WEDNESDAY
24
NOVEMBER 2004
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Illegals
Season Almost Here
The holiday season is almost
upon us and with only 31 days to
Christmas, it also means the
arrival of dozens of illegals
into Costa Rica.
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Figueres
Will Be Back in Costa Rica Early
December, He Says
Former president José María
Figueres Olsen has announced
that he will be in Costa Rica
the first days in December, he
said in a letter sent to Costa
Rican Legislative Deputy Luis
Gerardo Villanueva. Figueres is
supposedly still in Switzerland
where he now resides.
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Costa Rica
Declares Emergency After Quake
President Abel Pacheco declared
a national emergency in Costa
Rica on Tuesday, a move that
frees up government funds for
hundreds of families driven from
their homes by a strong
earthquake that rattled the
country last Saturday morning.
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Cellular
Telephone Saves Four Fishermen
Stranded at Sea
Cellular telephones in Costa
Rica have become a way of life,
as everyone now carries a
cellular phone or two to keep in
touch with family, friends and
business. Many toursits, though,
are delighted to get away from
the "dreaded" cellular phone
that ties down their lives back
at home.
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Last of Cellular Lines Go on
Sale Monday
This Monday 29 November may be
the last time for a while to get
new cellular telephone service
in Costa Rica, as the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) puts on sale it's
remaining 17.000 GSM cellular
lines.
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1/3 of Latin American women
victims of sex abuse
One in
every three women in Latin America aged between 16
and 49 are victims of sex violence, an ongoing forum
on domestic violence was told Tuesday.
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Uruguayan
president-elect to launch oil exploration
Uruguayan
President-elect Tabare Vazquez intended to reach
agreements with other South American countries on
oil exploration in the territorial sea of the
country, a lawmaker said Tuesday.
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Guerrilla leader
killed in clash with Colombian army
A leader of the
rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
was killed along with four of his men in a clash
with the army in the southeast, the military said.
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15 people murdered in
north Guatemala
Gunmen opened fire to residents of a community in
north Guatemala, and set two houses on fire early
Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, including
several children, news reaching here from Guatemala
City said.
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ENVIRONMENT:
Is Latin
America Really a Carbon Market
Pioneer?
Latin America is a big player in
the world's carbon market: the
region has already negotiated
210.6 million dollars of carbon
emissions trading in the context
of the Kyoto Protocol, which is
to take effect in February 2005
and has rekindled the debate
about how best to fight global
warming.
The region's countries presented
46 projects under the treaty's
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM),
which could reduce emissions of
around 55 million tons of carbon
dioxide (CO2), the main
greenhouse gas, produced from
the combustion of fossil fuels.
Latin America, second only to
Asia, is at the forefront of
efforts in the developing world
to reduce greenhouse gases,
which are responsible for global
climate change. more
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