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Saturday 26 January 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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Low Traffic Fines
Give License to Reckless Driving
Driving in Costa Rica
can be challenge as bad and reckless
drivers could care less of the rules of
the road and aren't to worried about
being fined, mainly due to the
antiquated Ley de Tránsito (traffic
laws) with fines so low that most
drivers see it as "the cost of doing
business".
Group Formed in
Defense of Referendum Vote
Upset over the slow
process and stalling of some legislators
in approving the parallel laws required
to put into effect the Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - free trade agreement
with the United States - a group has
formed a movement in defense of the
referendum that approved the TLC.
Big Harvest Peak
Overloads Costa Rica's
Coffee Mills
Costa Rica's coffee
millers are working
overtime to process one
of the heaviest harvest
peaks in over a decade,
but growers say crop
quality will not suffer.
Maradona's "Showbol"
Cancelled in Costa Rica
Argentine soccer legend
Diego Maradona's "Showbol"
programmed for March 1
at Ricardo Saprissa
stadium was unexpectedly
cancelled, the event's
organizer Novaterra
company informed on
Friday.
Jacó Music
Festival
The Playa Jacó Music Festival is set to
take place on February 2 at the Finca
Proyecto Garabu. The main performance of
the event will be Daddy Yankee as part
of his Big Boss tour.
Careful With Calls From
Banks Asking For Credit
Card Information
The Banco Popular has
issued a warning of a
group of scamsters who
are using the telephone
to extract credit card
information and the use
it to make purchases
over the internet.
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Nicaragua Demands US
Respect
Nicaraguan political
sectors on Friday
demanded respect for the
country's
self-determination and
sovereignty, after
Robert J. Callahan was
alleged to be the US
ambassador to the
Central American nation.
Nicaragua to Supply Meat
to Venezuela
Nicaragua is to begin
providing Venezuela with
500 tons of meat, as
well as agricultural
products, Nicaraguan
President Daniel Ortega
announced Friday.
Guatemalan
Dictatorships-Operation
Condor Link Investigated
The Guatemalan Human
Rights Attorney's Office
reported a possible
connection between the
former National Police
and the South American
military regimes that
implemented Operation
Condor.
Caribbean Council Opens
in Panama
Panamanian Foreign
Minister Samuel Lewis
expressed his country's
sincere and active
commitment to the
Association of Caribbean
States on Friday, upon
inaugurating its 13th
Council of Ministers.
Cuba Deciding Parliament
Leaders
The National Commission
of Candidates (CCN)
assessed on Friday
merits of the 614 Cuban
deputies to the
parliament to nominate
those who will hold the
main leading posts of
that legislative organ.
RIGHTS-GUATEMALA:
Legal Action by
Activists Against Judges
Stymied
A Guatemalan court
rejected accusations
lodged by Coordinación
Genocidio Nunca Más
(Genocide, Never Again)
Wednesday against the
members of the
Constitutional Court,
which in December
blocked the extradition
to Spain of seven people
accused of crimes
against humanity.
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