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Thursday 02
August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
First "Mamatren" This
Saturday
The ministro de Vivienda
(housing minister),
Fernando Zumbado,
announced his decision
yesterday to participate
in the celebrations of
the World Breastfeeding
Week an take part in the
fist "Mamatren" to be
held in Costa Rican
history.
Appliance Prices
Can Vary As Much as 305% At Different
Retailers
A study by the Ministerio de Economía,
Industria y Comercio (MEIC) - Economy
ministry - shows that the price of
identical or similar appliances can vary
as much 305% and that the interest rate
offered by retailers can be as much as
117% per year.
5.000 Walkers Attended
to by Red Cross; Big
Business For Small
Vendors
This year's "romeria" or
pilgrimage to Cartago
expects some 2 million
to descend on the "old
metropolis", some coming
as afar away as
Guanacaste to pay homage
to the Virgen de los
Angeles.
Steady
Numbers for Arias
(Angus Reid Global
Monitor) - Óscar Arias
maintains an acceptable
level of public support
in Costa Rica, according
to a poll by CID-Gallup.
52 per cent of
respondents rate the
president’s performance
as good or very good,
down three points since
January.
Nicaraguan President
Meets Spanish VP
Nicaragua's President
Daniel Ortega is due to
meet in this capital
Thursday with Vice
President of the Spanish
Government Maria Teresa
Fernandez de la Vega,
who is touring the
region.
Guatemalan Congress
Approves CICIG
Guatemala Congress
approved creation of the
urgently needed
International Commission
against Impunity CICIG,
by an absolute majority
Wednesday.
New Special Education
Plan in Cuba
A new special education
project will be
implemented in Cuba in
the next academic
course, as part of the
national program
"Educate your Child,"
official sources
reported Thursday.
Panama, Caribbean Cruise
Destiny
Panama has become Latin
America's most promoted
tourist destiny because
of its geographical
position, political
stability and economic
growth, assured
President Martin
Torrijos.
Chavez accuses U.S. of
impeding Venezuela's
Mercosur entry
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez accused the
United States in a
Wednesday speech of
undermining his
country's entry into the
Common Market of the
South (Mercosur).
Castro Photos Brought
Fame, Forced Exile
Ignoring official
warnings and counsel
from colleagues, Cuban
news photographer
Cristóbal Herrera
Ulashkevich showed the
world embarrassing
photos of Fidel Castro
out of professional
pride, he says.
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