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Monday 19 November
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Vehicles
Overvalued and Pay Higher Marchamo Fees
According to Daniel Gómez, Ministerio de
Hacienda (revenue ministry), the 2008
Marchamo portion of the property tax is
based on the current value of the
vehicle and not the depreciated value in
the case of imported vehicles.
Arias Defends
Sanchez
Costa Rica president, Oscarr Arias
Sánchez, has come out in defence of
legislator Fernando Sánchez, who is
facing possible disciplinary action from
the Legilsative Assembly for his role in
the writing of a memo that detailed
drastic action to be taken by the Arias
government against TLC opposition.
Playa Tamarindo
With No Police
One of the most
conflictive beaches and one of the most
visited by foreigners has been left
without police for the last four months.
X-ray
Screening Reduces
Gastric Cancer Mortality
in Costa Rica
X-ray screening is
associated with a
halving of gastric
cancer mortality in a
community in Costa Rica,
according to a report in
the October 2nd issue of
the British Journal of
Cancer.
50.000 Already Have
Their "Aguinaldo" in
Hand
The "Aguinaldo" has yet
to be paid by employers,
however, some 50.000
have theirs already in
hand, according to the
BAC San José, who says
they have already
processed and paid out
the cash advances.
Seven Burned to Death in
Nicaragua Highway Crash
Seven people burned to
death on Sunday when an
intercity coach and a
private van crashed
head-on in northern
Nicaragua, police said.
2008 Panama Jazz
Festival
Founded by Panamanian
pianist Danilo Pérez,
the Panama Jazz
Festival, which
celebrates its 5th
birthday January 21 -
26, 2008 was created in
order to exchange
cultural experiences
between the best
musicians in the world
and the Panamanian
people.
Ecuador for Greater OPEC
Geopolitical Role
Ecuador 's president
Rafael Correa gave
Sunday his support to
the proposal of his
Venezuelan peer Hugo
Chavez for strengthening
the geopolitical role of
the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC) during
the third summit of the
bloc that ends today.
Colombian Ambassador to
Debate at Mexican Senate
The Mexican Senate
Foreign Relations
Committee is expected to
discuss a proposal to
request the withdrawal
of Colombian Ambassador
to Mexico, Luis Camilo
Osorio.
Bolivian President
Accuses U.S. of
Conspiracy
The relationship between
Bolivia and the United
States turned worse on
Sunday after Bolivia's
President Evo Morales
accused the U.S.
ambassador of conspiring
against his government.
VENEZUELA:
Lightning in the Sky Fed
by Underground Methane
A red, yellow and
orange flash illuminates
a slice of the sky and
Lake Maracaibo in
Venezuela. For a
fraction of a second
after, lightning of
incandescent white move
left to right and right
to left between small
clouds like dark
silhouettes.
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