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Friday 19 September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Costa Ricans Think Size
Matters
One of the biggest
changes the Tratado
Libre de Comercio (TLC)
- free trade agreement
with the United States
and Central America -
will have for Costa Rica
is competition in the
telecommunications
sector. However, nothing
has happened yet, as the
state owned Instittuto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) is
still the sole provider
of all telecommunication
services in the country.
Spanish Donate us$35
Million For Water And
Sewer Projects
Following the visit by
Costa Rican president
Oscar Arias last week,
Spain yesterday
announced a us$35
million dollar
investment in the water
and sewage projects. The
investment was made
public by Ricardo Sancho,
president of the
Instituto Costarricense
de Acueductos y
Alcantarillados (AyA)
and the ministro de
Relaciones Exteriores,
Bruno Stagno.
Supreme Court Upholds
Right Of Journalists To
Protect Sources
Reporters Without
Borders hails
yesterday’s Costa Rican
supreme court decision
upholding the right of
journalists to protect
the identity of their
sources.
Colombian Fiscal Says
Costa Rican Could Become
Another Colombia If It
Doesn't Deal Properly
With Organized Crime
The Fiscal General de
Colombia, Mario Iguarán,
has warned that Costa
Rica, for not having
taken measures against
organized crime, Costa
Ricans will be living
the same horrifying and
difficult experiences
Colombians have had.
Top Worries
The high cost of living
and the economy are
currently the most
worrisome issues for
Costa Ricans, at a time
when pessimism pervades,
independently of their
income status.
Venezuela Aid to
Nicaragua Is Missing,
Lawmaker Says
MANAGUA - Nicaraguan
opposition lawmaker
Victor Tinoco said that
millions of dollars in
Venezuelan aid is going
to President Daniel
Ortega rather than the
country's poor.
Bolivia Conciliation
Talks Begin
LA PAZ - Bolivians are
hopeful Thursday with
the beginning of the
dialogue between the
government and the
departmental prefects to
find a peaceful solution
to the prolonged
political crisis
gripping the country.
World
Intellectuals Demand End
To U.S. Ban On Cuba
HAVANA - More than 1,000
intellectuals from Latin
America, Europe, Africa
and the United States
signed a support
document to Cuba,
demanding the United
States lift its ban
imposed on Cuba nearly
half a century ago,
local press said
Thursday.
Brazilian President
Expresses Support For
Same-Sex Unions
RIO DE JANEIRO -
Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva on
Thursday defended civil
unions for same-sex
couples in the country,
saying the "hypocrisy"
on the matter must end.
Argentine Commanders
Dismissed For Corruption
BUENOS AIRES - Argentine
generals Gustavo
Schurlein and Gustavo
Serain, commanders of
the Third Corp of the
Army and Military
Aviation, were dismissed
Thursday for alleged
corruption.
Nicaragua Becomes The
New Costa Rica
As he reclines in a
white leather easy chair
with cocktail in hand,
his gaze wandering
beyond the swimming pool
across the shimmering
Pacific Ocean, Chris
Renshaw admits this was
not exactly what he had
had in mind.
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