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Friday 03
August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Catholic Bishop Warns
That Referendum May
Divide The Country
The Bishop of Alajuela,
Monseñor Ángel San
Casimiro, with a
pointing finger told the
faithful gathered in
Cartago for the Virgen
de Los Angeles
celebrations that they
should show tolerance
and respect for hose
with differing opinions
of their own on the
subject of the Tratado
de Libre Comerio (TLC).
"NO" Vote Would
Win If Referendum Held Today
A study by the
Mathematics School of the Universidad de
Costa Rica (UCR) del Proyecto
Estructuras de la Opinión Pública, says
the "No" vote is leading by 8% over the
"Si" vote on the issue of the Tratado de
Libre Comercio (TLC) - free trade
agreement with the United States.
Higher Prices
Being Sought For Taxi and Bus Fares and
Electricity and Water
Loosen the purse strings
for taxi service, bus fares and
electricity and water rates are going
up, as the Autoridad Reguladora de los
Servicios Públicos (Aresep) - regulating
body on public prices and services - is
facing a wave of petitions for services.
Resort in Costa Rica
Goes for the Big Green
Growing up in Hawaii,
AOL co-founder Steve
Case cringed as
manicured cookie-cutter
hotels took over the
islands, wiping out
precious natural spaces
and crowding out local
culture.
18 indicted in Internet
pharmacy operation
A U.S. federal grand
jury in San Diego has
indicted 18 people on
racketeering, fraud and
money-laundering charges
stemming from a massive
Internet pharmacy
operation based in Costa
Rica.
Nicaragua-Spain Set
Cooperation Areas
Nicaragua and Spain
established their
bilateral cooperation
priorities until 2011
during a meeting in
Managua Thursday, held
between President Daniel
Ortega and Spanish Vice
President Maria Teresa
Fernandez de la Vega.
Torture Returns to
Guatemala
The recent discovery of
seven bodies with signs
of torture generates
suspicion of the return
of violent practices in
Guatemala.
Honduran Teachers
Maintain Strike
Honduran Teacher
Organizations Federation
announced on Thursday
that it would continue
the strike against
government audits of the
sector, to protest the
high cost of living in
the country.
Brazilian TAM to pay
$1.5 billion in plane
crash compensation
Brazilian TAM Airlines
said Thursday that it
will pay us$1.5 billion
dollars in compensation
to people and businesses
affected by the July 17
air crash, which killed
nearly 200 people.
Colombia's president
offers to negotiate with
FARC
Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe said
Thursday that he is
willing to create a zone
to meet with Colombia's
Revolutionary Armed
Forces (FARC) if the
guerrillas offer to free
hostages.
GUATEMALA:
New Commission to
Investigate Prisons,
Police
The Guatemalan national
police and the prison
and customs systems will
be the first to be
investigated by a joint
Guatemalan - United
Nations Commission
against Impunity (CICIG)
designed to shore up the
justice system in this
Central American country
plagued by high levels
of violent crime, human
rights violations and
corruption.
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