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Friday 11
April 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
New Rules
For Casinos: Limited Hours and No Free
Liquor
A series of presidential
decrees and an executive order has
changed the luck of casinos operating in
Costa Rica, limiting new casinos to
operate only in hotels with a minimum
three star category by the Instituto
Costarricence de Turismo (ICR), hotels
that have at least sixty rooms and offer
complete services.
Government
Announces Regulations For Guanacaste Coastal
Development
The government of Oscar
Arias is intent on
regulating development
in the fast growing
region of Guanacaste,
issuing a presidential
decree that limits the
height of buildings in
areas near the beaches.
"Prepaid" Cellular
Service Approval, But Won't Be Available
Until Next Year
The Autoridad Reguladora
de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep) has
finally approved rates for "prepaid"
cellular service in Costa Rica, where
users can purchase prepaid amounts of
cellular time of ¢2.500, ¢5.000 and
¢10.000 colones.
Five Telecoms Eyeing
Costa Rica
At least five
telecommunications
companies have taken
another look at Costa
Rica again as the
telecommunications
market in the country is
expected to open. The
companies are América
Móvil, Digicel,
Telefónica, AT&T and
Huawei.
Cleveland Announces
Trade Deal With Costa
Rica
A dozen Costa Rican
companies will
distribute their U.S.
exports through
Cleveland under a new
trade deal announced
Thursday by Mayor Frank
Jackson.
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Nicaragua Signs Deal
With US Oil Company
Nicaragua has signed a
contract with a unit of
U.S.-owned MKJ
Xploration to explore
and develop oil and
natural gas fields off
its Caribbean coast,
officials said
Wednesday.
Panama Fashion Show
Chico Chica, a Success
Every year the Physical
modeling agency in
Panama organizes the
Chico Chica Panama
fashion contest. This
year's contest took
place in Parque Urraca,
a very nice park close
to the bay. We had the
chance to enjoy the
breeze during the show.
Guatemala Urged to
Attend Rural Problems
Plataforma Agraria
(Agricultural Platform),
grouping about twenty
rural organizations,
urged the Guatemalan
government to pay urgent
attention to problems in
rural areas.
Anti-Terror Struggle at
Cuba Event
Anti-terrorism movements
and criminalization of
social confrontations
will be analyzed in the
second day of the 7th
Hemispheric Meeting on
the Struggle against
Free Trade Agreements
and for People
Integration.
Venezuela to Participate
in 2008 IFCOT
Venezuela will
participate at
International Forum on
China Outbound Tourism
2008 IFCOT, to take
place in Beijing on
April 14-16, 2008, aimed
at exploring businesses
options the companies
linked to the sector
offer, official sources
reported Thursday.
ECUADOR:
‘CIA Infiltration’
Charges Prompt Shake-Up
in Armed Forces
President Rafael
Correa’s allegations
that intelligence
services in Ecuador had
been infiltrated by the
U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency
(CIA) have led to a
shake-up in the armed
forces of unforeseeable
consequences.
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