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Thursday 07 February 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Tamarindo
Businesses Face Closings For Not
Complying With Health Regulations
Some 35 businesses in Playa Tamarindo
are under the watchful eyes of the
Ministerio de Salud (Health ministry)
and could end up being closed like the
situation at the Allegro Papagayo hotel.
PAC Deputy May Face
Sanctions For Her
Decision To Break Party
Rank
The Partido Acción
Ciudadana (PAC) is
asking PAC deputy Andrea
Morales to explain her
decision to take part in
the legislative sessions
to discuss the parallel
laws of the Tratado de
Libre Comercio (TLC) -
free trade agreement
with the United States.
Required Yellow
Fever Vaccines Now Available in Costa
Rican Pharmacies
Costa Rica finally has the yellow fever
vaccine needed by those travelling to
Colombia and other South American
countries. 5.000 does of the vaccine are
now available at the Clinica Biblica and
Hospital Cima pharmacies and soon could
be available at local pharmacies as
well.
Costa Rican Cancer
Victims Sue GE
The families
of more than a hundred
Costa Rican cancer
victims claim in a
lawsuit filed in
Connecticut that a
machine manufactured by
General Electric Co. to
treat their disease
actually made their
conditions worse,
causing some of the
victims to die in agony.
More Rain Forecast
Rain poured on many
areas of the west side
of San José yesterday
afternoon, especially in
Rohrmoser, La Sabana,
Escazú, Santa Ana and
parts of Heredia,
catching many off guard
and without an umbrella.
The winds were so strong
that they blew rain in
all directions, soaking
everything in its path.
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Nicaragua, US Continue
Negotiations Meds for
Missiles
Nicaragua continued
negotiating with the
United States Wednesday
to receive medicines and
medical equipment in
return for destroying
Sam-7 missiles.
Honduran Congress Acts
for Workers
The National Congress of
Honduras is pushing a
bill law project to
extend the right to pay
working assistance from
15 to 25 years, Honduran
Congress President
Roberto Micheletti
informed on Wednesday.
El Salvador to Continue
Fighting Crime
The new El Salvador
police director (PNC
-National Civilian
Police) Francisco Rovira
affirmed he will
continue the work of his
predecessor Rodrigo
Avila against the
violence afflicting the
country.
Guatemalans Demand
Security
Guatemalan Local
Security Boards asked
Government Minister
Vinicio Gomez for more
police vigilance to
fight the high crime
rates currently
affecting the country.
Ecuador Takes Measures
To Protect Water Systems
After Volcanic Eruptions
Officials in western
Ecuador Wednesday took
measures to protect the
area's water systems
after the eruptions of
the Tungurahua volcano.
COLOMBIA:
131 Cities on Five
Continents Join
Anti-FARC Demonstration
Hundreds of thousands of
people demonstrated
Monday in 131 cities on
five continents,
including more than 50
Colombian cities, to
demand peace and protest
against the FARC
guerrillas and
kidnapping.
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