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Wednesday 31 October
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Trick
or Treat.
It's Halloween!
Halloween, a relatively new holiday in
Costa Rica, will be celebrated today in
mostly private parties and get together.
In Costa Rica the night is called "Noche
de Brujas" (witches night).
Costa Rican Justice
System From Bad To
Worse, Former Justice
And Security Minister
Says
According to lawyer and
former minister of
Justicia y de Seguridad,
Juan Diego Castro, Costa
Rican justice has gone
from bad to worse, and
the impunity rate has
reached 92.7% and the
government, politicians
and the Poder Judicial
is doing nothing to fix
it.
Costa Rican Health
Ministry Confirms Case
of Leptospirosis
The Ministerio de Salud
(health ministry) has
confirmed one case of "leptospirosis"
in Costa Rica, a 30 year
old man resident of Tres
Rios, who is in the
Hospital Max Peralta,
Cartago, since last
week.
Noel Continues To Dump
Rain On Costa Rica
Noel continues its
influence on Costa Rica
for at least one more
day, according to the
Instituto Metereologico
Nacional (IMN), dumping
more rain on the
country, especially in
the Southern Zone.
Intelligent
Traffic Lights To Be Working in Five
Weeks
The intelligent traffic
lights are to stay dumb for at least
another five weeks, according to
Semáforos Mexicanos (Semex), the company
with the contract to install the new
system.
Scientists Study the
Impact of Water on
Climate
NASA picked Costa Rica
to study these questions
because it's one of the
places where large
amounts of water can
actually reach the
stratosphere. The reason
is massive thunderheads
during the rainy season.
Venezuela to Give
US$14.2 Million for
Emergency in Nicaragua
The Venezuelan
government will give
14.2 million dollars to
help to fix the damages
caused by the recent
meteorological phenomena
in Nicaragua, as told by
President Daniel Ortega.
Ortega Wants Budget for
Road Repair
Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega is to
present to Parliament
Tuesday the budget
reforms request prepared
by the Executive, to
seek more funds to
repair roads damaged by
recent rains.
Central American
Ministers Analyze
Agricultural Policies
Authorities from the
agricultural sector in
Central America met at
San Salvador Tuesday
with views to ratify an
agreement on
agricultural policies of
the sub region for the
period 2007-2018 and to
check health and
prevention methods.
Travel One to Hold
Convention in Panama
The International
tourist network Travel
One will celebrate its
tenth anniversary in
Panama, where it will
hold the Extravaganza
2007 Convention at the
Figali Center in this
capital.
Cuba Hails UN Resolution
On Ending U.S. Blockade
Cuban Foreign Minister
Felipe Perez Roque
welcomed Tuesday the UN
resolution demanding an
end to the U.S. economic
and commercial embargo
against his country.
U.N. Spurns Cuba Embargo
for 17th Year
The United Nations
General Assembly Tuesday
snubbed the United
States for its hostility
towards Cuba, amid fresh
calls for an end to the
45-year economic and
financial embargo
imposed on the socialist
island.
COLOMBIA: A Painful
Pilgrimage
"Father Antún!
Father Antún is back!"
were the happy,
surprised shouts heard
by the IPS news team
accompanying Catholic
priest Antún Ramos as he
returned to his former
parish in the village of
Bellavista in
northwestern Colombia.
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