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Wednesday 20 February 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
PAC Agrees With
Government To Move Ahead Quickly on the
"Agenda de Implementación"
The Poder Ejecutivo
(government) and the Partido Acción
Ciudadana (PAC) - opposition party -
appear to have come closer to allow the
speedy passage of the "parellel laws"
required to be passed by the Legislative
Assembly for the Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - free trade agreement
with the United States and Central
America - can take effect.
The End of The
Fidel Era in
Costa Rica
Fidel Castro's
announcement that he is
stepping down from the
presidency and
leadership of Cuba was
big news around the
world yesterday,
however, some
governments like Costa
Rica's downplayed the
event.
Costa Rica
Opens Its Doors To Tourism Investors
The III Bolsa
Costarricense de Inversión Turística
starts today at the Hotel
Intercontinental as some 800 tourism
related companies, owners of real estate
developments and financial institutions
take part in the event.
ICE Attempts To
Collect Unpaid Bills
Some 1 million customers
of the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) -
state monopoly telecom -
owe the institution ¢2.5
billion colones (us$5
million dollars) in
unpaid cellular phone
bills.
Senior Finds Misplaced
Winning Lottery Ticket,
Lottery Refuses To Pay
Rodrigo Zavaleta, at 85
years of age, will
fighting perhaps the
biggest legal battle of
his life, as he takes on
the Junta de Proteccion
Social de San Jose (JPSS)
- the lottery people -
after winning a prize of
¢67.5 million colones in
the December "Gordo Navideño".
African Stowaway
Deported
John Mensa travelled
7.000 kilometres from
the country of Ghana in
Africa to make it to the
shores of Costa Rica as
a stowaway on a merchant
ship, only to be headed
back to his country
after Costa Rican
immigration police
deported him.
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Central American Summit
to Forge Integration
Strengthening unity and
regional mechanisms of
coordination will be
high-priority topics for
Guatemala at Central
American Integration
System Summit, official
sources confirmed
Tuesday.
Panama Builders Warn of
Strike
Panama's single
construction workers
union, SUNTRACS,
reactivated on Tuesday
its warning of a general
strike if the government
does not respond to
sector demands.
Geopolitics of the
Colombia-Nicaragua Spat
Colombia's dispute with Nicaragua over
three Caribbean islands and thousands of
square miles of rich fishing grounds
surrounding them has heated up.
Colombian Farmers Clash
With Police Over Coca
Leaf Plants
At least 20 Colombian
peasants from a coca
leaf growing area were
injured on Tuesday in a
clash with police when
protesting against a
state anti-drug program
to eradicate their coca
crops.
Peruvian Government
Declares State of
Emergency
The Peruvian government
has declared a week-long
state of emergency in
seven northern provinces
due to a farm workers
strike that began on
Monday, a senior
government official said
on Tuesday.
CUBA:
Raúl Castro’s Challenges
Lacking the charisma of
his brother but
possessing a personality
that is perhaps easier
for the average Cuban to
identify with, Raúl
Castro, slated to
replace Fidel as Cuba’s
new president, will have
to push through major
economic and political
transformations if he
hopes to guarantee the
survival of the
country’s socialist
system.
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