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San
José, Costa Rica - Saturday 11 December 2004
RECORD!
1.863
Average Daily Visitors in November. Click here for the
details!
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Economy 2005, a Repetition
A stable year, without
crises, but also with no major
improvements, in general, a
repetition of 2004, is what
several economists forecast for
2005.
 more
Faster Procedures at airports
Travelers arriving at or
departing from international
airports Juan Santamaría in
Alajuela or Daniel Oduber in
Liberia, stagger under the
lengthy procedures that take
place in crowded conditions.
more
Distribution of Income Improved
The distance in income between
wealthy families and the poorest
ones slightly decreased in 2004.
more
Tamales
For most Costa Rican families, a
Christmas without the
traditional "tamales" is
incomplete. A survey of prices
around town reveals that the "mercado
central" is the best place to
buy the ingredients at the best
prices.
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1,500 Colombian paramilitaries demobilized
About 1,500 fighters of a
Colombian right-wing paramilitary organization handed in their
weapons on Friday in Tibu municipality of northeast Colombia,
marking the country's largest demobilization of illegal fighters in
history. more
Italy to return smuggled
cultural relic to Peru
The Italian government has
decided to return a smuggled piece of cherished cultural relic to
Peru, local media reported Friday. more
16 killed in Venezuelan military
plane crash
A Venezuelan military
airplane crashed Friday in Juniquito, northeast of the coastal state
of Vargas, killing all 16 people on board, authorities said. more
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The average Tico makes far less than
$700 per month.
Do you really think that Ticos pay the
same amount for property here as gringos do?
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LATIN AMERICA:
Born on
the Streets - Just One of
Millions of Poor Children
A baby was
born on the streets of the
Mexican capital this week. Just
two days old, she still hasn't
been given a name. Her parents,
homeless youngsters, say they
are happy, but that they don't
know how they will support her.
Her father, Jesús Omar, who has
lived on the streets since he
was 10, and his tiny daughter
who was born on Tuesday are just
a few of the millions of
youngsters in Latin America for
whom ”childhood” is an empty
word.
Between 56 and 59 percent of
children and adolescents in
Latin America and the Caribbean
are poor, the regional director
of the United Nations children's
fund (UNICEF), Nils Kastberg,
said Thursday at the release of
the Latin American section of
the ”State of the World's
Children - 2005: Childhood Under
Threat” report.
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