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Friday 28 December 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
President Arias
"Is Getting Married"
What has been kept as a "national
secret" during the past several weeks,
was made public yesterday, the president
is tying the knot.
Bulls and Pupusas Are The Hit of Zapote
One thing is certain,
the bulls are one of the
most emotional
activities of the
Christmas holiday season
in San José, as
thousands flock each
night to the Festejos de
Zapote (Zapote Fair),
selling out each show
early.
TSE
Says It Has Received
Five Referendum Requests
Since the passage of the
Ley Reguladora del
Referendo en el 2006
(referendum law), the
Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE) says it
has received five
requests for a
referendum, accepting
only one, the referendum
of October 7 that
decided the future of
the Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement with the
United States.
2.100 Horses
Entered in Tope Nacional
More than 2.100 signed
up for this years "gran tope nacional" -
the annual tradition of parading horses
along the downtown streets of San José,
each paying ˘7.000 colones for the
privilege, contributing to the
municipality some ˘15 million colones.
American Service Members
Deploy to Costa Rica
More than 600
patients were seen
during a two-day medical
readiness training
exercise Dec. 18 and 19
in Costa Rica by Joint
Task Force-Bravo
American service members
from Soto Cano,
Honduras.
Tránsito
Maintaining Pressure
The Policía de Tránsito
says it has issued 5.836
traffic tickets between
December 1 and 25, a
good number of which
were for drunk driving.
Nicaragua: No More
Blackouts
Nicaragua will start
2008 without the
blackouts that were
common this year due to
the shortage of
hydrocarbons to generate
electricity, Nicaraguan
media trumpeted on
Thursday.
Honduran President Sets
Minimum Wage
Honduran President
Manuel Zelaya will
decide the minimum wage
to be in effect in
January, after
negotiations between
entrepreneurs and union
leaders broke down
Wednesday,
Guatemalan Party to
Boost Reform
The PP (Patriotic Party
of Guatemala) plans to
promote constitutional
reforms after the
inauguration of
President elect Alvaro
Colom in January 14, a
representative of that
party announced.
Cuban Deputies Moving
Forward Parliamentary
Session
The ten working
commissions of Cuba's
National Assembly will
conclude on Thursday the
analysis of important
topics of national
interest for the last
ordinary plenary of the
Sixth Period of
Sessions.
Five Involved in
Argentina's "Suitcase Scandal" Indicted
in U.S.
Five defendants involved
in Argentina's "suitcase scandal" were
indicted on charges of working as
unregistered foreign agents for
Venezuela in the United States,
Argentine authorities said Thursday.
COLOMBIA:
Government Okays
Chávez’s Hostage Release
Plan
The day after Christmas
was a time of agonising
waiting for the families
of hostages held by
Colombia’s FARC
guerrillas, who promised
to release three of the
captives within the next
few days. A bold
international operation
presented by Venezuelan
President Hugo Chávez to
ensure the safe release
of Colombian politicians
Consuelo González and
Clara Rojas, and the
latter’s young son
Emmanuel, was accepted
by the Colombian
government.
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