San José, Costa Rica - Wednesday 23 June 2004

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Government in action. Newly appointed executive president on the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social meets with President Pacheco to clear up matters surrounding a new hospital facility to be built in Heredia, that will continue as planned and be ready for 2006. Click for larger image!

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Another Minister Bites the Dust
With the resignation of Esmeralda Britton, the Ministra de la Condición de la Mujer, the total number of ministers and president of public corporation to have resigned or fired during the first two years of the Pacheco administration comes to 17.

Coca Cola Found Monopolistic
The Commission responsible to oversee competitive practices for the Ministerio de Economia finally rendered it's decision and sanctioned the firm Embotelladora Panamco Tica S.A., which exclusively markets Coca Cola products in Costa Rica.

Turning Trash Into Power
EnPower, Environmental Power International, based in Ardmore, Oklahoma, is in negotiations with three municipalities in Costa Rica for turning garbage into energy.

Playa Tortuga Hosts First International Music Camp in Costa Rica
The paradisiacal beaches of the Costa Rican South Pacific will witness, from July 4 to 19, the birth of the “Playa Tortuga” International Music Camp – CIM (Campamento Internacional de Música “Playa Tortuga”).

Gaming Service Challenges J.Lo, New Hubby
An online gaming service, MyBookie.com, based in Costa Rica, is so sure Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are going to break up it'll pay them if they stay together. 

Costa Rica Fires Sampson As Soccer Coach
Former U.S. national soccer coach Steve Sampson was fired as Costa Rica's coach after his team struggled past a traditionally weak Cuban team in World Cup qualifying.

News Briefs
Father Minor Calvo, a suspect in the murder of journalist Parmenio Medina, is to remain in preventative detention for the duration of the six months the court prescribed. Calvo's appeal to a Heredia court was found without basis and thus his conditional release denied.

Gunmen kill newspaper editor in Mexico A top editor of the weekly newspaper Zeta was shot dead Tuesday afternoon in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, the Mexican official news agency Notimex reported. Argentina authorizes sending troops to Haiti The Argentine government issued a decree Tuesday to authorize the dispatch of more than 600 troops and medical staff to join the UN peacekeeping forces in Haiti.  Brazil to shoot drug runners' aircraft The Brazilian government has said it will adopt by the end of the month a policy to shoot down aircraft used by narco-traffickers who bring drugs to inner cities in Europe and the Americas.  Landslides In Colombia Force Thousands To Take Route Through Rebel Territory Thousands of holiday travelers had to take a three-hour detour through rebel territory after landslides closed a major highway. One person was killed and two injured. International News from the New York Times

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