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Tuesday 16
September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Arias Says He Is "Cansado"
Costa Rica president,
Oscar Arias, said during
his Independence Day
address that he was "cansado",
tired of the hounding by
the press and critics
and that he should be
left to govern as he
still has "important"
things to accomplish
during his term.
Rise In Kidnappings
Worries Authorities
Jorge Rojas, the
director of the
Organismo de
Investigación Judicial (OIJ),
says that those driving
luxury vehicles and with
"international" debit or
credit cards are the
prime targets of "secuestro
express" or kidnapping.
Foreign Trade Minister
Says There Should Be No
Extension On The TLC
The ministro de Comercio
Exterior (foreign trade
minister), Marco Vinicio
Ruiz, said yesterday he
will do all he can to
avoid have to asked the
United States for an
extention to the Tratado
de Libre Comercio (TLC)
- free trade agreement
with the United States.
Dole Implements New
Practices for Pineapple
Production
The Dole Food Company
has announced the
implementation of new,
progressive
environmental
agricultural practices
for pineapple production
in Costa Rica.
Nicaragua's Ortega Says
No Meeting With Bush
MANAGUA (AP) -
Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega says he
will reject an
invitation to meet with
President Bush out of
""solidarity"" with
Bolivia in its
diplomatic spat with
Washington.
Nicaragua Year-On-Year
Inflation Up 23.92%
MANAGUA (EFE) -
Nicaraguan year-on-year
inflation in August was
23.92% owing to rising
fuel and basic grain
prices, according to the
Central Bank (BCN).
Ike Destroys Thousands
Of Tons Of Food, Citric
Fruit In Cuba
HAVANA - Hurricane Ike
destroyed more than
4,000 tons of stored
food and 135,000 tons of
citric fruit when it hit
Cuba, the local press
reported on Monday.
Brazil Declines
Invitation To Join OPEC
BRASILIA - Brazilian
Mines and Energy
Minister Edison Lobao
Monday declined an
invitation from Saudi
Arabia to join OPEC,
explaining that Brazil
plans to refine, not
export, crude oil from
recently discovered deep
water reserves.
Latin American
Presidents Meet To
Mediate In Bolivian
Crisis
SANTIAGO - Latin
American presidents and
representatives met here
Monday at an urgent
summit summoned by
Chilean President
Michelle Bachelet to
seek a political
solution to the crisis
in Bolivia.
POLITICS:
Election Could Herald
Changes in U.S. Cuba
Policy
Cuba
policy spokesmen for the
two presidential
candidates jousted and
sniped at a colloquium
in Washington last
Friday, offering a
choice between further
hardening of current
policies and some hope
for a new vision for
U.S. Cuba policy.
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