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Monday 26 November
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
ICE Workers on
Strike Today. Strike May Be
Indefinite!
The workers of the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE)
are expected to walk off
the job in great numbers
today in protest of the
fast tracking of the
"parallel laws" that are
part of the passing of
the Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement with the
United States, Central
America nations and the
Dominican Republic.
Law To End Insurance
Monopoly Passes
Commission Vote
The Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement with the
United States - has put
a fire under
legislators, who are
working overtime before
the holiday recess and
the March 1, 2008,
deadline.
Boyeros Invade Downtown
San José
The boyeros filled
downtown San José
yesterday with the
entrance of the Santos
de San José in a
traditional parade
marking it as the first
"fiesta" of the
Christmas season.
Fight Against Dengue
Intensifies
The Ministerio de Salud
(Health ministry) says
the fight against Dengue
is everyone's chore, as
Salud begins its 2008
summer campaign to
eliminate breeding
grounds for the mosquito
that transmits the
disease.
Costa Rica Tops In
Democracy
Costa Rica tops in
democracy like no other
nation in Latin America,
where that political
system has lost ground
during the last year,
according to the
international
organization
Latinobarómetro.
Healthcare Bill Might
Step Up Medical Strike
in Panama
A controversial bill on
a government-sponsored
healthcare act might
delay an end to the
medical strike that has
affected Panamanian
public hospitals over
the past 20 days.
Volcano Erupts On island
in Lake Nicaragua
The Concepcion volcano
in Nicaragua sent huge
columns of ash into the
sky in eruptions that
prompted a ripple of
small earthquakes, local
seismologists said
Sunday.
Cuban Youth Plunged into
Voluntary Work
Thousands of Cuban youth
are carrying out Sunday
a brigade for voluntary
work in the island, to
remember the example of
Argentinean-Cuban
guerrilla fighter
Ernesto Che Guevara.
Telesur Accuses
Collaborator Chase in
Colombia
Telesur denounced the
harassment against its
collaborator in Colombia
William Parra, on the
occasion of an interview
to an imprisoned officer
in that country, which
will be broadcast as of
Sunday.
Walls Call to Vote in
Venezuela
Walls that call
Venezuelans to vote Yes
or No are the visible
expression of a strong
campaign for a
referendum to choose the
path the country will
take after December 2.
RIGHTS:
Argentina’s Jewish
‘Desaparecidos’
The leaders of
Argentina’s Jewish
community -- the largest
in Latin America --
published in book form a
report on Jewish victims
of forced disappearance
in the 1976-1983
dictatorship, who faced
especial brutality
because of their ethnic
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