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The Scandals. Who's Next?
With the detention of two former presidents Rafael Angel Calderón
and Miguel Angel Rodríguez, and a handful of public functionaries
and businessmen, many in Costa Rica are wondering who's next.
Thursday Is
The Day for Rodríguez
Former president
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez who is
currently under house arrest, is
expected to go before a judge on
Thursday, when the Fiscalía's
appeal will be heard.
Yet Another
Minister Resigns President
Pacheco's Administration
Ovidio Pacheco, the
newly appointed Minister of
Obras Públicas y Transportes is
the 14th minister to resign from
president Abel Pacheco's
administration.
UN Delays
Decision on Human Cloning Ban
Sixty-one countries, including
the United States, believe that
all scientific research using
cells extracted from cloned
embryos should be banned
immediately and support Costa
Rica's proposal to ban both
reproductive and research
cloning.
Coffee
Harvest Expected to Drop
The Instituto
Costarricense del Café (ICAFE)said
it predicts a drop of 7% over
last year, in the production of
coffee during this harvest
season, which begins in
November.
Dedication Makes a Difference
Notwithstanding distances, bad
roads, low wages, and overall
poor conditions, the dedication
of Costa Rican teachers makes a
difference, particularly in the
most distant places, where they
go beyond the call of duty to
help their students learn.
AND
Sala IV
Says 'NO' to Ericsson
The chances of the
Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) getting a new
and badly needed GSM cellular
network took another step backwards yesterday.
Gasoline Prices Up Tomorrow
Better fill that gas
tank. Tomorrow, the Diario
Oficial La Gaceta is expected to
publish the latest increase in
gasoline prices, making it
official for gasoline stations
to raise their prices at the
pumps.
Castro appears on TV after surgery, NO More
Dollars in Cuba
Cuban leader Fidel
Castro appeared on television Monday with an arm sling to give
weight to an announcement on the ban of transactions in US dollars
in his country.
Chile rejects remarks of Bolivian president
The Chilean government
rejected and lamented the words of Bolivian President Carlos Mesa
that his Chilean counterpart is "extremely temperamental," local
daily El Mercurio reported Monday.
Brazil's nuclear program not for military
purposes: minister
The Brazilian government said
there does not exist any possibility that its nuclear program could
be used for military purposes, the local media reported Monday.
International News from the New
York Times
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MEXICO:
First Female Mayor-Elect in Chiapas Bucks
Indigenous Tradition
In December
María Sánchez will become the first woman to govern an indigenous
municipality in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas, where she is
bucking local tradition. ”I am the first, but there will be many more,”
she says.
”I can see that my brothers and sisters respect me and I respect them,
which is why I have been able to achieve this great triumph, which won't
be the only one for indigenous women,” Sánchez told IPS from Chiapas in
a telephone interview.
In two elections, in June and early this month, she managed to break
with the indigenous customs and traditions of the municipality of Oxchuc
and of a large part of the impoverished state of Chiapas, according to
which women are not capable of governing.
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