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Wednesday 27 February 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
ICE and Alcatel
Make Up, ICE President Says "There Is No
Other Option"
Despite the scandals
that rocked the country as alleged
payoffs went high as far as a former
president, the Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE) has awarded the
French telecommunications firm contracts
worth millions of dollars, even though
Alcatel faces a judicial trial for
bribery of public officials.
Gasoline Station
Attendants To Receive
Training That Includes
Accident Simulation
The Cuerpo de Bomberos
(fire department) with a
donation by gasoline
retailer, Shell, have
established the first
simulated gas station to
train gas station
attendants for
emergencies and to
prevent gasoline station
accidents.
Health Minister Warns
Not To Mix "Red Bull"
With Alcohol or Drugs
Although the sale of the
energy drink Red Bull is
prohibited in some
countries, usually due
to its taurine content
or its alleged high
level of caffeine, the
drink is freely sold in
Costa Rica and now the
ministra de Salud
(health minister), María
Luisa Ávila Agüero, is
asking consumers not to
mix the drink and
alcohol or pills as the
mix can have fatal
consequences.
Frontier's Leap Year
Sale
This week, Frontier
Airlines is having a
seven-day nationwide
sale running through
Monday, March 3. Flyers
coast-to-coast can take
advantage of fares
across the United
States, Canada, Costa
Rica and Mexico as low
as $49* each way.
Sentenced Wife Killer
Burgos Asks For A
Re-Trial
Luis Fernando Burgos,
the former public
defender found guilty
and sentenced to 35
years prison for killing
his wife, Mauren
Hidalgo, may get another
day in court as the
Corte Suprema de
Justicia or Sala III has
decided to accept new
evidence in the closed
case.
Get The Umbrella
And Overcoat Ready As The "Rainy Season"
Expected To Begin in April, One Month
Early
The "rainy season" or
winter will come early this year,
according to the Instituto Meteorologico
Nacional (IMN) - the national weather
service - and it all be blamed on "La
Niña".
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Fidel Castro,
Indisputable Latin
American Leader
Fidel Castro has been
the indisputable leader
of all Latin American
revolutionaries,
Nicaragua's First Lady
and spokeswoman for the
Sandinista government
Rosario Murillo said
Tuesday.
Major Banks'
Ratings Unaffected By Upgrade On Panama
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said
Panama's upgrade to 'BB+' from 'BB' will
not affect the ratings on Banco General
SA, BBVA Panama SA y Subsidiarias ,
Primer Banco del Istmo SA (Banistmo).
Venezuela Ready for FARC
Hostages
Actions aimed at
releasing four former
legislators by the
Colombian insurgency
focus Tuesday the
Venezuelan political
stage, awaiting signals
to concrete that
important peace step.
Uruguay Government
Repeals Military
Immunity Measures
Uruguay's President
Tabare Vazquez has
signed a document
repealing the so-called
"secret of state"
measure that granted
military officials the
right to withhold
information, local media
reported Tuesday.
Bolivia, ALBA Unplug
Transnationals
Bolivian Hydrocarbon
Minister Carlos Villegas
said Tuesday that the
gradual recovery of the
electric sector is part
of strategy boosted by
the Morales government
and the Bolivarian
Alternative for the
Peoples of the Americas
Trade Agreement (ALBA).
SPAIN-COSTA RICA:
"You Are Nobody in This
Country"
As European barriers
against immigration have
become tighter and
tighter, the number of
Costa Ricans turned back
at the international
airport in Madrid is
steadily growing, even
though people from this
Central American country
do not need a visa to
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