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No More Blackouts, ICE Says
Costa Rican president Oscar
Arias is expected to make an
important announcement with
respect to the electrical
rationing that has been felt
all around the country for the
last couple of weeks.
The president of
the Tribunal
Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE),
magistrate Luis
Antonio Sobrado,
announced
yesterday that
the referendum
on the TLC will
go ahead and
next month will
officially
convoke the
public vote that
will held in
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Opposition To The TLC
May Again Take To The
Streets
Though the Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - free trade
agreement with the united
States, Central America and the
Dominican Republic - will be
decided by a popular vote or
referendum, groups opposed to
the trade deal may soon take to
the streets again.
TLC Referendum Expected
in September
The Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE)
annouced yesterday that
the referendum on the
Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement with the
United States, Central
America and the
Dominican Republic, will
be held in September,
though it did not give
the exact date.
Taiwan Donates us$2.6 Million to
San José
The Taiwanese have again dipped
into their pockets are handing
over to the Municipalidad de San
José us$2.6 million dollars to
allow the municipality to
continue the beautifying of San
José.
World Bank Eyes us$250 Million
Deal To Save Forests
The World Bank is in talks with
Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica and
Indonesia, and regional bodies
in Brazil and the Democratic
Republic of Congo to fund forest
protection, said Warren Evans,
the Bank's head of environment.
Teachers Strike Had
Little Support
The strike called by the
Asociación de Profesores
de Segunda Enseñanza
(APSE) for yesterday had
little support.
Panamanian First Lady Denies
Political Aspirations
Panama's First Lady, Vivian
Fernandez de Torrijos, denied on
Thursday press versions of her
alleged intention to aspire to
the presidency in the elections
of 2009.
Operation Miracle Opens
Salvadoran Eyes
Forty-three Salvadorians
travelled to Cuba on Thursday to
undergo eye surgery as part of
Operation Miracle, a supportive
program aimed at recovering or
improving the vision of millions
of people from Latin American.
Honduras, 15 Kidnappings in 2007
Honduras has reported 72
kidnappings since the late 2000,
including 15 this year, says the
Attorney General's office.
Rigoberta Menchu
Backs Cubans
Nobel Peace
Prizewinner
Rigoberta Menchu
reiterated her
support to the Cuban
people s fair cause
and rejected the
release in the US of
Luis Posada Carriles,
mastermind of
several terrorist
actions against the
Revolution.
The Man Who Would Be
King of Nicaragua
On this day 150
years ago, as he
prepared to
surrender his small
force of soldiers,
William Walker
assured them they
had “written a page
of American history
which it is
impossible to forget
or erase.” The whims
of historical
amnesia proved him
wrong. Today
Walker’s spectacular
and absurd military
adventures in the
mid-nineteenth
century are barely
remembered.
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