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Wednesday 10 December
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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Arias Calls For Prayer
Heading Into 2009
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, warned that
1009 will be a "very
difficult year" and that
poverty and unemployment
will increase.
Lottery Operator Could
Possibly Regulate
Casinos
The Junta de Protección
Social de San José (JPS)
- the lottery folks -
could soon have a new
name and the right to
operate casinos and
video lotteries, as part
of the changes in the
law that legislators are
discussing.
Gasoline Prices To
Keep Falling. Finally!
With the drop in the
price of crude oil on
international markets,
the price of gasoline at
the pumps in Costa Rica
are finally beginning to
fall, the biggest drop
to be this Saturday.
Municipal
Employee Fired For Being
Colombian
The Sala II de la Corte
Suprema de Justicia
confirmed that the tax
administrator for the
Municipalidad de Santa
Ana, Álvaro Manuel
Alcalá Segovia, was
fired by the former
mayor of Santa Ana,
María Eugenia Vargas
Solís, for simply being
a Colombian refugee in
Costa Rica.
American Detained In
Multi Million Dollar
Scam
A US man was arrested by
OIJ, DIIS and Interpol
agents wanted for 450
counts of fraud and on
suspicion of being the
leader of a group
running a series of
fraud schemes from Costa
Rica, targeting US
citizens for more than
us$13 million dollars.
Legislators Reminded of
Their Duty to Protect
Fundamental Values
The Catholic Action
Archdiocesan Forum in
Costa Rica has reminded
the country’s lawmakers
of their duty to protect
the fundamental values
of life and marriage
when passing laws.
Naranjo Opens With A
Bang, National Champ Is
First Winner of DAYSTAR
Copa Mango Tournament
At the very last minute
of the Final heat with
surfers Jason Torres
(Jaco), Olman Morales
(Santa Teresa) and
Federico Pilurzu
(Tamarindo), the
2006-2007 Costa Rica
National Champion Diego
Naranjo (Jaco) Monday
was victorious in Playa
Hermosa’s La Curva,
becoming the first
winner of the 2008-09
season of the Circuito
Nacional de Surf 2008-09
DAYSTAR Copa Mango
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Rice in Panama For
Hemisphere Trade Talks
Panama (AP)
- Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice is in
Panama for meetings
aimed at finding ways
for the hemisphere's
poor to share in the
benefits of free-trade
agreements signed by
nations of the region.
Panama Disease Detection
Worry
Panama - Panama disease,
also known as fusarium
wilt, has been detected
in a commercial Lady
Finger banana plantation
near Mareeba.
ALBA Economy Ministers
Meet in Venezuela
Caracas - The Economy
Ministers of the
Bolivarian Alternative
for the Americas (ALBA)
arranged in Caracas the
creation of a common
currency.
Police Arrest Judges
Involved In
Sentence-For-Money
Scandal in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro -
Brazil's Federal Police
made eight arrests
Tuesday in an operation
against a group of
judges who sold
favorable court
sentences to the accused
in Vitoria, Espirito
Santo State.
At Least 20 Injured In
Clash With Police in
Peru
Lima - At least 20
people were injured
Tuesday during a protest
against the mayor of a
northern Peruvian city,
local media reported.
LATIN AMERICA:
Poverty
Rates Likely to Rise
Two
million people in Latin
America and the
Caribbean were lifted
out of poverty in 2008,
but three million poor
people fell into extreme
poverty, according to a
new report by the
regional United Nations
agency ECLAC.
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B.C.C.R.
10 December 2008 |
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