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Sunday 13
April 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Gasoline, Buses, Taxis,
Bread & Rice Prices To
Go Up This Week
In addition to rising
gasoline prices next week, take the bus
or taxi will cost more, so will the cost
of rice, bread and electricity
Costa Rica Is An
Imán (Magnet) For Tourism
According to figures released by the
Cámara Nacional de Turismo (Canatur),
532.000 tourists visited Costa Rica
during the first three months of the
year, 65.000 more than the same period
in 2007.
Free Gallopinto
For 30.000 Today
Chefs of the hotel Ramada Herradura have
been busy since 7:30pm Saturday night,
mixing the ingredients that will be
needed for today's Día Nacional del
Gallopinto.
All In The Name of Art
A Costa Rican artist who
used a starving dog as
the centre piece for his
exhibition has unleashed
a storm of protest. In
the name of art, he
chained the animal and
deprived it of food and
water.
Mexico Beats Costa Rica
For Third Place
After
consecutive
heartbreaking,
high-stakes losses in
front of capacity
crowds, Mexico's
meaningless third-place
match with Costa Rica at
the Olympic qualifying
tournament was bound to
be anticlimatic.
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Nicaragua's Quiet Road
To A UN Presidency
Nicaragua, a
vigorous critic of the
United States and a
vocal ally of Hugo Chávez, the
Washington-baiting
president of Venezuela,
stirred alarm in many
Western and Latin
American capitals a year
ago when it proposed its
candidacy for the
presidency of the
General Assembly.
Chilean Leader Urges
Closer Co-Op Between
Asia and Latin America
Chilean President
Michelle Bachelet on
Saturday called for
closer cooperation
between Asia and Latin
America in the trend of
globalization to achieve
mutual development.
Venezuelan Awarded in
Guatemala
The Guatemalan city of
Jalapa declared
Venezuelan Bolivarian
Republic ambassador to
Guatemala, Jenny
Figueredo, a
distinguished guest, in
recognition of her
country´s efforts to
achieve worldwide
equality.
Limited Wheat Import May
Force Brazil to Halt
Flour Production
Most of Brazil's wheat
mills may have to halt
their production as the
country is waiting for a
decision from Argentina
which has suspended
wheat exports to Brazil,
local press reported
Friday.
RIGHTS:
Guatemala Turns Deaf Ear
to Inter-American
Justice
Organisations that
represent survivors and
relatives of victims of
Guatemala’s 1960-1996
civil war complained
that the attorney
general’s office has
failed to fully comply
with three resolutions
handed down by the
Inter-American Court of
Human Rights.
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