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¡Feliz Año Nuevo!
Happy New Year! around
the world: Xin Nian Kuai
Le, GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR!,
Prosit Neujahr,
L'Shannah Tovah, Felice
anno nuovo, Szczesliwego
Nowego Roku, Sawadee Pee
Mai, and in Canadian,
Happy New Year, eh!
We will be back on
January 3.
Monday 31 December 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
CNFL Investing in Wind
Power Generation
The Compañía Nacional de
Fuerza y Luz (CNFL) is
moving closer to
completion its project
to use the wind to
generate electrical
power. For the last five
years The CNFL has been
studying the wind in the
Cerro Pabellón in Santa
Ana.
Trailer Loses Control,
Two Dead, Eight
Injured As a Result
Despite the efforts of
the Policía de Tránsito
(traffic police) to
reduce the number of
deaths from traffic
accidents, blood
continues to spill.
Zapote Bulls Cost More
Today
The concessionaire that
provides the bull
entertainment at the
Zapote fair has decided
to cash in on the last
days of the event,
raising the entry price
from ¢4.000 colones to
¢10.000 colones for the
shows on Sunday and
Monday.
The Rush To Get
Home
Some 800 officials of the Policía de
Tránsito (traffic police) - almost the
entire force - will be out on patrol
today and tomorrow as vacationers start
to head home. The traffic built up will
start today, however, Tránsito expects
massive traffic congestion for tomorrow,
January 1 and the following day, January
2.
Green Sea Turtles
Reemerging
Endangered green sea
turtles are enjoying a
slow but steady recovery
at six major nesting
grounds, according to a
new analysis going back
30 years. The findings
suggest that
conservation efforts are
pulling the large
reptiles back from the
brink of extinction.
Construction Boom
in Panama is Built on Drug Money
The shiny skyscrapers
that soar above Panama City's coast and
loom over the small Central American
capital give it a skyline more suited to
an Asian powerhouse like Hong Kong or
Singapore.
Colombia FARC May
Release Hostages Today
The release of three
people detained by the
FARC (Revolutionary
Armed Forces of
Colombia) could happen
on Sunday in the next
hours, as soon as the
insurgency announces the
coordinates of the spot
to hand them over.
Venezuela in Monetary
Reconversion Countdown
Venezuela's financial
system is currently
making final adjustments
to introduce the strong
bolivar as 2008 arrives,
as part of a process of
reconversion which will
drop three zeroes to the
running currency.
Cuban Cocktails Promoted
Worldwide
For the end of 2007, and
with international
impact, Cuban tourism
authorities proposed a
list of cocktails made
from Cuban rum Havana
Club Añejo 7 Años.
COLOMBIA:
Hostages Release Goes
Far Beyond Personal
Ordeal
The long ordeal of two
of the 45 hostages held
by the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC), whose release
was promised by the
guerrilla leadership on
Dec. 18, appears at long
last to be coming to an
end.
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