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AyA Strike Declared Legal
The Juzgado de Trabajo (Labour
Court) has declared the strike
by Acueductos y Alcantarillados
(AYA) workers legal. The court
made the decision late
Wednesday, but was not made
public until yesterday
(Thursday).
Fill Up
Today, the Price of Gasoline
Goes Up Tomorrow
Get ready to fill your gasoline
tank today as the hike in the
price of gasoline will take
effect tomorrow, bringing the
cost for a litre of super
gasoline to ¢504 colones from
today's price of ¢479.
Solís Says Arías Has the
Heart of a Dictator
The 2006 presidential campaign
officially began last week and
presidential candidates are
already stopping to name
calling, as the case of Partido
Acción Ciudadana (PAC)
candidate, Ottón Solís, who says
that Partido Liberación Nacional
(PLN) candidate and former
president, Oscar Arías, is a "dictadorcito"
- a small dictator.
Banana
Producers Ready to Talk With EU
Latin American banana producers
said Thursday they are ready to
continue negotiations with the
EuropeanUnion (EU) after the
World Trade Organization (WTO)
rejected a new EU proposal to
impose banana tariffs.
Poultry Purchase: Rica to
Sell Restaurants
Rica Foods said it has agreed to
sell its quick service
restaurant segment for us$2.1
million in cash.
Tropical Storm Beta Heads To
Nicaragua
Tropical Storm Beta is the
season's 23rd tropical storm,
the most since record keeping
began in 1851, is expected to
reach hurricane intensity by
today (Friday) with winds of up
tp 100 mph,
capable of unleashing
devastating and potentially
deadly floods
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