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Monthly Archives: February, 2004

Hordes in Argentina Unemployed, Desperate

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Though the economy finally is picking up after the worst financial crisis in Argentina’s history, fear is widespread that this...

Plastic Surgery Becomes Spectacle

ROME – Italy is a country, let us not forget, where the prime minister recently took a month off, shelving economic crises and regional...

Sexy Carnaval Floats Ruffle Church’s Feathers

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil– Millions of exuberant revelers poured onto the streets of Brazil on Monday as the country’s biggest block party, the annual...

Vatican Report Criticizes Church’s Policy on Child Abuse

VATICAN CITY – A draft report released Monday by scientists commissioned by the Vatican harshly criticized as potentially dangerous the U.S. Catholic Church’s policy...

Haiti Spins Toward Civil War

Newsday – With 80% of Haiti’s population under the poverty level, agriculture in ruins, nearly three in four workers jobless, and drug lords controlling...

Salvadoran Troops Return

SAN SALVADOR (AFP) –Hundreds of Salvadoran soldiers with the Cuscatlan Batallion reunited with their families this week after completing a six-month mission of support...

Free-Trade Agreement Negotiations Stagnate

TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) – Negotiations for a free-trade agreement between El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Canada came to a stalemate at the last meeting...

20 People Die During Panama’s Carnaval

PANAMA (AFP) – This year’s Carnaval had claimed 20 lives by the close of five days of festivities Wednesday. Panamanian police and the Red Cross...

Portillo Says He’ll Face Corruption Charges

GUATEMALA (AFP) – Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo may return to Guatemala to defend himself against accusations of corruption in the next few days...

U.S. Embassy Will Provide Tax Assistance to Ex-Pats

FROM March 2-4, a U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax assistance specialist will be available for brief consultations at the U.S. Embassy in Pavas,...

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