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Saturday 1 May 2004

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Child Smuggling Ring Broken Up
Six foreigners and a Costa Rican - were arrested for operating child trafficking network, in an operative that began last April 22 and culminating in yesterday's arrests. >more
 

New Road To San Carlos
The green light was given to build the new road to San Carlos, which will be built and financed mainly by the Government of Taiwan.  >more
 

Costa Rica Native Sets Sights High
As a girl in Costa Rica, Seydie Coronado loved school, but most of her family never earned a high school diploma, let alone considered attending college.  >more
 

Exports Increase
The exports of Costa Rica increased 4.2 percent this year's first quarter, when they went from $1,527 million to $1,592 million, as compared to the same period in 2003, the Central Bank reported.  >more
 

Unique IBM Center in Costa Rica
IBM will establish in Costa Rica its Business Transformation Center for the Americas, in which it will offer accounting and financing services, human resources, and purchasing processes, among others, to customers that include international corporations.  >more
 

Panamanian elections to cost over 32 million US dollars
The electoral process in Panama to be concluded on Sunday is expected to cost more than 32 million US dollars, the Electoral Tribunal said Friday.  >more
 

US expects to participate in enlargement of Panama Canal
The United States expects to participate in the enlargement of the Panama Canal, although Panamanian officials ruled out that possibility days ago, the US authorities said Friday.  >more
 

Colombia to receive 50 million dollars from the US
Colombia will receive 50 million US dollars from the US government to support the "institutional strengthening," government sources said Friday.  >more

 


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Spanish like English has different names for different people.  By learning the words below you will increase your vocabulary, comprehension and language fluency. >more

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SPECIAL REPORTS
MAY DAY-CENTRAL AMERICA:
More than 1.9 Million Child Workers
More than 1.9 million children in Central America face a serious threat to their chance of obtaining an education and pulling out of the vicious circle of poverty because they have to earn their daily bread.

IPS was given exclusive access to the preliminary results of a study being carried out by the International Programme for the Eradication of Child Labour (IPEC), which found that 16.2 percent of the nearly 12 million children between the ages of five and 17 in Central America currently work.

The phenomenon of child labour helps perpetuate under- development, and creates a breeding-ground for dramatic social conflicts that could erupt in the not-so-distant future, warned experts consulted by IPS.  >more


 
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