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Sunday 13 January 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Tránsito Wants
Headlights Obligatory On At Dusk
The Policía de Tránsito
will be asking legislators to include
the obligation of drivers to turn on
their headlights at 5:00pm as they
discuss reforms to the Ley de Tránsito,
which has been expected passed and into
effect last month. for the coastal
areas and cool mornings
for the Central valley.
Electricity To Cost More
The year has began with
a wave of increases as
the Compañía Nacional de
Fuerza y Luz (CNFL) -
light and power company
- joins the list of
increases in the coming
months along with bus
fares and gasoline.
China Will Build Costa
Rica's National Stadium
Costa Rica's Foreign
Minister Bruno Stagno
and China's ambassador
in San José, Wang
Xiaoyuan, interchanged
notes on Friday for
China to build Costa
Rica's new National
Stadium.
San José Continues With
Its Garbage Collection
Problems
More than 600 tonnes of
garbage are laying about
on the streets of San
José as the municipality
continues to have
problems with its
garbage trucks.
Drivers Without Marchamo
Continue To Be
Sanctioned
The Policía de Tránsito
reports having stopped
875 drivers for not
having their "2008
Marchamo" paid, so far
this year.
Taiwan Donates 1,392
Wireless Devices To Aid
Panama Police
Taiwan has donated 1,392
wireless
telecommunication
devices to Panama to
help their ally improve
its social order,
Republic of China
Ambassador to Panama Hou
Ping-fu announced
Friday.
Panamanian Arugula
Allowed Into The United
States
On Friday, the
Agriculture Department
announced that arugula
from Panama can be
brought into the United
States.
Chavez Asks To
Clear Colombia's Rebels From Terrorist
List
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez Friday asked the
international community to stop
classifying Colombia's rebels as
terrorists, a call rejected by the
Colombian government.
Argentine President
Opens Channel on YouTube
Argentine President
Christina Fernandez has
opened her personal
channel on the world's
largest on-line video
carrier YouTube, local
media reported Saturday.
Peru Refutes Chile
Charges On Maritime
Boundaries
Peruvian President Alan
Garcia refuted Saturday
criticisms by Chile on
Peru's plan to bring the
disputed maritime
boundaries between the
two countries at The
Hague's International
Court.
RIGHTS-LATIN AMERICA:
‘Operation Condor’ Was
No Mystery to Washington
The intelligence
services of Peru and
Argentina kept
Washington informed in
real time about a 1980
joint clandestine
operation in which four
alleged members of
Argentina’s Montoneros
guerrilla movement were
"disappeared," according
to documents
declassified in the
United States.
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