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Costa Rican health authorities confirmed the death of former Costa Rican President Rodrigo Carazo, who was in a critical condition after having undergone heart surgery, on Wednesday. Carazo, 82, president of Costa Rica from 1978 to 1982, died on Wednesday at about 1:30 p.m. in Mexico Hospital, San Jose, where he had been hospitalized for more than a week. He was brought to the hospital on Nov ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — An investment fund manager from Tennessee has drawn a 14-year federal prison sentence for helping to orchestrate a $33 million Ponzi scheme that bilked more than two dozen investors in the United States, Germany and Costa Rica. Pau...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A federal judge in Rochester is weighing punishment for a Tennessee man who helped bilk more than two dozen investors in the United States, Germany and Costa Rica out of $33 million.
The presidents of Costa Rica and Israel, both Nobel Peace Prize winners, celebrated together the anniversary of the partition of Palestine.
Grace Chow's Chinese brush paintings This exhibit by La Jolla artist Chow is on display through January at the La Jolla Public Library, 7555 Draper. Among the 21 works are many that were inspired by Chow's recent trips to Italy, Costa Rica and China. (858) 552-1657. DANCE "Nutcracker" Ballets - City Ballet: Dec. 11-20, Spreckels Theatre, 121 Broadway, San Diego. $29-$59. (858) 272-8663 ...
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 12/04/09) - On the occasion of State visits to the United Mexican States, the Republic of Guatemala and the Republic of Costa Rica, Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Jean-Daniel Lafond will be accompanied by nine Canadian delegates who will play an active role in meetings with Mexican, Guatemalan and Costa ...
Paul Knight, an investment fund manager from Kodak, has drawn a 14-year federal prison sentence for helping to orchestrate a $33 million Ponzi scheme that bilked more than two dozen investors in the United States, Germany and Costa Rica.
Honduras' President-elect Porfirio Lobo speaks during a news conference in San Jose, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias and Panama's President Ricardo Martinelli announced that ...
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A "Green Group" composed of Costa Rica, Cape Verde, Iceland, Singapore, Slovenia and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday called for action to slow the pace of global climate change during the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The six countries said in a joint statement that it was extremely important to reach an effective agreement at the UN meeting to reduce global emissions and limit ...
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - People in Costa Rica have become more critical of Óscar Arias as the year continues, according to a poll by Unimer published in La Nación. 44 per cent of respondents rate their president’s performance as good or very good, down three points since September.
Canadian fiddle champion Scott Woods will be playing a benefit concert this Sunday, Dec. 6 in St. Catharines but his music will carry all the way to Costa Rica.
Good morning. Thank you for gathering at this early hour. Let me extend my special thanks to Ambassador Jorge Urbina of Costa Rica for organizing this event.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - The president-elect of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo, said Tuesday he wants political amnesty for all those involved in the coup that deposed President Manuel Zelaya and isolated the country.
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Honduran president-elect Porfirio Lobo Sosa said on Monday that he will travel to Costa Rica and Dominican Republic to help "normalize" ties with countries in Central America. "Tomorrow (Tuesday) we are going to Costa Rica and on Thursday we are traveling to Dominican Republic," he told the press. Lobo said that in Costa Rica, he and his delegation will meet with President Oscar Arias ...
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