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Gasoline
Stations Now With Indemnity Insurance
The Instituto Nacional
de Seguros (INS) and the Asociación
Costarricense de Expendedores de
Combustible (ACEC) yesterday signed an
insurance policy that will cover
personnel and clients of a gasoline
station in the event of an accident.
Safe Driving Week To
Focus On Motos
The rising cost of
gasoline has left many
to trade in their four
wheel vehicle for a two
wheel "moto" or scooter,
which has also resulted
in one of the main
causes of accidents on
the roads today.
Family Members Can
Access Medical Files,
Court Rules
The impossibility of
family members to access
medical files of their
loved ones prompted two
people to file an appeal
with the Sala
Constitucional or Sala
IV(Constitutional
Court), which yesterday
ruled in their favour.
Seafood Restaurant
Owners Facing Criminal
Charges
The owners of the
seafood restaurant
chain, La Princesa
Marina, are facing
criminal charges brought
forth by the ministra de
Salud, María Luisa Ávila,
after more than 100
people fell ill eating
at the restaurant's
Moravia location.
Costa Rican Olympic
Committee's President
Resigns
The president of the
Costa Rican National
Olympic Committee, Jorge
Nery Carvajal, resigned
due to the pressures of
the federation and the
lack of support from the
international
authorities.
Banco Popular Has Lots
Of Money To Lend At
Cheap Rates
Strapped for cash? Need
a loan? Well, the Banco
Popular has some ¢5
billion colones for you
and at a rate of 10%,
down a whopping 11% from
their normal rate of
21%.
Rain, Rain and
Even More Rain Forecast For San José
For the second morning
in a row, San José woke up to rain. And
according to the Instituto Meteorológico
Nacional (IMN) - national weather
service - more than half of all of May's
rain has fallen in the three days
between Friday and Sunday.
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Ortega Extols Dead FARC
Leader
Nicaragua's president
offers his condolence
over the death of the
FARC leader, calling him
"our brother" in the
fight against injustice.
Early Panama Election
Favourite Has Anti-U.S.
Past
A leftist with an anti-U.S.
past is the early
front-runner for next
year's presidential
election in Panama.
Labeled a friend of the
poor by supporters but a
populist firebrand by
opponents, Balbina
Herrera enjoyed high
ratings as housing
minister in Panama's
center-left government.
Honduras Hosts Summit on
Climate Change
Foreign and Agriculture
ministers are discussing
the agenda of the summit
on climate change
scheduled for Wednesday
in San Pedro Sula, in
the northern coast of
Honduras.
Che Guevara in Buenos
Aires
A demonstration
accompanied a statue of
Ernesto Che Guevara in
its tour of Buenos Aires
streets on Tuesday.
Venezuelan Information
Minister Resigns Over
Charges For Official
Footage
Venezuelan Minister for
Information and
Communication Andres
Izarra announced his
resignation Tuesday over
the planned charges for
the use of footage from
the state-run TV channel
Venezolana de Television
(VTV).
EL
SALVADOR:
Violence Imposes Huge
Economic Burden
Medical care for
victims, protection of
property and restoring
material damages caused
by the high level of
crime in El Salvador
take up a large
proportion of state
resources, while the
authorities are failing
to come up with a
solution for the rising
tide of violence.
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