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Monday 15 October
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Holiday Monday!
Legislator Proposes Fine
For Not Voting in
Elections
Costa Ricans not voting
in the country'
elections can cost them
if a proposal by
legislative deputy, José
Manuel Echandi, of the
Partido Unión Nacional
(PUN), is accepted and
the Código Electoral
amended.
Rain Is The
Greatest Enemy of Roads, Says MOPT
Minister
The heavy rainy season has caused much
damage to the national road system says
the ministra de Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT), Karla González, who
assures that the rain is the number one
enemy of the road infrastructure.
Death Toll in Central
America Rains at 21
Three children and a
woman were killed when
their boat capsized in
Honduras, officials said
Sunday, raising to 21
the death toll from days
of torrential rains that
have driven thousands
from their homes across
Central America.
Central America Travel
Market A Success
Costa Rica this weekend
hosted the Central
America Travel Market,
an annual fair that
brings together tourism
sellers from the region
to promote their goods
and services to
international buyers.
Panama, Colombia for
High Investment Flow
About 20 Colombian
enterprises form a
commercial mission that
will arrive here later
this month to boost
bilateral exchange,
released business
sources on Sunday.
Panamanian Indigenous
University Students
Demand Rights
University students from
Panamanian indigenous
communities denounced
the privations their
regions are suffering
and demanded more access
to land and respect for
their cultural
traditions.
Cuba, Venezuela Make ALBA Real
Cuba and Venezuela are due to
sign important agreements
related to the Bolivarian
Alternative for the Americas at
Havana's Conference Center
Monday afternoon, Granma
newspaper reported today.
Castro speaks live for
first time since July
2006
Cuban leader Fidel
Castro spoke by
telephone on Sunday with
his visiting Venezuelan
counterpart Hugo Chavez,
his first live
appearance on Cuban
airwaves since July
2006.
Rescuers resume search for 10
missing in collapsed Colombian
mine
Rescuers resumed their search
Sunday for 10 people who
remained missing after
Saturday's gold mine collapse in
Cauca province, said the mayor
of the town where the mine is
located.
COLOMBIA:
The ‘Other’ Death
Penalty
"It was you
yourselves who killed my
daddy," snapped the
12-year-old campesino
girl before walking
away, leaving the
soldier talking to
himself. He had just
entered the family’s
small farmhouse in
southern Colombia while
the rest of the troops
waited outside, and
asked after "the owner."
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