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No Smoking In Public
Places!
Legislators last night
approved in first
reading the Convenio
Marco de la Organización
Mundial de la Salud
(OMS) that controls the
production,
distribution, promotion
and sale of tobacco
products. The approval
was unanimous.
Intersectoral Buses To
Start Rolling on
Saturday
On Saturday the "yellow"
buses that are being
called "canarios"
(canaries) will start
rolling as the new "intersectoral"
routes begin to operate
around San José and is
expected to carry a
million passengers
monthly.
Annual Credit
Interest Can Be More Than 50%
Ever wonder shown many
different types of credit cards are
being offered by financial institutions
in Costa Rica? According to the most
recent study by the Ministerio de
Economía, Industria y Comercio (MEIC),
the number is 346.
Chancellery Full of Rats
The main offices of the
Ministerio de Relaciones
Exteriores (Foreign
Ministry) will soon rid
itself of rats, the four
legged kind that has
been bothering workers
for some time, as the
entire building and its
annex will be fumigated
against the rodents.
The Sheens Chill Out in
Costa Rica
Los Angeles (E! Online)
- After Friday's
fairy-tale wedding,
Charlie Sheen and Brooke
Mueller soared down to
Costa Rica Sunday
morning on a private
honeymoon jet. But
instead of going
someplace new, the
newlyweds were circling
back on their bliss: the
spot Sheen proposed last
July.
Patak Leads U.S. Men
Past Costa Rica at Pan
Am Cup
Led by Evan Patak with
11 points and Nate
Meerstein with 10, the
U.S. Men's National Team
defeated Costa Rica 3-0
(25-15, 25-18, 25-17) on
Monday in the first
match of the 2008 Pan
American Cup in
Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Nicaragua Urges OPEC
Privileges For Poor
Latin American Countries
Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega proposed
Monday that poorer Latin
American countries be
offered special
treatment while
importing crude and its
derivatives from the
Organization of
Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC).
Panamanian Transport
Workers Protest Fuel
Price Hike
Panamanian transport
workers blocked main
streets of the capital
Panama City on Monday as
they staged a protest
against the high cost of
fuel.
Ecuador Opens Border To
Colombians Despite
Diplomatic Rupture
Ecuador opened its
border freely to
Colombian citizens on
Monday as part of the
country's efforts to
attract investment and
boost tourism despite a
diplomatic rupture with
Colombia.
Argentina Announces
Support For Solving
Global Food Crisis
Argentine President
Cristina Fernandez said
Monday her government
supports the endeavor of
the United Nations in
solving the global food
crisis, the local press
reported.
More Students Detained
In Chile As Protests
Continue
Some 130 more students
were arrested Monday in
the Chilean capital by
riot police as they were
forced out of a school
occupied for protest
against a new education
law.
RIGHTS-AMERICAS:
Slow Progress Along a
Difficult Road
Although it is
proceeding "at a very
slow pace," the current
trend in the Americas is
towards a "strengthening
of human rights," said
activist María Victoria
Fallon ahead of the 38th
general assembly of the
Organisation of American
States (OAS), taking
place in Colombia.
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