San
José, Costa Rica - Thursday 09 December 2004
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President
Pacheco to be Censured
The Legislative Commission that
has been investigating donations
to the political parties will be
asking Congress to censure
president Abel Pacheco.  more
Government
Begins Negotiations With Alterra
The Juan
Santamaría (San José) airport
manager Alterra Partners has
started negotiations with the
government regarding an us$18.7
million dollars claim for lost
revenue, according Alterra
executive director in Costa
Rica, Mónica Nágel. more
The Price
Gasoline To Drop
Yes, you read it right.
Yesterday, the Refinadora
Costarricense de Petróleo (Recope
S.A.) has finally, for the first
time in a long time, asked for a
reduction in the price of
gasoline. It claims the drop in
the world price for crude
warrants a reduction of prices
at Costa Rican gasoline pumps. more
Political
Parties in Latin America, India
Most Corrupt: Report
Political parties in Latin
America, India, Indonesia, and
certain eastern European states
are judged the most corrupt,
according to a new survey
released by the group
Transparency International.
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Cuba criticizes US accusations against Annan
Cuba on Wednesday criticized the
United States' accusations against United Nations Secretary General
Kofi Annan, and called for a complete revival of the world body
under his leadership.
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Peruvian president hails birth of South
American Community of Nations
Peruvian President Alejandro
Toledo said on Wednesday the newly created South American Community
of Nations (CSN) would help confront the challenges of
globalization.
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Street violence leaves 25 injured in downtown
Caracas
Twenty-five people, including a
police officer, were injured in street violence between angry street
vendors and the police in downtown Caracas on Wednesday.
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
Brazil Seeks Clean Energy - in
the Garbage
Making it economically feasible
to generate energy from garbage
could be one of the first
concrete results of the Kyoto
Protocol, which goes into effect
on Feb. 16.
That is at least the aim of the
first project registered with
the Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM), created by the Protocol,
the international treaty whose
objective is to curb global
warming.
The project is Brazil's
NovaGerar plan, which will use
the methane gas generated by
landfills in Nueva Iguazú, a
municipality of one million
people on the outskirts of Rio
de Janeiro, to fuel a
thermoelectric plant with the
capacity to generate 12
megawatts.
The project will cut emissions
of gases that cause the
greenhouse effect by the
equivalent of 14 million tons of
carbon dioxide over the next 21
years.
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