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Wednesday 26 December 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
What to do today in San José:
Tope
Nacional from 1:00pm on the streets of
downtown and the Zapote Fair and the
bulls
Caribbean Coast
Pounded By Heavy Rain
while the Central Valley
woke up with rain and strong winds on
Christmas day, the residents of the
province of Limón were hit with flooding
as almost 10 inches of rain fell on the
area since Monday, according to the
national weather reports.
Ojo de Agua Re-Opens
Following some seven
months of closure, the
Ojo de Agua, located in
San Antonio de Belén,
south of the San José
airport, and a popular
Costa Rican attraction
for many decades, will
re-open its doors today.
Trade Agreement with
China
A delegation from China
will visit Costa Rica
next January 7-11, in
the first stage of a
process leading to an
eventual free trade
agreement between the
two nations.
Fighting Aids
The Arias Administration
announced a national
policy aimed at
educating the population
of Costa Rica to fend
off the HIV and AIDS.
Nicaraguan Anger Against
America Isn't New
The
anger many in Nicaragua
feel toward Eric Volz is
not the first time the
Central American country
has felt resentment
toward a Nashvillian.
Three Die, Young
Girl Survives in Panama Plane Crash
Panama rescue crews
Tuesday afternoon found the bodies of
two Americans and a Panamanian pilot
from an airplane crash in a mountainous
area of dense forest, officials said.
Guatemala Plans Salary
Rise Analysis
The Guatemalan
government is planning
to analyze on Wednesday
if it will increase the
minimum wage in 2008,
after the negotiations
between employers and
workers in the National
Salary Commission.
Petrocaribe Meeting:
Sign of New Times
The national council
coordinator of Mexican
PRD (Democratic
Revolution Party),
Camilo Valenzuela,
affirmed Monday that the
recent Petrocaribe
Summit in Cuba is an
indicator of the new
times in which Latin
America is living.
Colombian Rebel Hostage
Betancourt Turns 46 in
Captivity
Ingrid Betancourt, who
had been held hostage by
Colombian rebels for
over five years, turned
46 on Tuesday as her
family hoped this would
be her last birthday in
captivity.
BRAZIL:
Films, Music as Damage
Control in Prisons
Cultural
activities in Brazilian
jails these days include
film screenings, live
bands and libraries with
shelves packed with
books -- part of an
attempt to combat the
consequences of the
appalling living
conditions in prison.
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