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Wednesday 21 November
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Eight Digits
Begins March 12, 2008
At the stroke of
midnight, March 12, 2008, Costa Rica
will go from a seven digit phone number
to an eight, according to plans by the
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE).
"Ojo de Gallo" Affecting
Coffee Production
More than half of the
coffee plantations
located at an altitude
of more than 1.400
metres (4.500 feet)
above sea level are
affected by a fungus
called "ojo de gallo",
Costa Rican officials
informed yesterday.
Yellow Fever
Vaccination Required After Nov 29
Beginning on November
29, visitors from Colombia, Venezuela,
Brazil and the other 17 countries on the
list of 20, will required proof of
vaccination against "yellow fever".
From Cop To
Prostitute
She was a police office
in the Dominican Republic, earning
us$100 a month. However, in Costa Rica,
she could earn more than 20 times that
amount and without having to work in
full uniform under the blazing Caribbean
sun, preferring to work in skimpy
clothing, pleasing clients, monthly
foreigners.
Cops Or Criminals?
Three officers of the
Fuerza Pública (police) are behind bars
today on three months preventive
detention after they were caught with
their "hands in the cookie jar"
yesterday by officers of the Policía
Municipal de San José.
Panama Backs Proposal to
Build Energy Hub
Panama is
backing a private $40
billion proposal to make
the country a regional
energy hub, the latest
in a string of similar
initiatives, Vice
President Samuel Lewis
Navarro said on Tuesday.
Colombia Limits Chavez
Mediation
While the Colombian
government announced on
Tuesday that it
authorized Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez to
meet with FARC guerilla
chiefs to arrange a
humanitarian prisoner
exchange, it was setting
conditions on such a
meeting.
Jose Marti Park in
Quetzaltenango
Authorities in
Guatemala's second major
city, Quetzaltenango,
are planning to create a
park and a children's
library in honor of
Cuban National Hero Jose
Marti.
Countdown for Ecuador
Assembly
The countdown for the
establishment of the
Ecuadorian Constituent
Assembly begins Tuesday,
after the official
announcement of the
candidates elected on
September 30.
Lula Condemns Economic
Racial Discrimination in
Brazil
Brazilian President Luis
Inacio Lula da Silva on
Tuesday condemned
economic
COLOMBIA:
Chávez Asks Uribe for
Patience in Hostage
Talks
"Impatience is not a
good thing," Venezuelan
President Hugo Chávez
responded to the
Colombian government’s
announcement of a
December deadline for
his efforts to broker an
agreement for an
exchange of imprisoned
guerrillas for hostages
held by the rebels.
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