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Saturday 29 December 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Environmentalists Get OK
To Collect Signatures
For A Referendum
Costa Ricans may soon be
subjected to another
referendum if
environmental groups are
able to obtain the
133.000 signatures
required following
authorization by the
Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE).
"Muni" Planning
Street Parking Along Paseo Colón
Be prepared for more traffic chaos along
Paseo Colón following a decision by the
Municipalidad de San José (Muni) to
allow street parking on one of the five
lanes on one of the busiest streets in
the country.
Frontier Offers Cheap
Seats To Costa Rica
This week, Frontier
Airlines is having a
post-Christmas sale
running through
Saturday, Dec. 29. Sale
fares start as low as
us$159 each way between
Denver Costa Rica and
us$49 each way to other
cities.
Cheaper Gasoline
In January
The new year will bring
cheaper gasoline prices when a drop of
˘12 colones per litre for the price of
super and ˘8 colones per litre of
regular takes effect.
Sole Mating
Grounds
Costa Rica is the sole
place in the world where the two
populations of humpback whales, those
from the northern and the southern
hemispheres, coincide to mate and give
birth to their calves.
Nicaragua Court
Probes Volz Case
Nicaragua's Supreme
Court on Wednesday said it had begun
investigating two judges who overturned
the 30-year sentence and conviction of
an American in the killing of his
Nicaraguan girlfriend.
Raul Castro Calls For
More Effort to Develop
Country
Cuba's acting
leader Raul Castro
called for more effort
to develop the country,
as Fidel Castro
reiterated he won't
cling to power.
Chavez Begins Ops to
Release Colombians
President Hugo Chavez
arrived in Santo
Domingo, Venezuela, on
Friday, to supervise the
beginning of the
operation to release
three people who were
held by Colombian
insurgents.
Latin America Condemns
Murder of Bhutto
Latin American countries
Thursday expressed
unanimous condemnation
of the assassination of
Pakistan's opposition
leader and former prime
minister Benazir Bhutto.
Rotary Club's Mission to
Nicaragua Helps The Poor
Imagine being so poor
that everyday living
doesn't produce any
garbage. That was the
reality that Eulaila
Young and her companions
observed when visiting
Nicaragua last month.
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