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Sunday 12 October 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Calderón For President.
Maybe.
Former president Rafael
Ángel Calderón Fournier
was very pleased at the
news that the Partido
Unidad Socialcristiana (PUSC)
has paved the way for
his eventual candidature
for the presidential
elections in 2010.
Banco Central Exchanges
Old Coins And Bills For
New
While hoarding coins due
to their value goes back
to the beginning of
coinage, the Banco
Central de Costa Rica (BCCR)
- Central Bank - has
come up with a plan to
collect all those old
coins and notes that are
still in circulation and
trade them for new
issues.
Central America and
Europe Cannot Agree On
Banana Tariffs
The free trade
negotiations between the
European Union and
Central America bore no
fruit on Friday amid
continuous disagreements
on both sides regarding
tariffs on items like
coffee, sugar and
banana.
Evolutionary Race
Against Warming in Costa
Rica, Study Shows
Costa Rican
ants, moths and plants
are migrating to higher,
cooler sites as part of
an evolutionary race
against rising
temperatures, a study
that goes against the
belief that tropical
species are unaffected
by climate change
showed.
Mixed Bag For New World
Giants
USA and Costa
Rica did what they
needed to on Saturday
night, both sides
earning big wins to book
passage to the final
round of FIFA World Cup™
qualifying in North,
Central America and the
Caribbean. Mexico, for
their part, failed to
make it three-for-three
with two games to go for CONCACAF's 'big three',
losing out to Jamaica in
Kingston.
Costa Rica National Surf
Team Arrives In Portugal
for World Surfing Games
After a long flight of
12 hours, the Costa Rica
National Surf team has
arrived in Costa De
Caprica, Portugal, in
the region of Almeda,
where they are prepared
to compete in the
worldwide event par
excellence, the 2008
International Surfing
Association (ISA) World
Surfing Games (WSG) that
will take place October
11 through 19, 2008.
Nicaragua: God Is
Punishing U.S.,
President Says
Nicaraguan president
Daniel Ortega said the
financial crisis was
God’s way of punishing
the United States for
trying to impose its
economic principles on
poor countries.
Guatemala Forum Decries
FTA with US
GUATEMALA - he free
trade agreement between
Central American and the
US has failed to
accomplish all the
supposed fairness and
pledges advocated by its
promoters, participants
at the Social Forum of
the Americas denounced
in Guatemala.
Venezuela Border Ops to
Continue
CARACAS - The Venezuelan
National Guard said
Saturday border
operations in Tachira
state against the
smuggling of goods will
continue.
Brazil: No Budget Cuts
For Infrastructure
Despite Financial Crisis
RIO DE JANEIRO -
Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva
said Friday that the
country will not cut
budgets allocated for
infrastructure programs
despite the current
financial crisis.
Peru Names New Prime
Minister After Cabinet's
Resignation
LIMA - Peruvian
President Alan Garcia
Saturday named Yehude
Simon as new prime
minister a day after the
13-member cabinet led by
Jorge del Castillo
resigned en masse over
corruption allegations.
Q&A: Central American
"Exports, Production,
Employment" Hit by
Crisis
The financial
crisis in the United
States and Europe could
cause a fall in Central
American exports,
tourism, property
investments and
remittances sent by
migrant workers to their
families, Costa Rican
economist Eduardo Lizano
says in this interview
with IPS.
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