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Central Bank Intervenes
As Colon Slides
Costa Rica's central
bank - the Banco Central
de Costa Rica - said on
Friday it was obliged to
pump dollars into the
monetary system,
intervening to halt the
continuing rise in the
exchange rate, as the
Colon hit an all time
low of ¢527.82 to the
U.S. dollar.
"Gringo Loco" Holds His
Family Hostage, Kills
Neighbour
Frederick Norman Kelch
is being called "Gringo
Loco" by the Spanish
language press after the
48 year old man kept
more than 50 police
officials, including
members of the Organismo
de Investigación
Judicial (OIJ) and the
Dirección de
Inteligencia y Seguridad
(DIS) at bay since
Thursday night.
Record Birthrate
Of Leatherback Turtles In Costa Rica
Nearly 900 endangered leatherback
turtles were born at the Junquillal
beach on Costa Rica's Pacific coastline
in recent months thanks to community
workers that scare off poachers and
protect the eggs, the World Wildlife
Fund for Nature said Thursday.
Safe Surgery
Costa Rica became the
first country in Latin
America and the
Caribbean whose
operating rooms
incorporate a list of
procedures to lower
adverse events from
surgery, such as
infections and bleeding
not linked to the
patient’s ailment.
Sardinal Residents
Protest Against Aqueduct Project
Residents of Sardinal,
Carrillo, in Guanacaste were out in a
peaceful protest yesterday to stop the
construction of a water pipe that would
supply water to a number of tourism
projects at nearby beaches including
Playas del Coco and Playa Hermosa.
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Rain Soaked Guatemala
Issues Red Alert
Guatemala has officially
declared red alert in
Palin Municipality, near
22 miles south the
capital, after the foul
weather killed one
ruined several houses.
El Salvador: Crisis
Boosts Crime Rate
The economic crisis is
the main source of
soaring criminality in
El Salvador, said
National University
Professor Jose Antonio
Martinez at the 4th
International Meeting on
Justice and Law that
closes here today.
Fidel Castro: Marti´s
Immortal Ideas
John McCain and George
W. Bush's vulgar lies
constitute the only way
to get absolutely
nothing from the heroic
people who has managed
to resist imperial power
for nearly half a
century, said Fidel
Castro in his latest
reflection titled
"Marti's Immortal
Ideas."
Colombia Refuses To Join
Regional Defense Council
Colombia will not join a
proposed regional
defense council in South
America due to "the
terrorist threat" it
faces at home, a
presidential spokesman
said here Friday.
Chavez to Uribe:
Rebuild Confidence
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged
his Colombian peer Alvaro Uribe to
regain the confidence lost between their
governments.
POLITICS-US:
Obama Draws Line on
Cuba, Latin America
Policy
In a major policy
address on U.S.-Latin
American relations, the
leading Democratic
presidential candidate,
Sen. Barack Obama,
pledged Friday to
immediately roll back
key sanctions imposed by
President George W. Bush
against Cuba over the
last several years and
called for a "new
alliance of the
Americas" in which
Washington's southern
neighbours would no
longer be treated "as a
junior partner".
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