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Wednesday 22 October 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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Policía de Tránsito,
ICE Prepares Blackout
Schedule For 2009
Pedro Pablo Quirós,
president of the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE),
said yesterday that the
institution does not
have sufficient funds to
purchase fuel to
generate sufficient
electrical energy and
that ICE engineers will
be begin tomorrow to
program a blackout
schedule for 2009.
Court Halts Open Pit
Gold Mine; President
Arias Being Investigated
For Abuse Of Authority
The Costa Rica
Constitutional Court (Sala
Constitucional)
ordered a small Canadian
mining company to halt
construction at an
open-pit gold mine on
Tuesday, ruling with
environmental groups who
say the project is
destroying virgin
forest.
Women In San José
Protest Against Ortega
A group of Costa Rican
women protested in front
of the Nicaraguan
embassy in San José
against that country's
president, Daniel
Ortega, who is accused
of persecuting feminist
organizations.
Ticobot 2008 - First
Transformers convention
in Costa Rica
A new convention
destination has arisen
in the world, this time
in Costa Rica.
Imported Chinese Workers
Will Be Building New
National Stadium Donated
by China
The new Estadio Nacional
(National Stadium) will
be literally built by
the Chinese, as 200
Chinese constructions
workers are expected to
arrive in Costa Rica
next month to erect the
new structure in the
Parque La Sabana..
Nicaragua: Stop US
Blockade on Cuba
MANAGUA - The
Association of Cuban
Residents in Nicaragua
demanded the end of US
blockade on Cuba,
imposed almost 50 years
ago.
Panama Church Supports
The Cuban Five
PANAMA - The COEPA
(Panama Ecumenical
Committee) expressed
solidarity on Tuesday
with the case of the
five Cuban
antiterrorists
imprisoned in the United
States and their
relatives, fulfilling
obligations to the cause
of human rights and
justice.
Colombia Indigenous Trek
For Rights
BOGOTA - More than
12,000 indigenous
Colombians concentrated
in the town of Piedamo,
department of Cauca, to
march peacefully Tuesday
to the city of Cali.
Bolivian President Leads
March For New
Constitution
LIMA - Bolivian
President Evo Morales
Monday joined the last
part of a massive march
to the country's capital
La Paz to press Congress
to call a referendum on
his proposed
constitution.
Peru, Russia Launch
Economic, Political
Partnership
LIMA - Peru and Russia
have launched a
partnership aimed at
strengthening economic
and political ties,
Peru's Foreign Ministry
said in a communique
Tuesday.
POLITICS-US:
New Cuba Policy in
Sight?
If
elected, Democratic
candidate Barack Obama
could become the first
United States president
to engage in talks with
Cuba after almost five
decades of severed
relations, but it will
all depend on his
refraining from trying
to "control" a process
that involves two sides,
say academics from this
Caribbean island nation.
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