Archive for October 21st, 2008
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Residents this week and next have the opportunity to see movies made south of the Rio Grande after the Fourth Latin American Film Festival kicked off yesterday.
Running through Oct. 30, the festival features full-length movies from 11 countries such as Brazilian director Jorge Furtado’s O homem que copiava (The Man Who Copied), showing tonight at 4 and 6 as the other films in the festival at Cine Vairedades (Calle 5 between Avenida Central and 1, telephone: 2222-6108).
O homem is about a photocopy shop attendant who falls in love with his neighbor, starts to copy money to win her affections.
This week’s lineup also includes Ecuador’s Qué tan lejos (tomorrow), Chile’s Casa de remolienda (Thursday) and Argentina’s La suerte está echada (Friday).
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Costa Rican efforts to fight incoming and national crime could be a model for all countries in the hemisphere that are struggling against drug cartels and the violence their henchmen perpetrate.
In early October top law enforcement officials from throughout the Americas gathered in Mexico City, for the 2008 Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA), where they discussed a wide range of national and transnational public security matters. And not only were problems of multinational wrongdoing key topics, the domestic impacts of crime on a number of nations in the region were plainly detailed in the summit sponsored by the Organization of American States.
Costa Rica was possibly the most illustrative case presented, in heartrending accounts of foreign drug traffickers and other criminals moving into the once peaceful country. But too, part of Costa Rica’s strategy and plan to combat the inward blight could – hopefully– become a model for all countries in the hemisphere in the fight against drug cartels, and the violence perpetrated by drug lords and their henchmen. (more…)
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