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Friday 25 January 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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what's going on at Palmares!
Pharmacies
Continue To Sell Antibiotics Over the
Counter Despite Prohibition
Pharmacies in San José
and other cities continue to sell
antibiotics without a medical
prescription contrary to a decree by the
Ministerio de Salud, which was issued in
1998. Medications like Zithromax,
Clavulin and other antibiotics can be
purchased at any pharmacy counter
without questions.
Arias Receives Chinese
Delegation
Costa Rican President
Oscar Arias on Thursday
met with a delegation of
the Communist Party of
China (CPC) headed by
Chen Fengxiang, deputy
head of the
International Department
of the CPC Central
Committee.
Palmares Expects 100.000
Visitors For Tonight's
Carnaval
Palmares expects some
100.000 people today as
the annual festival
holds its "carnaval"
beginning at 6:00pm
tonight.
47.000 Vehicles Still
Circulating Without
Marchamo
47.783 owners of
vehicles have yet to pay
their 2008 Marchamo and
face a fine of ˘13.000
colones and confiscation
of the license plates,
according to Tránsito
officials.
Cold Front To Grip The
Central Valley And
Caribbean
The Instituto
Meteorológico Nacional (IMN)
- national weather
service - is calling for
cold, strong winds and
drizzle for the weekend,
as an atmospheric
phenomenon from the
north drives cold winds
over the Central Valley
and the Caribbean.
Valentine's Day
"Storm Worm" Virus Coming
...And the Storm Worm strikes again.
Like a computerized Tet Offensive, the
team behind the now infamous Storm Worm
uses holidays as an excuse to launch
attacks on unsuspecting e-mailers.
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Nicaraguan President
Defends Abortion Policy
before European
Delegation
Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega is
continuing to defend his
country's decision to
criminalize all
abortions, while
clarifying that
life-saving procedures
are exempt from
punishment in the
Central American nation.
Guatemala Teachers Talk
and Walk
Guatemala's National
Teaching Assembly (ANM)
agreed on Thursday to
dialogue with education
authorities, but
maintains its call for a
protest march January
31.
Caribbean States Form
Agenda
Top-level experts give
Thursday the final
touches to the agenda
and main documents the
Association of Caribbean
States (ACS)"s
Ministerial Council must
approve in this capital
January 25.
ALBA Establishes
Political Commission
The Sixth ALBA
(Bolivarian Alternative
for the Americas)
Political Commission
began deliberations on
Thursday, part of the
working agenda
elaborated for the
bloc's meeting.
Venezuela Warns of US
Aggression
Venezuelan deputy, Saul
Ortega, said the country
should be on the alert
regarding declarations
of US officials against
because they could be
used as a pretext for a
future aggression.
Rice Says Colombia Needs
FTA To Overcome
Challenges
U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice warned
Thursday that the
challenges Colombia is
facing will only get
harder if a trade deal
with Washington doesn't
pass. Medellin, Colombia.
Political Freedom:
Nicaragua Worse, Haiti
Better
Nicaragua and Venezuela
are seeing a trend
towards less political
freedom, while Haiti is
improving and the rest
of Latin America largely
remains the same,
according to Freedom
House, a U.S.-based
bipartisan watchdog of
civil liberties and
political rights
worldwide.
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