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Saturday 07
July 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
07/07/07: Is This
Your Lucky Day?
Customers Of State Banks
Targeted By
Phishers
Internet fraud had
become a thing of
fashion in Costa Rica as
more and more bank
customers are reporting
money missing from their
accounts, victims of "phishing".
The single largest case
reported so far is of a
young woman who says she
lost ¢24 million colones
(us$46.150) from her
Banco Nacional account.
Fiscalía Requests
For Capture of Quintavalle
Matteo Quintavalle, the
flamboyant businessman
who made the headlines a
couple of months ago
buying the contracts of
soccer players and his
financial wizardry, is
nowhere to be found. The
Italian businessman did
not show up, as promised
by his lawyer, at the
Ministerio Público in
San José.
Inflation Drops
In June, inflation went
back to the downward trend it had
displayed as of November 2005.
Taiwanese Embassy Closes
After 63 Years Of Ties
The Taiwanese embassy in
San José closed Friday,
after 63 years of
diplomatic ties ended
when Costa Rica
established relations
with China on June 1.
Talking On Cellular
Phone Cause of Triple
Collision
Although talking on a
cellular phone while
driving is prohibited
and the Policía de
Tránsito has sounded
like a broken record to
remind people of not
talking on their cell
phone while driving.
Fund for Fairness
The European Union
donated half a million
euros (us$675,000)
destined to a fund
projects aimed at
integrating minority or
vulnerable groups in
Central America.
Spain Intercepts Arms
Shipment From Israel to
Nicaragua
AFP - The Spanish
customs service found
1,085 guns and pistols
on a ship making its way
from Israel to Nicaragua
during a routine
inspection of the ship
while it was docking in
Algeciras in southern
Spain.
Managua Cuts Work Day to
Save Energy
Nicaragua's President
Daniel Ortega ordered a
reduction of the working
day in the State
institutions, to reduce
the negative impact of
energy cuts in the
country's economic and
social life.
Panama Ponders FTA
Impact on Poverty
(Angus Reid Global
Monitor) - Some people
in Panama believe a new
free trade agreement
with the United States
will help the country’s
poor, according to a
poll by Dichter & Neira
published in La Prensa.
38.6 per cent of
respondents think
poverty will decrease
once the deal is
implemented, while 31.6
per cent believe it will
stay the same.
Cuban Method Schools
Guatemalan Town
The Guatemalan community
of El Naranjo, in the
department of Escuintla,
is the first Guatemalan
community free of
illiteracy thanks to the
application of the Cuban
teaching method "Yo Si
Puedo."
Venezuelan Crude Price
Rises to us$65.79 per
Barrel
The Venezuelan crude oil
closed at us$65.79
dollars per barrel, for
an increase of us$1.92
dollars compared to the
previous week.
ARGENTINA:
A
Pause for Thought
Academics from every
continent will be
meeting next week in
Argentina for the Second
Extraordinary World
Congress of Philosophy,
where they will ponder
the shape of the future
in a context of
free-market economics
and globalisation.
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