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Friday 02 November
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Poverty Rate Down
Poverty in Costa Rica
was reduced by 3.5% in
the first 17 months of
the Arias
administration, a
government report
released Wednesday
indicates.
2.000 Jobs Offered
At Bilingual Job Fair
The "Feria Biligue" (bilingual fair)
held at the Centro Cultural
Costarricense - Norteamericano (CCCN),
began yesterday in San Pedro, with a
dozen companies offering jobs to 2.000
people who are fully fluent in English.
Jealous Wife Runs
Down Four People While Chasing Cheating
Husband
Not supporting her
husband's infidelity, a
woman decided to pursue
in the style of a cops
and robbers chase, her
cheating husband when
she saw another woman
sitting in the front
seat of his vehicle.
March To Raise Awareness
To Problems of Drunk
Driving
Traffic accidents have
changed the lives of a
number of families
during the past several
weeks, as deaths and
injuries from traffic
accidents rise. And
October to December are
statistically bloody
months.
Higher Household
Consumption
Families are buying this year at a
faster rate than at any time before in
the last 10 years.
Nicaragua Salutes ICJ
Decision on Honduras
Case
Nicaragua expressed
satisfaction before UN
due to the most recent
decision of the
International Court of
Justice, which put an
end to the Territorial
and Maritime Dispute
between that country and
neighboring Honduras.
Guatemala Candidates
Head for Hills
The two candidates
competing for the
Guatemalan presidency
closed their campaign in
the capital Thursday, to
concentrate on the
country s interior
before the November 4
elections.
El Salvador Bus Workers
to Strike
Members of the
Salvadorean Bus Business
Association confirmed on
Wednesday that they will
go on a national strike
if the government fails
to meet their demands on
the price of fuels.
Venezuelan students
protest against
constitutional
amendments
Thousands of students
marched through the
Venezuelan capital
Caracas Thursday to
protest against a
referendum on
constitutional
amendments.
Brazilian congressional
committee to target
deforestation in Amazon
Brazil's Chamber of
Deputies wants to form a
congressional committee
to investigate
deforestation in the
Amazon region, the
Brazilian press reported
on Thursday.
BRAZIL:
Swiss Firm Denies
Responsibility in
Killing of Rural
Activist
An attack by armed
guards on a group of
rural activists
occupying a Swiss-owned
research farm in Brazil
was the latest incident
in what pro-land reform
movements call the
struggle against large
landed estates wedded
with multinational
agribusiness.
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