Monday 08 December
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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Interamericana Norte To
Be Four Lanes
The Interamericana
Norte, the main highway
that connects San José
to Guanacaste and the
Nicaraguan border will
become a four lane
highway from the present
two once approved by
legislators. The
financing for the work
will come from a credit
line by the Banco
Interamericano de
Desarrollo (BID).
Annual Teletón Beats
Goal
This year's "Teletón",
the annual fund raiser
for the Hospital
Nacional de Niños
(Children's Hospital)
raised more than
us$870.000 dollars,
breaking the us$850.000
goal set.
Only 134.000 Marchamos
Paid So Far
If you, like many,
haven't done so yet, it
is time to pay the 2009
Marchamo. But, best shop
around first, for
financial institutions
are offering all sorts
of incentives to get
your Marchamo colones.
Christmas Lottery This
Sunday, Lottery
Officials Expecting
Sales To Heat Up
If you haven't gotten
your "pedacito" (piece),
there are only seven
days to go, when the
"Gordo Navideño" lottery
takes places.
Marathon Creates Traffic
Nightmare In Downtown
Core
Traffic in downtown San
Jose yesterday was worse
than ever, as a lane of
Paseo Colón and Avenida
Central was blocked off
to allow runners to
compete in the Maratón
Internacional de Costa
Rica, and with only a
few Policía de Tránsito
(traffic) officials on
hand to control and
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Mexico Deports 75,463
Central Americans This
Year
Mexico City - Mexico has
deported 75,463 Central
Americans so far this
year, half of them
Guatemalan citizens,
according to a release
reaching here Sunday
from the migration
department of Guatemala.
Caribbean Warning System
Almost Ready
Georgetown - An early
warning system to detect
natural hazards in the
Caribbean will enter
into service soon, based
on radars, an official
source said.
Land Mines Kill 2
Government Workers in
Colombia
Bogota - Two Colombian
government workers were
killed Sunday when the
car they were traveling
in activated several
land mines buried
underneath the road,
officials said.
Peru: Cusco Braces
Solidarity with Cuba
Cusco, Peru - Cusco
hosts a weekend of
solidarity with Cuba and
an homage to the Cuban
medical brigade that
performs free eye
surgery through
Operation Miracle
program.
Drought Affects 20,000
Families In Bolivia
La PazAbout 20,000
Bolivian families in
LaPaz Department have
been affected by drought
for months, the Bolivian
Agency of Information (BAI)
reported on Sunday.
US-CUBA: Business
Support for Dismantling
Embargo
If U.S.
President-elect Barack
Obama wants to begin
dismantling Washington’s
nearly 50-year-old trade
embargo against Cuba, it
appears he will have
widespread support for
doing so.
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