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Drought In The Northern
Zone To Get Worse
The Ministerio de Salud
and the Ministerio de
Agricultura y Ganadería
officials expressed
concern that the drought
affecting the northern
zone may get worse in
the next two weeks.
Rice Producers Not Happy
With Price of Rice Set
By Government
Costa Rican rice
producers and the
government are at odds
over the price of rice,
a set back for the
government is looking to
give producers a new
pulse to the sector.
Violent Deaths Paint The
Country Red
2008 has been a violent
year so far, as 117
people were murdered in
the first fours months,
compared to the same
number of murders in the
first eight months of
2007.
Arias To Get
Medical Treatment In The US
Costa Rican president,
Óscar Arias Sánchez, who has been
suffering for the last two weeks of
severe dysphonia, will be travelling to
the United States to get medical
treatment, according to a note Arias
sent to the Legislative Assembly
explaining the reasons for his having to
leave the country.
Young Tico
Ingenuity Leaves Its Mark In The US
For the fourth time,
Costa Rican students participated in the
International Fair of Science and
Engineering (ISEF / INTEL), held in the
United States from 12 to May 18, with
sponsorship from Intel Components of
Costa Rica.
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Panama Canal Use Falls
2% in Second Quarter,
Authority Says
Panama Canal ship
traffic fell 2 percent
during the fiscal second
quarter, the agency that
runs the 93-year-old
waterway reported.
Top Female Rebel
Leader Surrenders In Colombia
Exhausted, ill and cut
off from her troops, a one-eyed female
guerrilla commander surrendered to
Colombian authorities in what they
described Monday as a major blow to the
rebels.
Venezuela Denounces U.S.
Plane Violation of
Airspace
Venezuelan government
denounced on Monday that
a U.S. Navy warplane on
counter-narcotics
missions crossed into
Venezuelan airspace
Saturday night,
Venezuelan Foreign
Minister Nicolas Maduro
said on Monday.
Andean Countries Meet on
Amazon Conservation
Representatives of
Andean organizations
began meeting here
Monday to boost efforts
to protect the Amazon
region.
CHILE:
Courts Active in Human
Rights Cases, but
Results Mixed
A concert was held
in the Chilean capital
Monday to protest a
judge’s decision to
close the case involving
the murder of folksinger
Víctor Jara, who was
killed by the
dictatorship of Augusto
Pinochet 35 years ago.
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