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Saturday 05 January 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
1.700 Illegal
Nicaraguans Detained in Two Days
With the tens of
thousands of Nicaraguans returning
legally to Costa Rica after a visit to
the homeland for the holidays, thousands
more try to make it through the border
without checking in to immigration
controls.
Strong Winds Keep
Electric Power Crews
Busy Around the Clock
The Compañía Nacional de
Fuerza y Luz (CNFL) -
power and light company
- had been inundated
with calls to keep
electrical power flowing
to its 500.000
customers, as more tha
400 power failures have
kept crews working
around the clock.
Amateur
Bullfighters Risk Their Lives For
Seconds of Fame
What's Zapote without
the bulls? And what is the bull run
without the bullfighters? The death of
amateur bullfighter, Rodolfo González,
jabbed by the horns “El Jabalí” on
January 1 has raised questions why young
"Ticos" risk their lives and without any
insurance just to hear the jeers of the
crowd and the close ups of the
television cameras
Inflation Rate Higher
That Predicted
Costa Rica closed 2007
with an inflation rate
of 10.81%, higher than
the 9.43% for 2006,
according to the
Instituto de
Estadísticas y Censos (INEC).
Chinese Envoy Highlights
China-Costa Rica
Relations
China-Costa Rica
diplomatic relations,
which were established
just seven months ago,
have made rapid progress
and will have a "very
good" future, Chinese
Ambassador to San José,
Wang Xiaoyuan, said
Friday.
Cold Causes Deaths,
Damages in Central
America
Strong winds, low
temperatures and
persistent rain,
triggered by the first
cold front of 2008 in
Central America, caused
at least three deaths
and heavy damages so
far.
Panama's Private
Sector Not Interested In Developing The
Nation's Geothermal Resources
Despite an estimated
potential of 400,000 kilowatt of
electricity that can be generated from
Panama's geothermal resource, there are
few takers from the private sector. The
state is concentrating on hydro
resources, while wind power generation
is attracting more companies.
Cuba Child Death Lowest
in Latin America
Cuba reported Latin
America's lowest infant
mortality rate in 2007,
with 5.3 children under
one year dead out of
every 1,000 live births,
official sources
revealed Friday.
Chavez Begins Early
Offensive in 2008
Venezuelan progressives
are preparing an
offensive for the
elections of governors
and mayors this year,
backed by a new party as
a core of a political
alliance.
Colombia Nixes Venezuela
DNA Experts
Colombia rejected the
presence of Venezuelan
experts during the DNA
tests on the boy named
Juan David Gomes,
alleged son of the
former candidate to the
vice presidency, Clara
Rojas, official sources
informed Friday.
MEXICO:
Is
the Freeing Up of
Agricultural Trade
Really New?
The elimination of all
barriers to imported
maize under the North
American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) will
ruin Mexico’s rural
areas, according to
activists and small
farmers who are
demanding that the
measure be revoked. But
the free market which
opened on Jan. 1 has in
fact been in effect for
the past nine years.
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05 January 2008 |
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