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Saturday 12
April 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Labour
Ministry Approves 100 Driver Jobs To
Foreigners
A total of 100 foreigners, the majority
Nicaraguans and Colombians, will be
given a work permit to work as
chaufferes in Costa Rica for a period of
six months.
Gasoline Prices On They
Way Up Again
Even though the latest
round of gasoline price
increases has yet to hit
the pumps, the national
refinery, RECOPE, has
applied for an increase.
Prez Said Will Do
All He Can For Woman To Replace
Him In 2010
Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, said
yesterday that he will do all that is
possible so as that a woman takes over
his presidential chair in 2010.
CAF, ICE Sign us$100
Million Loan Agreement
Published: Thursday,
AprilThe Andean
Development Corporation
(CAF) and Costa Rica's
state power company ICE
have signed a contract
whereby the former will
provide ICE with
us$100million.
30.000 To Enjoy
Free Gallo Pinto Tomorrow
Sunday will be the Día
Nacional del Gallo Pinto
(National Gallo Pinto
day) where the first
30.000 people on hand at
the event being held on
Paseo Colón will get a
free gallo pinto.
Miss Costa Rica
Crowned
Twenty one year old
María Teresa Rodríguez was crowned Miss
Costa Rica, who will represent the
country in the Miss Universe pageant
that will take place later this year in
Vietnam.
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Nicaragua, Honduras Sign
Declaration To
Strengthen Ties
Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega and his
Honduran counterpart
Manuel Zelaya signed a
joint declaration Friday
in Honduras' capital
Tegucigalpa to
strengthen bilateral
relations.
Fidel Castro: Bush,
Millionaires,
Consumption and
Under-Consumption
Fidel Castro warned that
if the empire (the
United States) managed
to secure control of
Cuba again, not one of
the higher institutions
created by the
Revolution would remain
to guarantee young
people this right.
122 Intoxicated By
Unidentified Gas in
Colombia
At least 122 people, 96
of whom are students,
were poisoned by
unidentified gases
Friday in northwestern
Colombia, local media
reported.
Venezuela Rejects U.S.
Congressmen Attacks
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez has rejected
attacks against his
government by
congressmen of the U.S.
Republican Party, local
media reported Friday.
Ecuadorean President for
OLAS
President Rafael Correa
demanded on Friday the
creation of an
Organization of Latin
American States, a
long-standing demand to
face present challenges
as independent,
sovereign nations.
CUBA:
US
Visa Programme to Speed
Family Reunification
The United States has
begun a new programme to
reunite Cuban families,
which has renewed the
hopes of potential
migrants from the island
who have family members
in the United States.
The U.S. government
hopes to fulfill the
goal of issuing 20,000
immigration visas a
year, as agreed in a
longstanding bilateral
treaty.
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