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Sunday 07 December
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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4.000 Foreign
Prostitutes Working In
Costa Rica
he Policía de Migración
(immigration police)
estimate some 4.000
foreign prostitutes
working in the country.
Immigration Police
Uncovers Costa Rica
Bridge To US For African
Migrants
African migrants looking
for a route to America
has ended up in Costa
Rica an in an attempt to
make an illegal entry to
the United States. A
Costa Rican immigration
police investigation
uncovered the plan.
Costa Ricans Soon To Get
New Cedula
Costa Ricans will soon
be getting new "cedulas"
or ID cards if the
Ministerio de Hacienda
can find the us$18
million the Tribunal
Supremo de Elecciones
(TSE) needs to update
and make the ID cards
foolproof.
Christmas in Costa Rica
Shop, Shop, Shop Until
You Drop!
If there is a world
financial crisis, it is
not evident in Costa
Rica. Not in downtown
San Jose, at least.
Summer Is Finally Here.
Maybe.
It's almost time to put
away the sweater and the
umbrella, as warmer days
and summer is expected
to kick in next week,
according to the
Instituto Meterológico
Nacional (IMN) -
national weather
service.
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LETTERS:
New Ley de
Transito,
Bad Investment,
3G,
Shark Finning,
Time Out,
Proposed
Immigration Bill,
Eradicating
Slums |
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Archbishop Hits Out At
Suspension of Nicaragua
Aid
Managua - Archbishop
Leopoldo Brenes
Solorzano of Managua
criticized a decision to
suspend a US aid program
over concerns about the
results of nationwide
municipal elections.
Venezuela Socialists
Plan to Stay
Caracas - The United
Socialist Party of
Venezuela is meeting
Friday to determine the
best way to achieve the
constitutional amendment
and allow the continuous
re-election of the
country's president.
Evo Welcomes Ingrid
Betancourt
La Paz -
French-Colombian Ingrid
Betancourt, released by
the Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC)
in July, will be
welcomed Saturday by
Bolivian President Evo
Morales.
Brazilian Men Sign To
Support Eradication Of
Violence Against Women
Brasilia - More
than 32,000 Brazilian
men have signed their
names as of Saturday to
support a campaign aimed
at ending violence
against women, according
to local media reports.
Bolivia, Brazil To
Build International
Bridge
La Paz - Bolivia and
Brazil will build an
international bridge
over Mamore River, which
will link the city of
Guajara-Mirim in Brazil
with Guayaramer city in
Bolivia, a Bolivian
transport official said
Saturday.
Q&A: "I Don’t Believe a
12-Year-Old Was Born to
Kill"
Raúl Gutiérrez
interviews CHRISTIAN
POVEDA, director of ''La
vida loca'' . A
group of around 20
people settle into their
seats in a small
conference room in a
hotel in the Salvadoran
capital. They are here
to watch "La Vida Loca",
a 90-minute documentary
about the Pandilla 18
youth gang, directed and
co-produced by
French-Spanish filmmaker
Christian Poveda.
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