traffic
laws) that pretends to
get tough on drunk
driving and speeding and
tougher traffic fines
continues stalled in the
Comisión Legislativa de
Asuntos Jurídicos.
making it doubtful that
it will be passed before
the end of the year as
had been expected.
Construction of Road to
Caldera To Begin on
January 17
The construction
of the San José-Caldera
highway which is three
decades in the making,
will begin on January
17, 2008, the ministro
de la Presidencia,
Rodrigo Arias, announced
yesterday.
Cell Phone Sales
Slow
Monday morning, at
8:00am sharp, the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) put
on sale 340.000 GSM lines - 300.000 new
and 40.000 of lines that were forfeited
by their owners for lack of payment.
However, sales have been less than
expected.
Nicaragua Will Hold US
Man
Nicaraguan prosecutors
on Wednesday filed an
appeal to the country's
Supreme Court to
overturn the acquittal
of a U.S. man on charges
of killing his
Nicaraguan girlfriend,
blocking efforts to win
his release.
Fifth Annual Panama Jazz
Festival Set for January
The fifth annual Panama
Jazz Festival will not
only merge American and
Panamanian jazz, but
will also bring together
artists such as the
Stanley Jordan Trio,
Dave Samuels and the
Caribbean Jazz Project,
the Catherine Russell
Group and the Tia Fuller
Quartet. The festival,
which is presented in
part by the Danilo Pérez
Foundation (Pérez,
pictured), will take
place Jan. 21 to 26 in
Panama City, Panama.
Colombian Court Jails
Lawmaker For Links to
Paramilitaries
Colombia's Supreme Court
Wednesday jailed a
pro-government lawmaker
for six years for links
to far-right
paramilitaries, the
United Self-Defense
Forces of Colombia (AUC).
Brazil Lashes Out at EU
Restrictions On Beef
Exports
Brazil criticized the
European Union for
restrictions on its beef
exports, an Agriculture
Ministry statement said
on Wednesday.
Argentina Upset over US
Actions
Argentina was very upset
over US actions, which
it says are an offense
for the country, media
reported Wednesday.
COLOMBIA:
FARC to Release Three
Hostages to Chávez
The leaders of
Colombia’s FARC
guerrillas ordered the
release of two women
hostages and the young
son of one of them as a
gesture of
"compensation" for the
frustrated facilitation
efforts made by
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chávez and
Colombian Senator Piedad
Córdoba, and of goodwill
towards the hostages’
families.
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