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Saturday 06 December
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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Avenida Central
Boulevard Extension
Complete
Those who participate in
the traditional "avenidazo"
that is back this year
will have even more
space to do so with the
opening of the extension
of the boulevard of the
Avenida Central, that
now runs from the Calle
9 on the east to the
hospital San Juan de
Dios on the west.
Drunk Drivers and
Speedsters Can Do
Community Work To Avoid
Jail
Besides the increased
fines that has many
drivers worried, the
reforms to the Ley de
Tránsito will mean jail
time for drunk and
reckless drivers. The
new traffic law is
expected to pass second
debate on Monday and
will be in force in
about nine months.
Hotels Ready On New
Online Reservations
System
(The Journal) — The
tourism sector has a new
technological tool to
speed up visits to the
country. It is a project
of the Costa Rican
Chamber of Hotels (CCH),
aimed to support its
affiliates in
advertising their
offers.
Gas Price Drop Approved
It's official, gasoline
prices are coming down
to reflect the low
prices of international
crude oil on
international markets.
Yesterday, the La
Autoridad Reguladora de
los Servicios Públicos (Aresep)
approved a ¢152 a litre
drop for super, ¢150 for
regular and ¢87 for
diesel.
10,000 Hectares of Bad
Bananas
The constant rain that
has been battering the
Caribbean Coast of Costa
Rica for the past two
weeks has affected over
10,000 hectares of
bananas, one of Costa
Rica’s largest exports.
Dollar Appreciates Again
The down trend of the
dollar exchange to the
colon didn't last too
long, by yesterday
afternoon the exchange
was at the same level
before last weeks steep
decline.
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LETTERS:
New Ley de
Transito,
Bad Investment,
3G,
Shark Finning,
Time Out,
Proposed
Immigration Bill,
Eradicating
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Latin America Discusses
Financial Crisis,
Migration
Managua - Leaders of
Central American
countries held a meeting
in Honduras on Friday to
discuss the ongoing
global financial crisis.
Panama Economy will
Shrink in 2009
Panama - Panama's GDP
will shrink in 2009 due
to the global finance
crisis and recession in
the superpowers.
Fidel Castro Says
Cuba Open To Dialogue
With Obama
Havana - Cuba is open to
dialogue with U.S.
President-elect Barack
Obama, but not to
"negotiate" over its
sovereignty, Fidel
Castro, the country's
former leader, said in
an article published on
Friday.
Colombian Officers
Convicted of
Extrajudicial Murder
Bogota - A total of 45
Colombian officers were
convicted of killing
civilians in the name of
purging rebels in the
country, the
prosecutor's office said
Friday.
Brazilian President
Calls On Colombian
Rebels To Release
Hostages
Rio de Janeiro -
Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva on
Friday called on the
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC)
to release all hostages
it is holding.
Q&A: "I Don’t Believe a
12-Year-Old Was Born to
Kill"
Raúl Gutiérrez
interviews CHRISTIAN
POVEDA, director of ''La
vida loca'' . A
group of around 20
people settle into their
seats in a small
conference room in a
hotel in the Salvadoran
capital. They are here
to watch "La Vida Loca",
a 90-minute documentary
about the Pandilla 18
youth gang, directed and
co-produced by
French-Spanish filmmaker
Christian Poveda.
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