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Tuesday 29 January 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
BCR Charges Debit Card
Fee Without Advising
Customers
A new Banco de costa
Rica (BCR) policy has
taken many of its
customers by surprise -
the bank is now charging
us$5 per year for the
use of its debit card.
ICE To Promote
Energy Savings With Change To
Fluorescent Lamps
The Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) is proposing changing
some 750.000 incandescent light bulbs to
fluorescent compact lamps, which consume
less energy. The change will begin this
year in an effort to save on energy.
Exports Up 14 Percent
In 2007, Costa Rican
exports increased by 14
percent as compared to
those in 2006, going
from us$82 billion to
us$9.3 billion.
New PROCOMER Boss
Minister of Foreign
Commerce Marco Ruiz
announced the
appointment of economist
Emmanuel Hess as the new
chief executive of the
Costa Rican Foreign
Trade Promoter (PROCOMER
in Spanish).
Health Tourism
Certification
Clinica Biblica Hospital in San José has
received an international certification
as a destination for the so-called
health tourism.
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Panamanian Left Demands
Emergency Economic Plan
Panama's PAP (Popular
Alternative Party), an
active leftwing force in
the country, called on
the government to
implement an emergency
economic plan to curb
the negative effects of
US recession.
Guatemala Still Plagued
by Violence
The homicide rate in
Guatemala remained at 13
per day Monday, despite
police operations in the
so called red zones to
fight delinquency and
crime.
El Salvador FMLN Crits
Deputy Pay
Presidential candidate
of El Salvador for the
opposition Farabundo
Marti National
Liberation Front (FMLN),
Mauricio Funes,
criticized the salary
raises of members of the
Legislative Assembly.
Colombian Hostages'
Families Reject Proposal
to Fence Off Rebel-Held
Areas
Families of hostages
held by Colombian rebels
rejected Monday a
proposal by President
Alvaro Uribe to fence
off the areas where
guerrillas operate so
that an international
rescue operation can
take place.
MEXICO:
Crime-Ridden City Where
Anything Goes - And
Frequently Does
"Keep your heads
down, close your eyes
and put your hands on
your knees, bitches,"
said the man who climbed
into the old taxi,
holding up the couple
inside at gunpoint.
Seconds later another
man joined him, wielding
a butcher’s knife.
Another armed robbery in
the Mexican capital was
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¢499.83 |
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B.C.C.R.
29 January 2008 |
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