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TLC Fight Goes National
A National Support Front (FNA)
has been created to coordinate
the thousands of Costa Ricans
opposed to Tratado Libre de
Comercio (TLC) - free trade
agreement with the United States
(CAFTA).
Traffic on the
Circunvalacion into La
Uruca was heavier than
normal as the holiday
season gets into full
swing. Later today Paseo
Colon and Avenida
Segunda will be closed
to make way for the
Fesitval de la Luz,
adding to the daily
traffic chaos that has
become normal in San
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Pipeline
Almost Finished
Within months the expansion of
the "poliducto" (pipeline) by
the Refinadora Costarricense de
Petróleo (Recope) will be
finished and in operation in the
first half of 2007, as the state
refinery begins to transport
regular, super, diesel and
aviation fuel products to its
tanks in Alajuela and Cartago by
the new pipeline.
Air Madrid Shuts Down Worldwide
Operations
Privately owned carrier
Air Madrid suspended all its
flights on Friday, leaving tens
of thousands of passengers
stranded over Christmas and
blaming its action on a
development ministry threat to
suspend its license.
Festival de la Luz Today
For those driving into San José
today keep in mind the total
closure of to Paseo Colon and
Avenida Segunda and partial
closings of adjacent streets, to
make way for the annual "Festial
de la Luz".
A Time To Dream
The big annual party will begin
at 2:00pm tomorrow, as a
preamble of what is to come a
few hours later, as the Plaza de
la Cultura, in downtown San
José, converts into lottery
central. Tomorrow, a number of
Costa Ricans, with their ticket
in hand, will have their dreams
come true as winners of the "Loteria
Nacional".
Cheap Venezuelan Fuel Slashes
Managua Bus Fare
Public transport users in
Managua will pay from now on
three cents less for the bus
ticket because City Hall will
supply buses with Venezuelan oil
at preferential prices.
Panama Executive and Retirees at
Table
Panama 's government and
retirees will continue
discussing the pension increase
requested by the elderly, who
are threatening to go back to
the streets if their demands are
not met.
Honduran Children Have Gloomy
Future
An unhappy and brief future is
all the 200 Honduran children,
who daily work in the capital's
garbage dumps, can expect, with
a life expectancy under 45 years
due to pollutant substances.
Tension Builds between
Colombia-Ecuador
Colombia s decision to continue
aerial fumigations on the border
with Ecuador, after promising
not to do so, has increased
tension between the neighboring
nations.
Chavez
Victory thoroughly Confirmed
Preliminary reports of the
recent Venezuelan elections,
supported in new information by
electoral authorities, show on
Thursday the Republic s
President Hugo Chavez as winner.
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