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Costa
Rica
President
Oscar
Arias
attended
the Food
for Life
Summit
in
Managua,
Wednesday.
The
Summit's
host,
Nicaragua's
President
Ortega,
said the
Central
American
region
needs to
finance
farming,
ensure
basic
food
supplies,
and form
a
production
and
marketing
alliance
to
promote
local
farm
goods to
confront
the
worldwide
food
crisis
as a
group.
At the
end of
the day,
Arias
refused
to sign
the
summit
agreement.
[Foto:
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Last Minute News: 12:35pm
State Banks Up
Dollar Exchange Rate; Private Banks
Follow
Following the opening of
business today, the Banco Nacional (BN)
led the other banks with dollars to
colones exchange rate, upping the buy
and sell almost ˘5 colones,
placing the buy rate at ˘505 and sell at
˘511. The Banco de Costa Rica (BCR)
followed suit setting the buy rate at
˘506 and sell at ˘513.
Former Security Minister
Calls Costa Rica "Little
Colombia"
Former ministro de
Seguridad, Fernando
Berrocal, yesterday
showed his anger towards
the Arias government and
specifically the
ministro de la
Presidencia, Rodrigo
Arias, while appearing
before a Legislative
commission investigating
the links of the Fuerzas
Armadas Revolucionarias
de Colombia (FARC) in
Costa Rica.
Government Announces
Plan To Give ˘50.000
Monthly To Poor Families
The Costa Rican
government said it is
committed to helping the
poor and yesterday
announced a plan to give
˘50.000 colones a month
to 16.000 women who are
heads of the family who
live in extreme poverty
and have children under
the age 12.
Casino Hours
The Government of Costa
Rica is enforcing the
regulations on casinos,
which until now have
been operating around
the clock and will have
to limit themselves to a
6 p.m.-2 a.m. schedule.
Peter Cianchette Sworn
In As Ambassador To
Costa Rica
Peter Cianchette is now
Ambassador Cianchette.
The South Portland
businessman was sworn in
Thursday in Washington
for his new job as
ambassador to Costa
Rica.
Expotur 2008 Starts May
13
Expotur 2008, the annual
wholesale tourism trade
fair, is getting
ready to kick off for
May 13 to 15 to promote
Costa Rican travel
tourism.
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Panama Debating on
Health System Project
A government project to
create a unique system
of health had a strong
opposition of medical
unions, considering it
opens the doors to
privatization of the
sector.
US
President Vows To Help
Panama Clinch Free Trade
Agreement
US president George W.
Bush said Tuesday he
would do his best to get
Congress to approve a
pending free trade
agreement with Panama,
after meeting with its
President Martin
Torrijos in the White
House.
Colombian Police Arrest
Senior FARC Member
Colombian police have
arrested Gustavo
Alvarez, a senior member
of the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC), in the Pacific
port of Buenaventura,
police said Thursday.
Venezuela's Proven Crude
Oil Reserves Reach 130
Billion Barrels
Venezuela's proven crude
oil reserves have
increased by 30 percent
to reach 130 billion
barrels, the largest
outside the Middle East,
Minister of Energy and
Petroleum Rafael Ramirez
said Thursday.
Bolivian President
Summons Governors To
Alleviate Political
Crisis
Bolivian President Evo
Morales Thursday called
governors of all nine
provinces to meet over
the political crisis
triggered by an autonomy
referendum in the rich
province of Santa Cruz.
LATIN AMERICA:
Food Summit Declares
Regional Emergency
The presidential summit
on "Food for Life", held
in Nicaragua, has ended
with 16 Latin American
countries agreeing to
produce more food and
sell it at low prices
through strategic
alliances, amid
criticisms of free
markets and capitalism.
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B.C.C.R.
09 May 2008 |
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