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National Emergency Declared!
Following the blackout last week
and more rationing beginning on
Wednesday, the Ministero de la
Presidencia (presidency
minister), Rodrigo Arias,
yesterday declared a state of
emergency as the country faces
an energy crisis.
"ICE
President Should Resign", Union
Leader Says
According to the secretary
general of ANEP, Albino Vargas,
the president of ICE, Pedro
Pablo Quirós, should resign
given the situation the country
is facing.
Gasoline
Prices Going Up, Up And Up
The low reserve levels are the
primary reason for the next
round of gasoline price hikes,
according to the latest request
made by the Refinadora
Costarricense de Petróleo (Recope)
to the regulating authority.
Costa Rica Launches Nationwide
Consultation On EU Deal
osta Rican President Oscar Arias
on Wednesday launched a
consultation process on an
accord negotiated between the
European Union (EU) and Central
American nations.
Students
Help Costa Rican Counterparts
Some Oxford Hills Comprehensive
High School Spanish students got
a hands-on lesson recently when
they traveled to Costa Rica to
volunteer their time to paint a
schoolyard fence, but came home
with a lifetime of memories.
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