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While the front pages of the North America news websites show how ice and blizzards are affecting daily lives, we thought we would be bring you some sun and sand from Costa Rica's Tamarindo beach.

Gasoline Prices Dropped Today, Another Drop Approved For Next Week
The price of gasoline keeps dropping. The latest drop was at the stroke of midnight last night, dropping the price of a litre of super and regular by ¢13 colones and ¢15 colones for diesel.

Arias Told, Care for Young
Legislative deputy Andrea Morales of the Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) urged president Oscar Arias  to urgently attend to the situation of children and youth in the country.

Costa Rica Wants Venezuela to Find  Solution About Exports
Costa Rican trade authorities contacted their Venezuelan counterparts in search of a solution to the plight undergone by some Costa Rican exporters as a result of the bureaucratic routine to get foreign currency in Venezuela.

President Keeps Promises To Donate Salary
During a session of the Consejo de Gobierno (Cabinet meeting) yesterday held at the casa pastoral in El Llano de Alajuelita, president Oscar Arias signed an executive decree that officially allows him to donate his salary to the poor and old.

Racsa Loses E-Mails In Technology Upgrade
Did anyone expect  the state monopoly on internet communications, the Radioagrafica Costarricense S.A., known as Racsa to things right? More than 350.000 users of Racsa's email Costarricense.cr did. And they were let down.


Sandinistas Keep Promise Of Free Education, Health
The re-establishment of free education and medical assistance, one of the campaign promises of present Sandinista President Daniel Ortega, is coming into fruition in Nicaragua.

Panama Law Reform Sparks Fireworks
A week before the National Assembly begins debate on the reforms proposed to the Penal Codes and Process, the initiative continues to generate controversies within different sectors.

Panama Ups Retiree Pensions
Starting Wednesday, 122,000 Panamanian retirees began to receive an increase in their pensions, part of an agreement with the government that ended their protests.

Guatemala Farmers Protest against Mining Company
Farmers from San Miguel Ixtahuacan State are on their 7th day of blockades of accesses to Marlin mine, in the Western Guatemala, after accusing the foreign company of having defraud them.

No Justice for El Salvador Victims
Hundreds of victims of human rights violations during the El Salvador civil war are still without compensation from the government, said the International Center for Justice and Rights (CEJIL).


US/CUBA:
Back to the Brickbats
The volume level of the dispute between Cuba and the United States, after a lull that followed the announcement of President Fidel Castro's illness on Jul. 31, has begun returning to its normal high decibels since early January.