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by Rod Hughes
Former President Miguel Angel Rodríguez is one step closer to trial after three years of intensive investigations by OIJ, the judicial police. Presecutors have filed a formal complaint on corruption charges revolving around alleged $800,000 in illegal payments he received from the French telecommunications company Alcatel. Ten others are charged with corruption in […]

by Rod Hughes
Costa Rican icon Franklin Chang has publicly come out in favor of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which will surely cheer pro-CAFTA adherants as the clock tics away toward the Oct. 7 referendum on the divisive issue.
Of course, anti-CAFTA naysayers will say that this is hardly surprising from a NASA astronaut, […]