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Daily Edition: San José, Costa Rica, September, 14 2004

NEW Minister: Federico Carrillo, the newly appointed Finance Minister, talks with the press about his new post in President Abel Pacheco's Cabinet.
Tico Times/Jeffrey Arguedas

President Pacheco Names
Three New Ministers
President Abel Pacheco yesterday named the country's new ministers of Finance, Presidency and Public Works and Transport
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Floods Recede in
Southern Pacific Zone
Rivers swollen by strong rains spilled over their banks and forced more than 100 people in the southern Pacific region to flee their homes last weekend and move into government-operated shelters.
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Jane Goodall Visits Costa Rica
World-renowned anthropologist and chimpanzee expert Dr. Jane Goodall, visiting Costa Rica through Wednesday, signed a cooperation agreement yesterday that established the first office here of her international peace program “Roots and Shoots.”
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September 14

Lantern Parades
Design your own farol , or lantern, and join kids around the country on a lantern parade around town – a traditional part of the celebration of Costa Rica's Independence Day, Sept. 15. Festivities begin today at 6 p.m. after everyone sings the National Hymn.

Independence Torch Relay
The race in commemoration of Central America's independence from Spain starts with a torch-passing ceremony at 10 a.m., when Nicaragua's Minister of Education will pass the Independence Torch to his Costa Rican colleague in Peñas Blancas, kicking off the relay that will last until 8 p.m. Teenagers of the country will be running across Costa Rica to the finish line in Cartago, the colonial capital. Be aware of the possible traffic jams on the main roads – the sirens will announce the passing of the Torch of Independence.

Cat Club Jam Session
The jazz group “Club of the 4 Cats” will jam at 8:30 p.m. and the video “Jazz Standards,” filmed in 1986 at the Hitmi Memorial Hall in Tokyo will be shown at 9:30 p.m. at the Jazz Café in San Pedro. Info: 253-8933.

Guitarist Adrián Goizueta in Concert
Singer and songwriter Adrián Goizueta will perform with his son Luciano Goizueta, musician Bernal Monestel and members of the Jazz Workshop of the Universidad Nacional (UNA), 9 p.m. at the Restaurant and Bar Jaulares on the road to Poas Volcano. Entrance fee is ¢2,000 ($4.50). Info: 482-2155.

Edited by Robert Goodier
rgoodier@ticotimes.net

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President Pacheco Names
Three New Ministers
By Fabián Borges
fborges@ticotimes.net

President Abel Pacheco yesterday named the country's new ministers of Finance, Presidency and Public Works and Transport.

Vice-President Lineth Saborío was named Presidency Minister, Labor Minister Ovidio Pacheco was named Minister of Public Works and Transport and the former manager of the National Stock Exchange, Federico Carrillo, was named Finance Minister.

President Pacheco said he had asked Fernando Trejos, the executive president of the Mixed Institute for Social Aid (IMAS) and former Vice-Minister of Labor, to replace Minister Pacheco as Labor Minister. The President said Trejos accepted and will resign from IMAS during tomorrow's Cabinet meeting.

President Pacheco also said Manuel González, Costa Rica's permanent representative before the United Nations' Human Rights Council, has agreed to become the country's Minister of Foreign Trade. He is expected to take the post in a month.

Carrillo, 39, told the press he plans to continue the work started by his predecessors of improving the government's finances by eliminating unnecessary spending, controlling the fiscal deficit and convincing legislators to approve the much-debated Permanent Fiscal Reform Package.

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Floods Recede in
Southern Pacific Zone
By Robert Goodier
rgoodier@ticotimes.net

Rivers swollen by strong rains spilled over their banks and forced more than 100 people in the southern Pacific region to flee their homes last weekend and move into government-operated shelters.

A National Emergency Commission (CNE) representative told The Tico Times yesterday the floods had receded and there was no longer anyone in the shelters.

A total of 125 people had stayed in three shelters since Friday. Two shelters have been closed now that the danger has passed, but one remained open last night in the Río Claro region in case that river flooded again.

The National Meteorological Institute blames Hurricane Ivan for the increase in rainfall. Though there was flooding, Meteorologist Norman Vega told The Tico Times “the effect (of the hurricane) has been very light. The rainfall was concentrated into the weekend. Today (Monday) Hurricane Ivan's influence has notably diminished in our country.” The Institute tracked the hurricane's path and shows it heading toward the Gulf of Mexico.

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Jane Goodall Visits Costa Rica

World-renowned anthropologist and chimpanzee expert Dr. Jane Goodall, visiting Costa Rica through Wednesday, signed a cooperation agreement yesterday that established the first office here of her international peace program “Roots and Shoots.”

Goodall addressed some 200 spectators at the amphitheatre of the National Institute of Biodiversity (InBio) in Heredia, after signing the agreement with the Center for Applied Technologies in Education (CATE), of the University at Buffalo. The Institute, which also operates a nature park and educational center called InBioParque, celebrated its 15 th anniversary yesterday.

“Roots and Shoots,” Goodall said, is a program designed to instill hope and inspiration in children. More information about the program is available at www.janegoodall.org .

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