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With
ticket
book in
hand,
Patricia
Trejos
is one
only 20
women in
a male
dominated
Policia
de
Tránsito forced
and the
only
woman to
drive a
platform
tow
truck in
the
streets
of
downtown
San
Jose.
Officer
Patricia
told us
that she
still
gets
dirty
looks
from
male
drivers
who are
not used
to being
pulled
over by
a woman. |
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Salud
Officials Say Costa Rica Has The Right To
Deny Entry To Anyone Infected With The Virus
The Costa Rican government is firm that will
not limit the travel of foreigners with flu
symptoms AH1N1 to Costa Rica. But, it will,
once they touch down on Costa Rican soil, be
turned back to their point of origin if the
determined by the medical team at the
airport to be infected.
Money To Pay For
Helicopter Came From The UAE and Turkey
$398.968 was
the amount paid to Regis Charles Moreau,
owner of the White House hotel, for the sale
of the helicopter TI-BBT, that crashed last
Friday in the area known as El Cerro de la
Muerte and carrying some 395 kilos of
cocaine.
Judge Orders
Fiscalia Six Months To Conclude
Investigation of Former President Rodríguez
Following fours of a process that say former
president, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, taken off
a plane in handcuffs, months behind bars and
house arrest, the end is near, as a judge
yesterday ordered the Fiscalia (prosecutor's
office) to either file charges or close the
case within the next six months.
Former Director of the
Fuerza Pública Defends His "Hermano", Pilot
of Crashed Helicopter
Edgar Arguedas Alfaro, the pilot of the
helicopter TI-BBT, that crashed in the Cerro
de la Muerte last Friday, with 295 kilos of
cocaine on board, participated in many
anti-drug actions of the Fuerza Pública,
according to the former director of the
national police force, José Fabio Pizarro.
Officials Study Tomato
Production Throughout The Country, Including
Guanacaste
(InfoWebPress)
– The Ministry of Agriculture (MAG), in
coordination with the National Agricultural
Research and Technology Transfer Program (PITTA),
recently organized the First National Tomato
Production Congress on the fairgrounds of
the Sarchi Civic and Tourism Association, in
Alajuela province. |
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Panama Transition Moves Ahead
Panama - Panamanian Foreign
Minister Samuel Lewis received on Thursday
vice president-elect Juan Carlos Varela to
discuss government transition-related
issues. The meeting at the Foreign Ministry
headquarters was also attended by Minister
of the Presidency Rafael Mezquita and future
Foreign minister Kimmy Papadimitriu,
according to a FM communiqué.
Nicaragua Denies Commando Claim
Managua - The National Army of Nicaragua denied the existence of armed groups organized for political ends.
New El Salvador President Insists on
Fighting Crisis
San Salvador - President
Elect of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes and his
transition team will finish today a meeting
with international financial institutions
when it is confirmed the new administration
will receive its coffers diminished.
Honduras Teachers Conflict Solved
Tegucigalpa - The Honduran government reached preliminary agreements with teachers, who had suspended classes for more than 50,000 students, demanding long overdue wo
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Colombia Expels Former Kosovo PM
Bogota - Colombia has
ordered Kosovo's former Prime Minister Agim
Ceku, wanted in Serbia on war crimes
charges, to leave the country, the state
security agency said Thursday.
U.S. Troops To Withdraw From
Ecuadorian Base
Quito - The United States
will withdraw its troops from Manta military
base in Ecuador in September after a lease
agreement expires in 2009, U.S. Ambassador
to Ecuador Heather Hodges said on Thursday.
Venezuela, Cuba Fortify Tourism
Havana - With the purpose of
creating alliances and agreements in the
tourist industry with sibling countries, the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela fosters
tourism as both a receiver and conveyor,
official sources said here Thursday.
Brazil to Make Influenza Vaccine
Brasilia - Brazil's National Health Agency (ANVISA)
authorized production of a vaccine against
the influenza A (H1N1). The resolution on
Diario Oficial de la Union daily says the
developer must have a license from ANVISA to
produce the vaccine from the virus of
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HEALTH-MEXICO:
Shunned Abroad,
Negligence at Home
The Mexican government
is complaining about
measures taken by other
countries to protect
themselves against
possible contagion from
the new H1N1 flu virus,
which is widely seen as
having originated in
Mexico. But some
Mexicans complain about
stigma at home, as well
as medical negligence. |
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4 Kms Does Not A 6 Lane Highway Make
After some 30 years of
planning, start and stop
and then start again,
last week the expansion
of the autopista
Fernando Prospero and
the highway to Caldera,
was officially
inaugurated, although
there still remains
entire sections of first
phase of the highway to
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Why ICE Is Stalling 3G
ICE, the Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad and the only
provider of cellular service in
Costa Rica has been falling
behind in installing the next
generation of cellular network
known as 3G. |
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