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San José, Costa Rica -
Friday 21 January 2005
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It's Still Raining in Limón. More
Flooding Expected
The rain just won't give up. The
area of Limón has been inundated all week from light to
torrential rains and areas like Estrada de Matina had to be
evacuated, again, and the Sixaola river in the town of the
same name left it banks, again.
 more
UN Team To Assess Losses Caused by
Floods
A United Nations team is making a two-day field visit to the
areas most affected by the floods earlier this month that
left behind four deaths and thousands homeless, the UN
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said
confirmed.
more
Fiscalia Says Figueres Case Still Open
The Fiscalia
(Prosecutor's office) says that the Figueres case is still
open and that on the 28th of December last, the
international police organization, INTERPOL, notified former
president José María Figueres Olsen, by mail, his requested
appearance before a legislative commission.
more
Cerro de la Muerte Freezes. Coldest
Ever in 30 Years
Costa Ricans are
not accustomed to freezing temperatures. Many foreigners who
decided to make Costa Rica their new home left the freezing
cold behind for the tropical climate.
more
Illegal Fishing Wiped Out
The Cocos Island Preservation Area is free of illegal
fishing, the Environmentalist Association Mar Viva reported.
more
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Brazil to
mediate Venezuelan-Colombian
rift
Brazil will mediate a diplomatic
and commercial crisis between
Colombia and Venezuela over the
controversy surrounding the
arrest of a Colombian rebel
leader, Brazilian Presidential
spokesman Andre Singer said on
Thursday. more
Chilean
senator to participate as
observer in Iraqi elections
Chilean Senator Sergio Paez,
president of the
Inter-Parliamentarian Union (IPU),
will participate as observer in
the Jan. 30 elections in Iraq.
more
Forest
fire causes huge losses in
Uruguay
A
forest fire that broke out
Sunday in Uruguay's southeast
department of Rocha has resulted
in about 10 million US dollars
in losses, the EI Pais daily
reported Thursday.
more
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ARGENTINA:
Tragedy
Creates New Safety Awareness
Among Rock Bands, Fans
The year-end tragedy that
claimed the lives of 189 young
people in a dance club in the
Argentine capital dealt a severe
blow to the city's rock scene,
and bands, fans and concert
producers are now expressing
their concern about creating a
culture of safety.
"We concert producers have lost
credibility, just like what
happened to the banks when they
kept the money of their
account-holders," Fernando
Benebeña, the organiser of the
country's biggest rock festival,
told IPS.
He was referring to the late
2001 freeze on bank accounts and
collapse of the financial
system, and the failure of many
Argentine savers to recuperate
their money. more
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