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Monday 10 December 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Teletón A Total Success!
Though the weather was
not the greatest this
weekend, with rain on
and off Satuday night
and into Sunday morning,
the annual "teletón"
(telethon) to raise
money for sick children,
was a total success.
Fill Your Tank Today,
Gasoline Prices Increase
at Midnight
Another round of
gasoline price hikes
takes in effect at the stroke of
midnight tonight.
Chinese Goods Popular,
But Have Mixed Images in
Costa Rica
Chinese-made products
are generally cheap and
popular in Costa Rica,
but have mixed images.
Many Costa Rican
consumers say that
Chinese products enjoy a
big demand because of
their affordability.
Coca Cola Lights
Its Christmas Tree
Families gathered Sunday
for the lighting of the Christmas tree
of the Coca Cola company, the company
that actually helped shape this
modern-day image of Santa through its
advertising.
Pay Your Water
Bill Or Be Without Service AyA Warns
Late Payers
For
those who haven't paid
their water bill this
month, the Acueductos y
Alcantarillados (AYA) -
water and sewer utility
- says it will be out in
full force this week to
cut off later paying
customers.
Nicaragua President
Requests Plan To
Nationalize Oil
Importation
President Daniel Ortega
has instructed his
cabinet to come up with
a plan to nationalize
the importation of oil,
a responsibility now
largely held by the
U.S.-owned Esso Standard
Oil.
Panama 'Dream' Ends in
Media Glare
For the last three days
I have been camped
outside the small
apartment in Panama City
that Anne Darwin bought
just six weeks ago, and
I have not been alone.
Bank of South
Inaugurated in Argentina
The Presidents of
Brazil, Venezuela,
Paraguay, Bolivia,
Ecuador, Uruguay and
Argentina will meet here
on Sunday to sign the
foundational act of the
Bank of the South, which
will fund regional
projects, official
sources confirmed on
Saturday.
France Sees Great
Opportunity in Colombia
Convinced that it is
"now or never", the
French government has
diversified its efforts
in favor of a
humanitarian exchange of
prisoners and the
specific release of
Ingrid Betancourt in
Colombia.
Colombia Calls for Red
Cross Visit to Hostages
Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe on Sunday
made a televised call
for the Red Cross to be
allowed to visit
hostages held by the
country's largest rebel
group..
DEVELOPMENT-LATIN
AMERICA:
Local Innovation - Fresh
and Fair
This is no ordinary
contest. The
participants are from
the most vulnerable
areas of Latin America,
and they are already
winners because they
have been selected out
of 900 projects applying
for the Social
Innovation Fair
organised by ECLAC in
this southern Brazilian
city.
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