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Wednesday 17 October
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Flooding Reported
in 65 of the 81 Cantones, With More Bad
Weather On The Way
The 'yellow' and 'red' alerts continue
in the country has heavy rains have been
the cause of 18 deaths in the last nine
days, more than 2.000 flooded and some
1.400 people being housed in shelters,
and at least 27 routes damaged.
Costa Rica Wins UN
Security Council Seat
Dominican Republic
withdrew its bid for a
seat in the United
Nations Security
Council, paving the way
for Costa Rica to occupy
the post, declaring it
was in defense of the
unity and solidarity of
Latin America and the
Caribbean.
U.S. Forgives Costa
Rican Debt to Help
Environment
The United States has
agreed to forgive us$26
million of Costa Rica’s
debt as part a
debt-for-nature swap
that will protect some
of the country’s most
threatened tropical
forests, officials said.
Costa Rica to Strengthen
Cooperation With China
With Arias Visit
Against a background of
a nearly two-thirds
increase in bilateral
trade in the first seven
months of this year, the
Costa Rican government
is looking for an
impending state visit to
China to further boost
trade and relations.
Nicaragua: No More
Columbus Day
Columbus Day on October
12, marking the arrival
of Spanish colonizers to
the Americas 515 years
ago, will no longer be
observed in Nicaraguan
schools as of this year,
an official source said.
Ortega to Visit Honduras
on Friday
Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega will visit
Honduras this weekend to
discuss issues of
bilateral interest with
his counterpart, Manuel
Zelaya, the Foreign
Ministry said in a
communiqué on Monday.
Panama Consumer Prices
Increase Again
The Consumer Price Index
in Panama increased 5.2
percent at the end of
September, comp
+
Guatemalan authorities
are speeding up
arrangements for the
November 4 runoffs to
elect president and vice
president, and repeat
voting in three
municipalities.
Cuban Election Process
Satisfactory
Chair of Cuba's National
Electoral Commission
María Esther Reus
described as
satisfactory the
undergoing process
countrywide for
elections on October 21.
RIGHTS-GUATEMALA:
New Rules for Lucrative
Adoption Business
Non-governmental
organisations from
Guatemala asked the
Inter-American
Commission on Human
Rights (IACHR) to
consider a case
involving international
adoptions, a lucrative
business in this Central
American country that is
about to be subjected to
tougher rules.
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