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Thursday 04
September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Bond Purchase By China
Full Of Controversy
The purchase by China of
us$300 million dollars
in Costa Rican bonds has
stirred controversy with
the discovery that the
bonds are being held at
the BCT bank tied to the
country's current
ambassador to China,
Antonio Burgues.
Chinchilla Expected To
Resign Next Month As VP
To Run For President
Costa Rican
vice-president, Laura
Chinchilla, is expected
to announce her
resignation next month
and announce her
presidential candidacy
for the Partido
Liberación Nacional (PLN)
party, for the 2010
presidential elections.
Mobile Weight Scale To
Control Truck Overweight
The ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes
(MOPT) will get tough on
heavy trucks on the
nation's roads,
introducing a mobile
scale to weight trucks
beginning on October 1.
Constitutional Court
Says Padre Minor Has
Right To Air His Radio
Program From A Prison
Telephone
Jailed Catholic priest,
padre Minor Calvo, will
be permitted to air his
radio program “Jesús
está vivo” from jail as
the Sala IV
(Constitutional Court)
ruled in his favour
after he appealed a
decision by prison
officials denying him
the right to use the
public telephones at the
San Sebastián jail to
transmit his program.
Juanes and Boy George To
Perform in Costa Rica
Eighties pop legend Boy
George and Latin
sensation Juanes will be
in Costa Rica on
September 20 as part of
their Latin American
tour or more than five
countries.
Costa Rica Has The
Highest Gasoline Prices
In Central America
If you already didn't
know it, we will tell
you here - Costa Rica
has the highest gasoline
prices in the region.
3G
iPhone Unlocked And
Working in Costa Rica
Good news for cellular
phone junkies - the new
iPhone 3G can now be
used in Costa Rica.
Ortega Decries Anti-army
Drives
MANAGUA - Nicaraguan
President Daniel Ortega
denounced the media
campaigns to try to
break the national
army's institutionality,
during the closing of an
act for the 29th
anniversary of the armed
corps.
Millions of Latin
Americans Lack Fresh
Water
GUATEMALA -
The TLA (Latin American
Water Court) denounced
on Wednesday in
Guatemala that at least
77 million people in the
region lack accessible
freshwater, a vital
liquid for all.
Colombia's Provincial
Tribunal Orders Arrest
Of President In Salary
Dispute
BOGOTA - The Colombian
government Wednesday
expressed surprise for
the arrest order issued
by a provincial tribunal
against President Alvaro
Uribe and two ministers
in a salary dispute with
the government.
Venezuelan Women Urged
to Improve Society
CARCAS -
Venezuelan Minister of
Women's Affairs Maria
Leon urged her peers to
step up work to
construct an
increasingly better
society with equality
for all.
Chilean President
Declares Catastrophe,
Emergency Zones
SANTIAGO - Chilean
President Michelle
Bachelet Wednesday
declared the regions in
the central south of the
country as catastrophe
and agriculture
emergency zones, due to
days of massive
rainfalls in the area.
COLOMBIA:
Justice on Strike
Some 34,000 judicial
sector employees in
Colombia began an
indefinite strike
Wednesday, demanding
labour stability, the
enforcement of a new
salary scheme, and
guarantees of
independence for the
courts.
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