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Thursday 10 January 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
World Bank Approves
us$72.5 million to
Revitalize Limón
The port city of Limón,
on the Caribbean coast,
will soon get a
revitalization thanks to
a loan for us$72.5
million dollars by the
World Bank. The
revamping is being
called the Port-City
Limón Project.
Government and State
Banks Meet To Talk
Fusion
The meeting between the
government and the
president of the state
banks, Banco Nacional,
Banco de Costa Rica and
Bancredito, to discuss
the possible fusion of
the state banks took
place at Casa
Presidencial yesterday.
Costa Rica, China Begin
Talks On Free Trade
A Chinese business
delegation is in Costa Rica to explore
the possibilities of a bilateral free
trade.
Testing of Plasma Engine
Delayed Two Months
In typical Costa Rican
fashion of postponing
things, Costa Ricand and
former NASA astrounat,
Franklin Chang, said
yesterday that plans to
test his new plamsa
engine would occur in
March and not this month
as had been expected.
New EagleRider Location
Opens in Costa Rica
EagleRider, the world's
largest motorcycle
rental and touring
company, is excited to
announce the addition of
its first location in
Costa Rica. The new
EagleRider Affiliate is
located in San Antonio
de Escazú at the White
House Hotel.
Nicaragua: 55%
Disapprove of Ortega's
First Year
President Daniel Ortega
has lost support in his
first year back in
office and is
increasingly seen as
authoritarian, according
to a poll published
Wednesday.
Panama's Noriega
Loses Another Round
Judge Paul C. Huck of
United States District Court in Miami
denied a request by lawyers for the
former Panamanian strongman Manuel
Antonio Noriega to block his extradition
to France to face money laundering
charges.
Honduras: Poor Little
Emigrants
At least 500 Hondurans,
including 100 children,
emigrate illegally
everyday, according to
figures provided by the
Honduran Department of
Immigration.
Cuban Electoral
Authorities in Training
Cuba is preparing more
than 190,000 citizens to
work at voting places
January 20, when the
delegates to the
National Assembly and
the deputies for the
provincial assemblies
will be chosen.
Venezuela Readying for
Hostage Release
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez announced on
Wednesday that Colombian
insurgents sent him the
location coordinates for
the release of former
Colombian vice
presidential candidate
Clara Rojas and former
congresswoman Consuelo
Gonzalez.
COLOMBIA:
Black Communities
Organise in Country’s
Poorest Region
During the "high season"
of popular festivals in
Colombia’s Chocó region,
"pregnant girls as young
as 13 start flowing in,"
says a nursing assistant
in the obstetrics
department at the
hospital of the
provincial capital,
Quibdó.
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