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San José
Has Bad Air, Study Reveals
Just walking a block in
downtown San José is all that is
necessary to know what has been
confirmed by science, the air San José
stinks and is contaminated. The smoke,
stench and burning eye sensation is
evident all day long, but worse during
morning and afternoon rush hours.
San José Buys New
Garbage Trucks To
Resolve Collection
Problems
The Municipalidad de San
José is moving forward
to resolve its garbage
collection problems and
at the same time same
money buy ending its
practice of leasing
garbage collector
trucks, as it takes
delivery of the first
three brand new trucks
by the end of this
month.
Fifth Public University
Gets Approval
The Universidad Técnica
Nacional (UTN) or
National Technical
Institute will he Costa
Rica's fifth public
college in three years
time following last
week's government
approval for the
technical university in
Alajuela.
Learning to Care
about Costa Rica's Water
Issues
Last Saturday Costa
Rican’s national
newspaper, La Nación,
reported that only nine
of the 81 subdivisions
of the country receive
water of optimal
quality. Such were the
findings of a recent
study regarding equal
access to potable water
and its relation to
development and health
in Costa Rica.
CONNAROZ Will Not Buy
Enough Rice
In the battle to get the
government to set a fair
price of rice, the rice
producer association
CONNAROZ has decided not
to buy the 162.000
tonnes of rice as
announced earlier this
month, but in effect
will only buy 32.000
tons.
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Panama's
Noriega Appeals
Extradition From U.S. To
France
Former Panamanian
dictator Manuel Noriega
has requested that a
U.S. appeals court
overrule three federal
judges and block his
extradition to France to
face money-laundering
charges.
Panama Foreign
Debt Slightly Decreases
Panama's Foreign Debt
reported a US$77 million fall at the end
of April compared to the same month of
2007, said a government report on
Tuesday.
Colombian Chief Of ICRC
resigns For Failing To
Rescue Hostages
Chief of the
International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC)
in Colombia Barbara
Hintermann resigned from
her post Tuesday for
failing to free hostages
held by a rebel group.
Venezuela Unhappy With
U.S. Drug Plane Response
The U.S. ambassador to
Venezuela said Tuesday
that America is taking
steps to assure its
counter-drug planes
don't violate Venezuelan
airspace again, but
President Hugo Chavez's
government isn't
satisfied.
Peru Hits Back At
Bolivia CIA Conspiracy Claim
Peru's government has
protested against Bolivian President Evo
Morales' claims that the Peruvian
authorities had been part of a U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
"conspiracy," Peru's foreign minister
revealed Tuesday.
ECONOMY-CUBA:
Does the Ration Book
Still Make Sense?
Criticised as one more
sign of the failures of
socialism, or viewed as
a right that should not
be given up, the ration
book, part of Cuban life
for 46 years, could
disappear as a result of
the transformations
needed in the country’s
economy.
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¢521.60 |
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21 May 2008 |
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