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Thursday 13 September
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Countdown to TLC Referendum:
24
Days
First Woman
Pedophile Arrested; A 43 Year Old
American
Authorities say that
they have, for the first time in the
history of the country, arrested a woman
pedophile, a 43 year old rich American
woman identified only by her last name
Jezek, living in Escazú, who loved to
make young boys happy with her sexual
favours.
Casas Steps Down as
Planning Minister, Will
Remain Firm As VP
Costa Rica's second
vice-president, Kevin
Casas, has temporarily
resigned from his post
as ministro de
Planificación (Planning
minister), amid an
investigation in the
possible use of public
funds to promote te "Si"
vote in the upcoming
referendum.
Diario Extra Preferred
Newspaper
According to a poll by
the Estructuras de
Opinión Pública de la
Escuela de Matemática de
la Universidad de Costa
Rica (UCR), the number
one newspaper preferred
by Costa Ricans is the
Diario Extra.
Canada, Costa Rica
Tie Before Frustrated
Soccer Fans
Dino Rossi has
never marched on
Parliament Hill. He has
never distributed
placards at a rally and
had never organized a
protest until Wednesday
night, when the suburban
father of three gave a
voice to hundreds of
frustrated Canadian
soccer fans just like
him.
No chance of cyanide
leak at Costa Rican
mine
Glencairn
Gold Corp.'s chief
executive said Wednesday
there was "no chance of
any environmental
incident" at the
company's Bellavista
mine in Costa Rica,
after its stock fell 16
per cent on
environmental groups'
warnings that there
could be cyanide seepage
and landslides.
Nicaragua confirms more
deaths from hurricane
after bodies pulled from
the sea
The Nicaraguan army said
Wednesday that at least
101 people were killed
by Hurricane Felix,
after more bodies were
pulled from the sea or
retrieved from the
country's northern
jungle.
Dengue Increase Alarms
Honduras
Haemorrhagic dengue
cases have increased
twenty-fold in Honduras
this year compared to
2006, admitted the
country's health
authorities Wednesday.
Few Guatemalan Women Win
Vote
Guatemalan women have
achieved some seats in
the September 9
elections, but their
participation in
political life is still
limited, despite
representing over half
of the population.
Ibero-America Fosters
Education Change
To define curricula
that will make a change
in regional education is
the purpose of the third
Ibero-American Integral
Education Congress
continuing Wednesday
Panama, to give students
the professional
training needed for
current challenges.
Brazil's Senate speaker
acquitted in impeachment
process
The Brazilian Senate
acquitted Speaker Sen.
Renan Calheiros in the
impeachment process on
Wednesday.
VENEZUELA:
Adiós Lenin…and Other
‘Exotic’ Names
While Stalin led
hundreds of students on
a march in solidarity
with Nixon, authorities
in Venezuela were
drawing up a law to
prevent parents from
giving their children
names that are invented,
difficult to pronounce
in Spanish, or exotic.
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