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Tuesday 02 October
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Countdown to TLC Referendum:
05
Days
Four New Airlines To Fly to
Costa Rica
Four new airlines have announced
their plans to offer services in
Costa Rica, while others like
Delta Airlines will be offering
more connections and more
flights.
Scotiabank Now The
Largest Private Bank in
Costa Rica
Scotiabank officially
completed its
integration of
Corporación Interfin
making it the largest
private bank in the
country, with more
branches and personnel
to serve its customers.
The Country is
Getting Ready To Vote
With only five days to go, the country
is getting ready for the historic
referendum vote that will decide the
future of the Tratado de Libre Comercio
(TLC) - free trade agreement with the
United States.
Figueres Innocent!
The Fiscalía de Delitos
Económicos, Corrupción y
Tributarios del
Ministerio Público said
it has withdrawn its
complaint
against former Costa
Rican president, José María Figueres Olsen, of
having received some
us$900.000 from the
French
telecommunications
company Alcatel.
Tornado Raises Roofs in
Cartago
A tornado instilled
panick in the area of
Sagrada Familia and La
Chinchilla in San Rafael
de Oreamuno in Cartago
yesterday afternoon.
Voters With
Expired Cedulas Can Vote, TSE Says
The Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE) says that voters with
expired "cedulas" can vote in Sundays
referendum as long as the expiration
does not go beyond three months.
Tribute to Che
Guevara in Nicaragua
The Che Guevara
Committee convoked the
Nicaraguan population
Monday to take part in a
tribute to the legendary
guerrilla leader Che
Guevara in commemoration
of the 40th anniversary
of his death in Bolivia.
Nicaraguan Program on
Microcredits Successful
More than 500 women are
benefiting from
low-interest
microcredits sponsored
by the Nicaraguan
government, as a
complement of the Zero
Hunger program being
implemented in rural
areas.
Europeans to Invest in
Panama Canal
European Union
Commissioner for
External Relations
Benita Ferrero-Waldner
voiced the EU's wish to
help finance the
expansion of the Panama
Canal.
Woman Leads Polls for
Panama Presidency
Panamanian Housing
Minister Balbina
Herrera, from the
Revolutionary Democratic
Party (PRD) is now the
favorite of the
Panamanian population to
become the president of
Panama in the elections
to be held in 2009.
Colombia Rebels for New
Government
The Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC)
advocated an alternative
of change through a
Grand National Agreement
for peace, to create a
new government that
convenes a Constituent
Assembly.
BRAZIL:
Warning - These
Computers Come With
Strings Attached
The declaration the Dell
computer maker is
requiring its Brazilian
customers to sign,
promising their
computers will not be
exported to the "axis of
evil" or used for
weapons development,
according to reports,
highlights the
difficulties faced by
scientific research due
to U.S. geopolitical
considerations.
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