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in La Sabana park yesterday to
protest the latest government
policies on used auto imports,
duties and processes.
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Nicaragua.
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FISCHEL-CAJA:
Scandal
Reaches Finland
The
corruption scandal that has hit
Costa Rica for some time touched
Finland, the source fo the
credit loan. In Helsinki,
government functionaries
rejected publications in the
Costa Rican press insinuating
the deviation of funds in the
multi million dollar credit to
the Caja Costarricense del
Seguro Social (CCSS).
ICE to
Lose Money on Cancelled Cellular
Contract
According to ICE - the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad -
the telecommunications monopoly,
it will lose some
¢80.000.000.000 colones in the
2006 due to the cancellation
announced yesterday of the
Ericsson contract to supply
600.000 new GSM cellular Lines.
71% of
Ticos Feel Poor
A
poll by the Instituto de
Estudios Sociales en Población (Idespo)
de la Universidad Nacional (UNA)
shows that 71% of Costa Ricans
feel they live in poverty, while
another 19% feel vulnerable due
to the economic conditions the
country if facing.
BCR Lowers
Interest Rates
The
Banco de Costa Rica (BCR)
yesterday announced a lowering
of interest rates on personal
and small business loads. The
lower rates will included loans
on homes and building lots.
Offshore Betting Operation Calls
On US To Legalize Industry,
Speaking during a four city US
tour which aims to stimulate
debate and dialogue regarding
online gambling in the United
States, chief executive of
BetonSports, David Carruthers
called last week for the
legalization of the industry for
US consumers.
Did you
Know?
The
Scarlet Macaw (Ara Macao) is a
monogamous bird. It is said to
have only one partner in life.
Mexico, Chile to start talks on
strategic partnership agreement
Mexico and Chile will start
bilateral talks aimed at reaching an agreement on strategic
partnership, Mexican President Vicente Fox and his visiting Chilean
counterpart Ricardo Lagos said here Wednesday in a joint statement.
Colombian guerrillas release eight kidnapped
people
Colombia's rebel National Liberation Army (ELN) released eight
people out of 16 abducted on Tuesday in San Jacinto del Cauca city,
in the northern department of Bolivar, Colombian authorities said
Wednesday.
Canada to provide more aid to Caribbean
countries
The Canadian government announce Wednesday it will provide an
additional aid of 1 million US dollars to the Caribbean countries
affected by recent tropical storms.
Two Mexican drug kingpins sentenced to long
prison term
Two Mexican drug kingpins have been sentenced to decades of years in
prison, Mexican authorities said Wednesday.
International News from the New York Times
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POLITICS-BRAZIL:
A Time Bomb
Ready to Explode
The
possibility of implicating leading politicians and businessmen in
numerous crimes has turned a Joint Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPMI)
into a time bomb that could go off at any moment.
The commission was formed to investigate allegations of huge sums of
hard currency illegally sent overseas between 1998 and 2002. The amount
involved could be as much as 30 billion dollars.
If the commission succeeds in proving the illegality of these financial
transactions, the taxes owed by the perpetrators ”would be enough to
finance the energy and transportation infrastructure” that Brazil needs
to ensure economic growth in the coming years, IPS was told by
commission member Senator Flavio Arns.
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