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Sunday 30 September
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Countdown to TLC Referendum:
07
Days
Arias Calls Fro
Respect and Tolerance
This being the last
weekend before the referendum vote on
the Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC),
both the "Si" and "No" groups have
intensified their propaganda campaigns
in all parts of the country.
San José - Caldera
Highway Contract Changes
Only Require Ombudsman
Approval
The coming week could be
key to the completion of
the San José - Caldera
highway that links San
José to Puntarenas and
drastically cuts travel
time to Jacó and Quepos
as the Consejo Nacional
de Concesiones (CNC)
delivers the final "addéndum"
to the Contraloría
General de la República
(CGR).
San Sebastián
Prisoners Upset Not Being Able to Vote
on the Referendum
One group that is
leading a different fight on the
question of the TLC vote in the upcoming
referendum are 328 prisoners of the
Centro de Admisión de San Sebastián -
San Sebastián jail.
Fire Destroys Three
Houses
Once again barrio Los
Ángeles on the southwest
side of San José has
become the scene of a
major fire, this time
three houses were
completely destroyed
that included a textile
distributor, part of the
cable system of a Fuerza
y Luz (light and power)
substation and an
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE)
cellular tower.
Fuerza Pública With New
Police Officers
In the presence of the
Ministro de Seguridad
Fernando Berrocal, the
mayor of Alajuela Joyce
Zurcher, 42 new police
officials were graduated
during the ceremony on
Saturday.
Nicaragua Defends Iran's
N-plan
The Nicaraguan president
has stated before the UN
General Assembly that
Iran reserves the right
to use peaceful nuclear
technology.
Panama To Double As
South American Country
In 'Bond 22'?
According to
Telemetro.com, the
coasts of Panama have
been chosen by producers
Barbara Broccoli and
Michael G. Wilson as a
filming location for
Bond 22.
Ecuador Zero Hour
Approaches
Peace prevails in
Ecuador on Saturday less
than 24 hours before the
start of elections of
130 delegates to the
Constituent Assembly.
Peru to increase minimum
wage for private company
staff
The minimum wage for
private company staff
will be increased to 530
new soles (169.6 U.S.
dollars) per month as
from Oct. 1, the
Peruvian government
announced on Saturday.
Photos, Bios Ready for
Cuba Elections
Cuba's Constituency
Election Commissions
will place at public
places photos and
biographies of over
37,000 candidates to the
October 21 municipal
elections that the First
Vice President Raul
Castro convened in July.
MEDIA-LATIN AMERICA:
Bringing Millennium
Goals to Life
"Daniel San Juan
Tolentino dug his own
grave. A pile of earth
fell on him and buried
him." So begins the
article on child
labourers in Mexico that
won first prize in the
"Latin America and the
Millennium Development
Goals" Journalism
Awards, organised by IPS
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