San
José, Costa Rica - Monday 06 December 2004
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A Slap in
the Face, Jailed Presidents
Receive Pensions
In the year 1988, legislators
created the law that guaranteed
former presidents "una vida
digna" - a dignified life -
after leaving the presidential
chair.
Closet
Helmets Out; Identifying Vests
In For Motorcyclists
The Ministerio de Obras Públicas
y Transportes (MOPT) has backed
down on a law that was supposed
to have come into effect
yesterday (Sunday) that would
prohibit "closed" helmets worn
by motorcyclists.
ARCOS
Network Suffers Two Fiber Cuts
The Americas Region Caribbean
Optical-ring System (ARCOS)
suffered two separate undersea
fiber cuts within days of each
other, affecting services to
seven Latin American countries.
Holiday
Season Shopping Underway
Holiday shopping in Costa Rica
is in full swing, with today
getting a boost as government
employees get their "aguinaldo"
- their Christmas bonus.  more
PUBLIC FORUM:
Should
Rodríguez, Calderón and Figueres
Keep Their Pensions?
Several legislators, including
former presidential candidate,
José Miguel Corrales, want the
pension for life provisions
changed, it will not be
retroactive, which means the
former presidents who are
currently accused of corruption
and in preventive detention, as
well as the former president who
refuses to come to Costa Rica,
can and will receive their
pensions even if they are found
guilty. Let us know what you
think.
Click
here to got to the forum.
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Colombia's alleged drug chief denies US
charges
Colombia's alleged drug kingpin
Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, head of the notorious Cali drug cartel,
said he was innocent before he was extradited to the United States
over the weekend.
more
World Problems Will not Be Solved through
Wars, Says Fidel Castro
World problems will not be
solved through wars or nuclear bombs, not even through isolated
revolutions, but with ideas, asserted president Fidel Castro this
weekend.
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WORLD AIDS DAY-VENEZUELA:
Side
Effects of Generic Drug
Controversy
AIDS activists in Venezuela are
keeping a close eye on the
controversy that has emerged
between the World Health
Organisation (WHO) and the
Indian pharmaceutical companies
that produce the generic drugs
used to treat roughly 12,000
Venezuelan AIDS patients.
"Given the doubts that have
surfaced over the quality of
these products, we have
repeatedly asked the National
Health Institute (INH) - a
branch of the Ministry of Health
- for the results of the
bioequivalence tests conducted
on them, but we have yet to
receive a reply," Alberto Nieves
of Citizens' Action Against AIDS
(ACCSI) told IPS.
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