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Monday 31
March 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Seguridad
Minister Berrocal Calls
It Quits
The ministro de
Seguridad Pública
(Security Minister),
Fernando Berrocal,
stepped down from his
post yesterday following
a meeting with Costa
Rican president, Oscar
Arias and Rodrigo Arias,
ministro de la
Presidencia, Casa
Presidencial announced
yesterday.
Teachers and Taxis
Drivers on Strike Today
The strike action called
by the Asociación de
Profesores de Segunda
Enseñanza (APSE) -
teachers union - is not
the only work stoppage
today, as a group of
taxi drivers will take
to the streets today on
foot instead of their
cabs.
Salud To Get Tough on
Polluters
The Ministerio de Salud
(Health ministry) said
it has its eyes on a
number of hotles in the
Atlantic, Central
Pacific and Chorotega
for not complying with
the treatment of
wastewater where they
are located.
11.500 Fugitives
On the Loose
According to a report by the Organismo
de Investigación Judicial (OIJ)
Public Debt Decreases
The public debt recorded
a spectacular reduction
over the last five
years. It went from 60
percent of the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP)
in 2003 to 45 percent
last year.
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Panama President to
Reshuffle Cabinet
Panama President Martin
Torrijos will start a
cabinet reshuffle of his
cabinet to match
election laws and adjust
his last year in office.
About 2.3 Million
Panamanians to Vote in
2009
The Panamanian Electoral
Court stated that 2.3
million people could
vote in the May 3, 2009
elections, according to
a Sunday report.
Venezuela PSUV Party
Enters New Phase
The United Socialist
Party of Venezuela (PSUV)
enters Sunday a new
phase to deal with key
political challenges.
One Killed, 232 Arrested
In Violent Chile
Demonstrations
One person was killed
and 232 arrested in
violent overnight
clashes between Chilean
police and demonstrators
commemorating the "Day
of the Young Combatant",
the country's Vice
Interior Minister Felipe
Harboe said Sunday.
Argentine Farmers to
Block Export Highways
Again
Argentina's major
agricultural
associations announced
plans Sunday to resume
blockades on the
country's major highways
in protest against the
recent increase in
export taxes.
ARGENTINA:
Farm Strike Exposes
Fernández’s Weak Flank
The conflict with the
rural associations has
highlighted political
weaknesses of the new
Argentine government of
President Cristina
Fernández and shown that
economic recovery is
necessary but not
sufficient to remedy
latent social tensions.
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