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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

France arrests the widow of former Rwandan dictator


French officials arrested the widow of deceased Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana;  officials took Agathe Habyarimana into custody on charges of genocide saying she was at the core of the regime responsible for over 100,000 deaths during Rwanda's civil war between the Hutus and the Tutsis which was sparked by the deth of her husband in a plane crash.  Ironically, it was the French who helped to spirit her out of her country, first to Zaire, then later to France when things went south in 1994.

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Monday, February 8, 2010

Costa Rica elected it's first female president

Costa Rica elected its first female president last night, with the ruling National Liberation Party claimed a historic victory.  Laura Chinchilla garnered 46.8% of the vote with 84% of the polling locations reporting.
"I want to thank the pioneering women who years ago opened the doors of politics in Costa Rica," Laura Chinchilla said Sunday to flag-waving supporters in the capital, San Jose. "My government will be open to all Costa Ricans of good faith."

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