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Floods and Evacuations Due to
Heavy Rain, Red Alert For
Pacific Coast
The heavy rains and flooding
that have inundated the Pacific
Coast for the last few days has
left 900 persons evacuated and
claimed its first victims. The
northern Caribbean zone affected
as well.
Nicaragua Would Use Arms if
Costa Rica Makes Charges in
International Court
The feud between Costa Rican and
Nicaraguan deputies over the
navigation of the Río San Juan
that divides Costa Rica with
Nicaragua is heating up again as
the President of Central
America, the Dominican Republic
and Taiwan are getting set to
begin a summit today.
ICE Workers to Protest Today,
All ICE Offices and Services
Will Be Suspended
Workers at the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) will shut down the
institution today as they plan
to take to the streets in
protest in "defence of the
institution", demanding that the
Poder Ejecutivo and Legislativo
approve a law that would
strengthen ICE in the face of
the Tratado Libre de Comercio
(TLC) - free trade agreement
with the United States.
Pirate
Taxi Was Really Drug Dealer
Calling a taxi in Quepos got you
more than a ride to your
destination, this according to
police who arrested 25 year old,
Vargas Tenorio, who in addition
providing pirate taxi services,
also used his taxi to distribute
drugs.
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