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Law Against Domestic
Violence Signed
On Thursday, Costa Rican
president Oscar Arias,
signed into law the
contoversial "Ley de
Penalización de la
Violencia contra las
Mujeres" - in short, the
new domestic violence
law.
The
ministra de
Salud (Health
minister), María
Luisa Ávila,
holds the toxic
toothpaste taken
off Costa Rican
store shelves
that contains
substances used
only in
industrial
applications.
The Chinese made
toxic toothpaste
was blamed for
the deaths of at
least 51 people
in Panama last
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"NO" To TLC Campaign
Kicks Off Tomorrow
The Partido Acción
Ciudadana (PAC), led by
Ottón Solís, will kick
off tomorrow its
campaign against the
Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement with the
United States.
Technical Committee Gives Green Light To Alterra
Proposal
A six-member technical committee in Costa Rica
has deemed "feasible" a proposal from the
International Finance Corporation-led group of
banks and capital San José's Juan Santamaría
international airport operator Alterra Partners.
Pedestrian Walkways Are For Pedestrians,
Constitutional Court Rules
The Sala Constitucional (Constitutional Court)
did not find merit the recurso amparo (appeal)
action by a group of neighbours against the
municipality for closing off to vehicular
traffic the "alameda"- a common pedestrian
walkway between homes - located in the
Urbanización Miraflores en San Pablo de Heredia.
Crater Endangers School Children
Parents of students of the Escuela María Reina,
in Pavas, have been asking the school and the
municipality to fill in the large crater, that
has become a danger to all children, at the back
of the school.
Toxic Toothpaste Turns Up in Costa Rica
The Ministerio de Salud (Health officials) said
Friday they have seized more than 350 tubes of
Chinese-made toothpaste tainted with a deadly
chemical reportedly found in tubes sold
elsewhere in the world.
Nicaragua Solving Energy Crisis
Nicaragua will resort to fuel oil powered
electricity generators and massive distribution
of fluorescent light bulbs to handle the energy
crisis in the country, President Daniel Ortega
announced in this capital on Friday.
Panama Hosts Foreign Trade Congress
Panama City will be the setting for the 23rd
Latin American Foreign Trade Congress June 3 to
5, with the participation of more than 200
participants, organizing committee sources said
Friday.
Guatemalans Unsure, Except Not to Vote
A new poll Friday on Guatemala's upcoming
September presidential elections confirms
abstention will win over any of the candidates.
Dominican Republic Saves with PetroCaribbean
The Dominican Republic government has saved
about us$350 million dollars through a
PetroCaribbean agreement signed with Venezuela,
asserted Miguel Mejia, Secretary of State
without Portfolio.
Chavez Warns
Opposition to Beware
President of
Venezuela Hugo
Chavez warned the
oligarchy of is
nation that "if it
dares to attack
again, it will get
the strongest
response from the
Government, the
Armed Forces and the
people."
DISARMAMENT-LATIN
AMERICA:
Cluster Bomb-Free
Region?
Peru's proposal to
make Latin America
the world's first
cluster
munitions-free
region received
broad support from
the countries that
took part in this
week's
intergovernmental
conference on a
future global treaty
against the weapons
in Lima, said local
authorities.
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