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Sunday 21 October
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Breast Cancer
Killed 268 "Ticas" in 2006
In Costa Rica the cases of breast cancer
between 1998 and 2002 is the highest -
28% - of all types of cancers
registered.
10,000 Construction
Workers
In late November or
early December, some
10,000 Nicaraguans will
start arriving in Costa
Rica in order to work in
construction.
80% Of Human
Trafficking is of Women
and Children, Report
Reveals
An investigation by the
Organización
Internacional para las
Migraciones (OIM)
reveals that 80% of
victims of human
trafficking are women
and children, who are
brought to Costa Rica
and then sent to Mexico
and Japan, among other
countries, where they
are then exploited as
cheap labour and sex.
National Olympic
Committee Offices Raided
The Comité Olímpico
Nacional (CON) -
national olumpic
committee - is the
subject of an
investigation by the
Fiscalía de Delitos
Económicos (fraud
section) and its offices
in Coronado were raided
Friday by the Sección de
Fraudes del Organismo de
Investigación Judicial (OIJ).
ICE and BCR Join
Forces
A small Banco de Costa
Rica (BCR) branch was
inaugurated inside the
offices of the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) in
Pavas in a plan for the
state bank and state
agency to work together
to better customer
service.
PARLATINO for Economic,
Social Gains
Over 80 deputies from 13
member countries of the
Latin American
Parliament (Parlatino)
discussed proposals to
promote economic,
political and social
development in the
region, sources close to
the meeting said.
State of Disaster
Declared in Nicaragua
After Torrential
Downpours
Torrential downpours
caused "Rio Grande de
Matagalpa" river to grow
9 metres and overflow
the town damaging
infrastructure and
ruining crops throughout
the area. That forced
Pres. Ortega to declare
a state of disaster.
Fidel Castro Talks about
Elections in Cuba
Cuban President Fidel
Castro highlighted the
great participation of
the Cuban population in
the elections in the
island, in which the
ballot boxes are watched
by school children while
people vote.
Bolivian soldiers,
police battle airport
workers
Bolivian soldiers and
police took control of
the country's most
important airport
Thursday after airport
workers kept an American
Airlines commercial
flight from taking off,
demanding the carrier
pay them landing fees in
cash.
Chile, U.S.
Conclude
joint air maneuvers
Chile and the United
States on Friday
concluded their first
joint maneuvers with
F-16 fighters and other
planes in northern
Chilean city Iquique.
POLITICS-CUBA:
Women, Local Elections
and People’s Power
Marisol Cabrera has
become quite at ease as
president of the
municipal government of
the Cuban town of
Placetas. But nine years
ago it was another
story, and she herself
had doubts. "I wondered
whether I was capable of
this, it felt like a
huge challenge. There
was no tradition of
women in this post," she
says.
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