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Monday 01 September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Social Groups To Protest
Tomorrow For the
Independence Of the
Courts From the
Executive Branch
Dozens of organizations
of the Movimiento Social
(Social Movement) will
be convening on Tuesday
in front of the Poder
Judicial de Costa Rica,
in downtown San José, to
demand the magistrates
of the Corte Plena (Full
Court) its independence
from the powers of the
State and reject its
alliance with the Poder
Ejecutivo (Executive
branch of the
government).
Teachers Planning
Another Strike
Teachers may soon go
back on strike if the
Ministerio de Educación
Pública (MEP) and the
Asociación de Profesores
de Segunda Enseñanza
(APSE) come to an
agreement how to apply
the salary adjustment
for the teachers.
Partially Naked Woman
Waited For the
Antichrist In Front of
La Merced Church
Dressed only in bra and
panties, 38 year old
Nicaraguan, Carolina de
los Ángeles Tinoco,
waited with open arms to
become the mother of the
Antichrist, amid exotic
and satanic dances.
Arias Begins 12 Day
European Tour Today
Vice-president, Laura
Chinchilla, will get a
feel of the presidential
chair while president,
Oscar Arias, is on a
tour of Europe for the
next 12 days.
Blacks of Limón
Celebrated Their Day
Costa Rica yesterday
celebrated the "Día del
Negro y la Cultura
Afrocostarricense". The
activity was held in
Parque Vargas in Limón,
that included a parade
along the centre of the
Caribbean city with
seven marching bands and
12 floats.
ECLA Proposes Measures
Against Impact From Food
Price Hikes
SANTIAGO - The U.N.
Economic Commission for
Latin America (ECLA)
Sunday recommended
administrative measures
and fiscal policies to
tackle rising food and
fuel prices in the
region.
Colombia Crisis Brews,
Uribe Stews
BOGOTA - Colombia
has had a long week of
strong institutional
crisis including
President Alvaro Uribe,
the Supreme Court,
District Attorney's
office and the
opposition.
Colombia Alerts Public
Over Probable
Contamination Of River
BOGOTA - Colombian
government on Sunday
alerted residents in the
country's four northern
provinces not to drink
water or eat fish from
the Magdalena river,
where at least 116 cans
of cyanide sank after a
ferry accident.
Venezuela Rejects Visit
Of U.S. Anti-Drug Chief
CARACAS - The Venezuelan
Foreign Ministry has
rejected a visit by John
P. Walters, director of
the U.S. National Drug
Control Policy office,
calling the proposed
trip useless and
ill-timed.
Venezuela Energizes
South Bank Initiative
CARACAS - Venezuela
picked up the stick of
the South Bank project
and supported the
initiative, which could
rise strongly from a
financial project
planned together with
Ecuadorian authorities.
MEXICO:
Peasants Seek Ways to
Block Canadian-Run Mine
The Canadian mining
corporation Minefinders
has explored a rural
area of the northern
Mexican state of
Chihuahua for 14 years.
But as it gets ready to
begin mining gold and
silver there, its plans
are threatened by
peasant farmers'
protests.
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