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Thursday 24 January 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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Government
Promises Electric Train in Two Years
The Brazilian company
Engevix has been hired to carry out a
feasibility study for the introduction
of an electric train in San José, which
the government promises to adjudicate a
concession within 2 or 3 years.
Generosity Will Ensure
Separated Twins Good
Living Conditions On
Their Return Home
As María Rocha-Arias,
along with her daugthers
Yuerlia and Fiorella,
the former conjoined
twins, get ready to
leave California for
their return home to
Costa Rica, they do not
have to worry about
their living conditions
once home.
Costa Rica Listed Among
Top 10 In Environmental
Index
While Switzerland
dominates the top spot
in the new environmental
performance list by Yale
and Columbia
universities, Costa Rica
came first in Latin
America and placed well
among industrialized
nations in the first
Environmental
Performance Index (EPI),
placing fifth overall,
ahead of countries like
the United States,
Canada, Italy, France
and Germany.
Multiplaza Bans Smoking
The fight against
smokers has hit the
malls, as the Centro
Comercial Multiplaza in
Escazú and Zapote, this
week is beginning a ban
on all cigarette smoking
inside its
installations.
Man Sentenced To 12
Years Prison In Child
Pornography Case
A 38-year-old
German-born automotive
engineer who was
arrested in a federal
crackdown on child
pornography was
sentenced in Detroit on
Wednesday to 12 years in
prison.
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Nicaragua Government
Wants Budget Approval
The Nicaraguan
government urged the
National Assembly
Wednesday to approve the
1.5 billion dollar
budget for 2008, despite
right-wing attempts to
introduce modifications
of the bill.
Panama and Chile to
Start Free Trade
Panama and Chile will
implement a bilateral
free trade agreement on
March 7, signed by both
countries, the
Panamanian Foreign
Ministry announced on
Wednesday.
Guatemala Teachers,
Government Crash
Disagreements between
the National Teaching
Assembly (ANM) and the
Guatemalan government
increased Wednesday,
after the teachers'
announcement of a
national strike to
request their demands.
Ecuador Eyes Complot
Denunciation of a “man
with a suitcase” in the
Constituent Assembly and
his attempt to buy off
members and destabilize
that institution
captures the attention
of Ecuadorians on
Wednesday.
Venezuela Questions U.S.
Anti-Drug Agency's
Professionalism
Venezuela questioned the
professionalism of the
U.S. anti-drug agency
when the U.S. urged
closer anti-drug and
anti-terror
collaboration with
Venezuela Wednesday.
POLITICS-CUBA:
Fidel Re-Elected to
Parliament - Will He
Become President?
In national
elections for the Cuban
parliament’s next
five-year term, all
nominated candidates
were elected, including
President Fidel Castro,
who has been away from
government duties since
Jul. 31, 2006 for health
reasons.
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