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Tuesday 03 July 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
BCR Begins Issuing
Driver Licenses and
Passports Today
Beginning today, the
Banco de Costa Rica (BCR)
begins to issue drivers
licenses and Costa Rican
passports as part of the
program called "Gobierno
Digital".
"Hitmen" Freed
in Colombia
"Costa Rica respects the
decisions of the
Colombian authorities,
as they respect ours",
said the ministro de
Seguridad Pública,
Fernando Berrocal,
commenting on the
release of the five
Colombian deported from
Costa Rica last week,
alleged hired to kill
minister Berrocal and
the ministro de la
Presidencia, Rodrigo
Arias.
Air Comet Begins Service
With Inaugural Flight
From Madrid to San José
The Spanish airline, Air
Comet, yesterday landed
its first flight at the
Juan Santamaría (San
José) international
airport, beginning a new
service that will carry
some 46.000 passengers
yearly from the "old"
continent as Spain is
considered by Costa
Ricans.
CIA Feared A Kennedy
Assassination in Costa
Rica
Everyone knows that U.S.
president John F.
Kennedy was assassinated
in Dallas, Texas, on
November 22, 1963.
However, the Central
Intelligence Agency
(CIA) feared that
Kennedy could have been
killed seven months
earlier on his visit to
Costa Rica.
Few Trailers Ever
Get Inspected, Riteve Says in Report For
2006
The Registro Nacional de Propriedad
(national property registry) has 9.682
registered trailers and semi-trailers,
however, only 170 made it to the Riteve
annual inspection stations.
Fenosa, Nicaragua
resolve dispute over
energy services
The Nicaraguan
government and Union
Fenosa SA have resolved
a disagreement over
power shortages and
legal action by both
parties has been
dropped, Nicaragua's
Communications Minister
Rosario Murillo said on
local radio.
Operation Miracle
Advances in Panama with
Cuban Assistance
More than 3,200
Panamanians have
undergone surgery at the
Omar Torrijos Herrera
Ophthalmologic Center
donated by Cuba as part
of the Operation Miracle
free eye-surgery
program, mainly for
low-income Latin
Americans, promoted by
the Caribbean island and
Venezuela.
Guatemala boosts
security ahead of Putin's visit
Guatemala is to deploy
more than 2,000 police
and troops in a major
security operation to
ensure Russian President
Vladimir Putin's visit
to the country goes
smoothly, police said
Monday.
Brazil pledges over 2
bln U.S. dollars for
Rio's development
Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva
pledged a total of 2.03
billion U.S. dollars
Monday to boost the
development of Rio de
Janeiro.
Argentine president
backs wife as candidate
Argentine President
Nestor Kirchner has
declined to stand for
re-election and is
instead backing his wife
as candidate in the
upcoming presidential
election, Cabinet Chief
Alberto Fernandez said
Monday.
CUBA:
Women Combating Shortage
of Decent Housing
Juana Hilda Naranjo no
longer worries when it
rains. For the last
three years she has been
living in a modern
apartment out of reach
of the water and wind,
thanks to the efforts of
the Taller de
Transformación
(Transformation
Workshop) in the poor,
predominantly black
Havana neighbourhood of
Pogolotti.
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