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Saturday 25 October 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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Costa Rica, Panama Sign
Free Trade Deal
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, and his
Panamanian counterpart,
Martís Torrijos, met
Friday to sign the
Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement -
between both countries.
Central Bank Manager
Denies Sharp Rise In
Dollar Despite Rumours
Despite the rumours
circulating in financial
circles of the
possibility of the US
dollar exchange gaining
some ¢50 colones in the
coming weeks, the
manager manager of the
Banco Central de Costa
Rica (BCCR) - Central
Bank, Roy González,
explained that that is
not possible while the
country maintains a "banda
cambiaria" policy.
Pacheco: The Presidency
Is Yours!
In a unprecedented
event, the president of
the Legislative Assembly
will be acting president
while Óscar Arias
Sánchez is off to El
Salvador next week for
the Cumbre
Iberoamericana de Jefes
de Estado y de Gobierno.
Exports Decelerate
The gap between exports
and imports of goods
continued widening in
September, according to
the Banco Central de
Costa Rica (BCCR) -
Central Bank.
Freedom Of The Press
Costa Rica is the Latin
American leader in the
world freedom of the
press ranking yearly
made by Reporters
Without Borders.
Nicaragua Signs EU
Agreements
MANAGUA - Nicaragua
signed on Friday several
agreements with the
European Union (EU) that
aimed at improving
business and investments
in the nation and giving
budget support to
education.
International Red Cross
Calls to Aid Central
America
PANAMA = The
Internacional Red Cross
is seeking a us$1
million fund to support
emergency operations in
Honduras, Guatemala and
Nicaragua, which have
been affected by heavy
rains, sources of that
entity reported on
Friday.
Colombian Police Blame
FARC For Committing
Explosions In Bogota
BOGOTA - Colombian
police accused on Friday
the rebel Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC) of committing a
series of recent
explosions in Bogota, in
which 16 people were
injured.
Bolivia Congress Readies
Referendum
LA PAZ - Bolivia's House
of Representatives
chairman Edmundo Novillo,
from the ruling Movement
towards Socialism (MAS),
addressed key issues
Friday for an intensive
Congressional agenda
before the Jan. 25
constitutional
referendum.
Venezuela, Spain Sign
Coop Accords
MADRID - Spanish and
Venezuelan governments
signed several
cooperation agreements
in Madrid, in the areas
of railway transport
system, industrial and
technology policy, and
oil supplying from
Venezuela to Spain.
COLOMBIA:
Uribe Agrees to Talks
with Indigenous
Protesters
"The police did
fire" on indigenous
protesters, said
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, who
yielded to pressure to
meet next Sunday with
the leaders of a
two-week-long
demonstration by native
groups.
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