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Wednesday 12 December 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Public Hospitals
Get FundingTo Perform After Hours
Surgery
To reduce the waiting
list of patients waiting for surgery at
public hospitals, the Caja Costarricense
de Seguro Social (CCSS), said it has put
aside ¢1 billion colones (us$2 million
dollars) for performing surgeries in
late afternoon and evenings.
Lowest Ever Fertility
Rate
Costa Rica is
experiencing the lowest
fertility rate ever
according to the
Instituto Nacional de
Estadística y Censos (INEC)
- national statistics
and census board. The
birth rate has dropped
to 1.9 children per
woman.
Seven Arrested For Human
Trafficking
Costa Rican authorities
have arrested four men
and three women
suspected of human
trafficking, said the
director of the
Organismo de
Investigación Judicial (OIJ),
Jorge Rojas.
Drug Haul From India
Detected At Juan
Santamaría
Costa Rica drug
enforcement authorities
confiscated some 2 1/2
tonees of pills used to
produce Methamphetamine,
popularly shortened to
meth, a synthetic drug.
Construction
Sector Positively Affected By The Change
in Exchange Rate
The change in the exchange rate of the
colon to the dollar of the past several
weeks by the Banco Central de Costa Rica
(BCCR) - Central Bank - will have a
positive impact in the construction
industry, according to the president of
the Cámara de la Construcción, Jaime
Molina.
Compare Prices, MEC Advises
Consumers are being
advised to shop around
for the Christmas
season, as prices can
vary up to 300% for the
same item at different
retail stores.
Central America Inks
Customs Union
Representatives of
Guatemala, El Salvador,
Honduras, Nicaragua and
Costa Rica agreed in
this capital on the
rules to form the
Central American Customs
Union.
Nicaragua Plans to
Nationalize Oil Imports
In a significant move
Nicaraguan president
Daniel Ortega has
instructed his cabinet
to come up with a plan
to nationalize the
importation of oil, a
responsibility now
largely held by the
U.S.-owned Esso Standard
Oil.
El Salvador to Double
Iraq Troops
Salvadorian president,
Antonio Saca, announced
deployment of a new
military contingent of
280 soldiers to Iraq.
Colombia Says to Watch
Students at Risk of
Rebel Recruitment
Colombia's education
minister said Tuesday
that the government will
watch those students who
might be recruited by
rebels after the army
reported that fighters
are infiltrating the
country's higher
education centers.
Chavez Slams US Media
War
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez denounced in
this capital Tuesday
that the US government
is jacking up its media
war against his country
and other peoples.
GUATEMALA:
New Law to End Adoption
Business
The Guatemalan
Congress approved a new
law Tuesday that will
regulate adoptions in
the framework of the
Hague Convention, which
goes into force in this
Central American country
on Dec. 31.
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