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Monday 03 November 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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road report by the
Policía de Tránsito,
Former President
Calderón Gets His Day In
Court Today Starting At
8am
At 8am sharp this Monday
morning, the Tribunales
de Goicoechea will begin
the long awaited trial
of seven people that
includes former Costa
Rican president, Rafael
Ángel Calderón.
More Tourists Expected
This High Season Despite
Global Financial Crisis
According to estimates
by the ministerio de
Turismo (Tourism
ministry), some 872.141
tourists will be
visiting Costa Rica
during the upcoming "high"season,
despite the global
crisis
Costa Rican Economist
Says CAFTA (TLC) Is A
Bad Deal
Costa Rican economist
and former presidential
candidate Ottón Solís
spent the spring at the
University of Florida as
the Bacardi Family
Eminent Scholar,
teaching a course on
free-trade agreements in
the Americas at the
university's Center for
Latin American Studies.
62.000 Still Do Not
Count With Riteve
Inspection
With less than 60 days
before the end of the
year and the requirement
to pay the 2009 Marchamo,
Riteve, the vehicular
inspection consortium,
says that 62.000
vehicles have yet to
pass the 2008
inspection.
Drive Carefully Along
the Autopista Próspero
Fernández
Driving along the
autopista Próspero
Fernández has always
been risky, but now is
even worse, as the
expansion construction
of the highway has meant
narrower lanes and
constant hazards due to
machinery and men
working in various
sections of the highway.
Impact Of Global
Financial Crisis Not
Seen In Panama
Panama - The impact of
the ongoing global
financial crisis has not
emerged in Panama, said
Carmen Gisela Vergara,
Panamanian minister of
commerce and industry.
Latin America Present at
Biarritz Forum
Paris- Celebrities in
politic issues in Latin
America, of current and
past times, will
participate at the 9th
Biarritz Forum, a
traditional scene to
discuss cooperation and
world first top issues
with Europe.
Venezuelan President
Voices Support For Obama
Caracas - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez
said on Sunday there
were good chances for
the Democratic candidate
Barak Obama to win the
U.S. presidential
elections slated for
Tuesday.
Cuban-Dominican Ties
Close, says FM
Cairo - Dominican
Foreign Minister Carlos
Morales Troncoso
affirmed Sunday that the
close relations between
Cuba and his country are
positive, and called the
Island “important
partner,” in statements
made shortly before
leaving the Egyptian
capital for Qatar.
Bolivia Government
Ensures Referendum Poll
La Paz - The Bolivian
government offered today
guarantees for the
development of the
nationwide referendum on
the land and the new
constitutional text,
slated for January 25,
2009.
PERU:
Free Trade Opens
Environmental Window
Legislative decree
1090, which modifies
Peru's forest policy, is
worrying U.S. trade
authorities because it
contravenes
environmental clauses of
the Free Trade Agreement
(FTA) that is to enter
force between the two
countries in January
2009. |
