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Costa Rican worker harvests
bananas on a plantation near La
Guacima, some 120 miles east of
San José. The World Trade
Organization ruled Thursday,
Oct. 27, 2005 that a new
European Union tariff on
imported bananas is illegal,
siding with eight Latin American
banana producing countries who
said Brussels' proposal would
seriously limit their ability to
export the fruit. (AP
Photo/Kent Gilbert, file)
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AyA Strike Declared Legal
The Juzgado de Trabajo (Labour
Court) has declared the strike
by Acueductos y Alcantarillados
(AYA) workers legal. The court
made the decision late
Wednesday, but was not made
public until yesterday
(Thursday).
Fill Up
Today, the Price of Gasoline
Goes Up Tomorrow
Get ready to fill your gasoline
tank today as the hike in the
price of gasoline will take
effect tomorrow, bringing the
cost for a litre of super
gasoline to ¢504 colones from
today's price of ¢479.
Solís Says Arías Has the
Heart of a Dictator
The 2006 presidential campaign
officially began last week and
presidential candidates are
already stopping to name
calling, as the case of Partido
Acción Ciudadana (PAC)
candidate, Ottón Solís, who says
that Partido Liberación Nacional
(PLN) candidate and former
president, Oscar Arías, is a "dictadorcito"
- a small dictator.
Banana
Producers Ready to Talk With EU
Latin American banana producers
said Thursday they are ready to
continue negotiations with the
EuropeanUnion (EU) after the
World Trade Organization (WTO)
rejected a new EU proposal to
impose banana tariffs.
Poultry Purchase: Rica to
Sell Restaurants
Rica Foods said it has agreed to
sell its quick service
restaurant segment for us$2.1
million in cash.
Tropical Storm Beta Heads To
Nicaragua
Tropical Storm Beta is the
season's 23rd tropical storm,
the most since record keeping
began in 1851, is expected to
reach hurricane intensity by
today (Friday) with winds of up
tp 100 mph,
capable of unleashing
devastating and potentially
deadly floods
 
Fidel Castro Critiques Aid
with Strings
Cuban President Fidel Castro
highlighted the island´s
humanist and solidarity
vocation, and applauded its
acceptance of mutual cooperation
in case of hurricane disasters.
Argentina, China pledge to
strengthen ties
China's economic development
does not pose any threat to
other countries in the world and
Argentina wishes to strengthen
its strategic partnership with
China, said Argentine Vice
President Daniel Osvaldo Scioli
Thursday.
75 die in clash between
Colombian rebels, paramilitary
At least 75 people died in heavy
fighting in northwest Colombia
between the rebel Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
and the paramilitary United
Self-Defence Forces of Colombia
(AUC), local press reported
Thursday.
Venezuelan Supreme Court Closes
Ballot Issue
The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ)
has rejected an appeal on the
grounds of unconstitutionality
an opposition party had
submitted against the Morocha
voting ballot.
Pakistani
man arrested in Venezuela
The Venezuelan police arrested a
Pakistani man who allegedly
extorted money from the Canadian
embassy in exchange for
information on terror attacks
against Canada, local media said
Thursday.
COMMUNICATIONS-AFRICA-VENEZUELA:
Weaving
New Alliances with Cultural
Threads
Venezuela, the biggest oil
producer in Latin America and
the fifth biggest in the world,
has launched an offensive to
forge closer diplomatic ties
with Africa, initially focusing
on political and cultural
questions while leaving the
matter of energy cooperation to
the future.
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