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Saturday 18 October 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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road report by the
Policía de Tránsito,
Women Abusers Will Still
Go To Jail, Says Fiscal
General
Just like before, wife
abusers and men who
denigrate, humiliate and
abuse their women, can
continue to do so
without consequences.
Interamericana Norte And
Sur Cleared, Focus Is On
Flooding in Guanacaste
Crews of the ministerio
de Obras Pública y
Transportes (MOPT)
managed to re-open
passage through the
Interamericana Norte
blocked by a landslide
and the Intermaricana
Sur were 50 metres of
roadway was washed away.
Construction of New
Stadium Off, Now On
Again
The Sala Constitucional
or Sala IV as it is
often referred to,
yesterday voted in
unamity to reject the "recurso
de amparo" (writ of
Habeas Corpus) filed by
a group of nine people
against the building of
the new Estadio Nacional
en La Sabana (national
stadium). A week earlier
a decision by the court
halted construction of
the new stadium when the
writ was filed.
Costa Rica $500 Dollars
Short Of Reclaiming
Pre-Columbian Art
The price of a
translation is keeping
the Costa Rican
government from
retrieving a collection
of pre-Columbian objects
it claims were stolen by
a private collector now
living in Germany.
Cuban Awarded CINERGIA
Prize in Costa Rica
Cuban film maker Pavel
Giroud was awarded with
CINERGIA (Fund for the
Promotion of the
Audiovisual in Central
America and the
Caribbean) Prize, for
the film "El acompañante",
in the category of Best
Project Development,
CINERGIA sources
announced Friday.
Costa Rica
Recognized For Its
Leadership In
Sustainable Tourism
Development
Costa Rica, the leader
and pioneer of
sustainable tourism, has
been chosen to head the
United Nations World
Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Executive Council
starting this year.
Panama OKs US Colombian
Extradition
PANAMA - Panama
agreed to extradition to
the United States
Colombian William Johnny
Tamayo Hernandez, linked
to drug trafficking and
detained last week at a
capital restaurant,
authorities reported
Friday.
Ecuadorian Militaries
Clash With Colombian
Rebels
QUITO - Ecuadorian armed
forces have clashed with
Colombian rebels in the
border province of
Sucumbios, but no
casualties were reported
in the conflict,
Ecuadorian Defense
Ministry said on Friday.
Venezuelan, Colombian
FMs Meet To Enhance Ties
CARACAS - Venezuelan
Foreign Minister Nicolas
Maduro and his Colombian
counterpart Jaime
Bermudez met on Friday
for the first time after
the presidents from both
countries agreed to end
months of diplomatic
conflicts.
Chilean President Urges
Unasur To Tackle Global
Crisis
LIMA - Chilean President
Michelle Bachelet on
Friday urged the Union
of South American
Nations (Unasur) to
tackle the global
financial crisis which
threatens to drag behind
the economic growth of
its member states.
Venezuelan President
Meets With Russian FSB
Director
CARACAS - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez on
Friday met with Director
of Russian Federal
Service of Security(FSB)
Nikolai Patrushev at the
Miraflores Palace to
discuss the visit of
Russian President Dmitri
Medvedev to Venezuela
and both navies'
maneuver scheduled for
Nov. 10-14 in the
Caribbean Sea.
COLOMBIA:
Brutal Crackdown on
Indigenous Protest
More than
75 people were injured
and at least one was
killed in a crackdown on
indigenous protests
being held in different
areas of Colombia.
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