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Friday 22 August
2008, San José, Costa Rica
Court Orders
Reinstatement Of Fired
Hospital Calderón
Officials, Strike Over
The hospital workers
strike at the Calderón
Guardia came an end with
the decision of the Sala
Constitucional
(Constitutional Court)
that ordered the
reinstatement of former
hospital director, Luis
Paulino Hernández
Castañeda, hospital
administrator, Fernando
Roldán and maintenance
chief, Carlos Vílchez.
ICE Should Not Award 3G
Contract To Chinese,
Arias Says
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, has asked
the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE), not
to award the Chinese
company, Huwai
Technologies, the bid
for the new 3G cellular
lines, asking the state
telecom to open up the
bidding again.
Lower Tourist Arrivals
At Liberia
For the second
consecutive month the
number of tourists
arriving at the Daniel
Oduber international
airport in Liberia was
lower that then same
period in 2007.
Costa Rica Joins Nations
For Full Market Access
Of U.S. Beef
FarmersAgriculture
Secretary Ed Schafer
reviewed the success
from recent openings of
U.S. beef markets into
Costa Rica, Belize,
Qatar and Ghana
recognizing
international trade
standards for U.S. beef
and beef products from
cattle of all ages.
Man Shoots And Kills His
Wife in Cold Blood For
Cheating On Him
In a jealous rage, an
Alajuela man shoots in
cold blood his wife and
mother of his four
children and then
attempted suicide.
Arias Surprises No One
by Turning his Back on
the Dalai Lama
This analysis was
prepared by Council on
Hemispheric Affairs (COHA)
Research Associate
Suzana Shepard-Durini
Nicaragua: Bolivar,
Marti and Sandino Forum
MANAGUA - An
international forum on
Bolivar, Marti and
Sandino, as an
ideological basis for
the Bolivarian
Alternative for the
Americas, was held
Thursday at UNI (the
National Engineering
University), in Managua.
Honduras Rally Supports
ALBA
TEGUCIGALPA - The
"Bloque Popular" party,
drawing together over 50
organizations, is
readying Thursday for a
rally to support
Honduras' entry to the
Bolivarian Alternative
for the Peoples of Our
America (ALBA).
China-Cuba Officials
Meet
BEIJING - Chinese
Vice-prime Minister Li
Kegiang welcomed Cuban
Minister Council
Vice-president Jose
Ramon Fernandez, who
heads the Island's
sports delegation to the
Beijing-2008 Games, at
the government
headquarters.
Chavez Confirms Orinoco
Socialist Plan
CARACAS - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez
launched the Orinico
Socialist Development
Plan to operate with
$408.3 million.
Morales Calls on
Soldiers to Defend Unity
COCHABAMBA -
Bolivian President Evo
Morales called on
members of the armed
forces to defend
national unity, which is
the core of the current
process of changes.
CUBA:
Fresh Salad - No Longer
"Grass for the Chileans"
When leafy vegetables
like watercress or
cabbage showed up at the
local market in the
1970s and 1980s in
Alamar, a suburb east of
the Cuban capital,
locals would say "here’s
grass for the Chileans."
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