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Sunday 04 November
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
One of Ten Miss Doctors
Appointments
Sunday's edition of the
daily Spanish language
La Nación reports that
one of ten Caja
Costarricense de Seguro
Social (CCSS) patients
miss their doctor's
appointment because they
just forget. And
absenteeism increases
when missing medical
appointments with
specialists, like a
cardiologist or
orthopedist.
Panamanian Eggs
Confiscated
The border police made
another big bust yesterday, but this
time instead of illegal drugs, it was of
illegal eggs. 52.000 eggs in total
coming from Panama and without the
required Sanidad Vegetal permit of the
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG).
Costa Rica More
Competitive
Costa Rica climbed five
positions in the Global
Competitive Index, to
position 63 among the
131 nations analyzed.
Costa Rica Ranked
Highest In Latin America Women's Rise
Latin
American women still trail men in key
measures of social well-being, according
to the World Economic Forum, which ranks
gender equality in 116 countries based
on education, health and economic and
political participation.
Nicaragua Digs in
against Epidemics
Nicaragua is beginning a
popular campaign against
epidemics Saturday,
aimed at averting an
outbreak of
leptospirosis, which has
claimed ten lives so
far, and preventing
other diseases like
dengue.
2, 000 Foreigners
Deported in Panama
Panamanian immigration
authorities have
deported all along this
year 1,973 foreigners,
mainly Colombians, for
lack of economic
solvency and false visas
reasons, governmental
sources reported
Saturday.
Guatemala holds runoff
presidential election
Guatemalans will choose
a new president between
leftist businessman
Alvaro Colom and retired
general Otto Perez
Molina. in the
presidential election
runoff on today.
Honduras asks Atomic
Energy Agency for help
in opening possibly
radioactive cargo
Honduras sought expert
help after spotting a
cargo container believed
to contain radioactive
waste in one of Central
America's largest ports.
COLOMBIA:
Malaria Winning the
Battle in Chocó
The Atrato River is
"full of malaria",
according to a dozen men
in rubber boots,
standing in the water
that has inundated the
village of Tanguí, in
Colombia's north-western
jungle.
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