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Wednesday 19 March 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Costa Rica Goes
Dry, Changes Telephone Number System At
The Stroke of Midnight
At the stroke of midnight tonight the "Ley
Seca" goes into effect until Saturday
morning, banning the sale of alcohol
products in the country. At the same
time, telephone uses will have to dial
an extra digit to connect.
Couple Says They
Didn't Know Safe
Contained FARC Money
The couple who agreed to
store a safe in their
home for a Colombian man
in the late 1990's said
Tuesday it belonged to
senior Colombian rebel
leader, and that they
also briefly hosted late
guerrilla commander Raúl
Reyes in their home.
Tourism Sector On The
Rise
Unquestionably, 2007 was
a year of growth for
Costa Rica’s national
tourism industry and the
beginning of 2008
confirms consistency.
January of 2008 marked a
good start in tourist
air arrivals according
to the preliminary data
gathered by the Costa
Rica Tourist Board - the
Instituto Costarricense
de Turismo (ICT).
Campaign Hopes To Reduce
Drunk Driving
Drunk driving is one the
major causes of traffic
fatalities in the
country and holidays
like Semana Santa, even
though Thursday and
Friday are "dry" - days
where the sale of
alcohol is prohibited -
statistics keep piling
up.
Half Million
Without Water Saturday
The Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AyA) -
water and sewer utility - says it will
be turning off the tap in the areas of
San José, Curridabat, Desamparados,
Goicoechea, Moravia y Vázquez de
Coronado, in San José and La Unión, in
Cartago, on Saturday between 9:00am and
3:00pm.
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Venezuela, Colombia,
Nicaragua Presidents to
Meet, Chavez Says
The presidents of
Venezuela, Colombia and
Nicaragua plan to meet
to discuss regional
peace, after breaking
off diplomatic ties over
Colombia's pursuit of
insurgents into Ecuador,
Hugo Chavez said.
Ecuador-Colombia Links
Still on Ice
Diplomatic relations
between Ecuador and
Colombia are frozen in
the middle of a dubious
media campaign to
discredit the former.
Chile's President
Committed to Release of
Hostages Held by FARC
Chile's President
Michelle Bachelet on
Tuesday publicly
committed herself to
actively seeking the
release of Ingrid
Betancourt, held since
2002 by FARC, Colombia's
largest anti-government
rebel group.
Venezuela: US Defeated
at OAS
Venezuela has called the
rejection by the
Organization of the
American States of
Colombia's military
incursion into Ecuador a
defeat of the US and its
preventive war.
Argentinean Farmers
Still on Strike
Argentinean farmers are
on their sixth day of a
strike to protest
against the government's
agricultural policy,
especially the increase
in deductions to exports
of some cereals.
COLOMBIA-ECUADOR:
OAS Rejects Military
Incursion
After 14 hours of
deliberation, the
foreign ministers of the
members of the
Organisation of American
States (OAS) announced
Tuesday that they
"reject" Colombia’s
recent cross-border
incursion into Ecuador,
which was carried out
"without the knowledge
or prior consent of the
government" of that
country.
VENEZUELA:
Government Celebrates
British Ruling Against
Exxon
Venezuela celebrated, as
a triumph for countries
of the developing South,
Tuesday’s ruling in its
favour by a British
court in a legal dispute
with U.S. oil giant
Exxon Mobil, which
overturned an earlier
court order to freeze
around 12 billion
dollars in Venezuelan
assets.
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