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Wednesday 09
April 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Electricity Cost
Increase Approved: 11%
to 41%
Loosing the purse
strings as electricity
will cost more, much
more for heavy users, as
the Autoridad Reguladora
de Servicios Públicos (ARESEP)
approved a rate increase
of up to 41% depending
on monthly consumption.
El Salvador and Costa
Rica Sign Co-operation
Agreement
El Salvador's
president, Antonio Saca,
met with his Costa Rican
counterpart, Oscar
Arias, yesterday to sing
an agreement promising
co-operation in tourism,
technology, trade and
regional integration
between the two
countries.
Teachers To
Continue Strike
The teachers strike
called by the Asociación de Profesores
de Segunda Enseñanza (APSE) will not be
lifted, even though the Ministerio de
Educación Pública (MEP) offered teachers
a salary increase.
Crazy Traffic
Light
The traffic light located at the cruce
la Falco in La Uruca, continues to cause
confusion and a traffic jam as the
system has the traffic light has gone
crazy.
Dynamo And Saprissa
Battle It Out Tonight
Facing what could be a
defining moment in their
brief history, the
Dynamo face Saprissa
tonight in a crucial leg
of their CONCACAF
Champions' Cup semifinal
series. The game will be
played in Costa Rica.
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Panama Builds
Interoceanic Highway
Panamanian President
Martin Torrijos Tuesday
inspected the beginning
of the paving of an
80-km interoceanic
highway, which will
connect the Pacific to
the Atlantic.
Food Crisis in Central
America
The rising costs of food
is creating a crisis
situation in Central
America, which has 7.5
million undernourished
people, informed the
United Nations Food and
Agriculture
Organization.
Ecuador Presents Plan to
Resume Ties with
Colombia
Ecuador on Tuesday
handed over to the
Organization of American
States (OAS) a reserved
proposal to resume
diplomatic relations
with Colombia.
Brazil Calls For Release
of FARC Hostages
Brazil favors the
release of hostages held
by Colombia's
Revolutionary Armed
Forces (FARC), the
Ministry of Foreign
Relations said Tuesday.
Venezuela and India Sign
Oil Agreement
India and Venezuela
representatives signed
on Tuesdy an agreement
to create the Indo-Venezolana
Ltd joint oil company,
with a view to operate
in the San Cristobal
bloc of the Orinoco
Strip.
TRADE-US:
Bush Faces Uphill Battle
on Colombia Trade Pact
As U.S. President George
W. Bush Tuesday formally
submitted his free trade
agreement (FTA) with
Colombia to Congress,
most analysts agreed
that the White House
faces a tough, uphill
fight to get it
approved, particularly
in the House of
Representatives.
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