Archive for June 20th, 2007

Immigrants Marry Ticos for Visas

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

by Rod Hughes
According to the daily newspaper La Nación, Maureen de los Angeles Fernández of the western San Jose suburb of Pavas married a Cuban she had never met for a payment of ¢40,000 ($76.92 at today’s rate of exchange) because she needed the money and the Cuban needed the Costa Rican visa the marriage […]

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The Truth about CAFTA Hard to Find

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

by Rod Hughes
“The truth is out there,” promised the old TV series, X Files.
But finding out the whole truth about the 2,000 page Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) is going to be a monumental task if the pro and con propaganda does not get a little more realistic, according to an exclusive in-depth story […]

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