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Wednesday 12 September
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Countdown to TLC Referendum:
25
Days
ICE Increases Wind
Power Generation
The Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) said it will begin to
exploit wind power by December 2008 with
the handing out of a contract to a Costa
Rican - German consortium to harness
some 50 megawatts of power.
Heavy Police Presence
Promised For Cartago
Friday For Independence
Day Ceremonies
Costa Rican authorities
said yesterday that they
will not accept disorder
and disturbances by
groups both in favour
and against the Tratado
de Libre Comercio con
Estados Unidos (TLC) on
Friday night when the
Arias cabinet meeting
will be held in Cartago.
Heavy Rain and Flooding
Caused Damage in Many
Parts of the Country
The Comisión Nacional de
Emergencias (CNE) -
National Emergency
Commission - said
yesterday in a statement
that it will be heading
out to Heredia and other
parts of the country to
assess the damage caused
by the latest pounding
by heavy rains.
Costa Rica
Environmentalists Fear
Disaster at
Canadian-Owned Gold Mine
Environmental groups say
potential cyanide
seepage and landslides
at a Canadian-owned gold
mine in northern Costa
Rica could cause serious
environmental damage.
U.S. Fugitive Deported
Nicholas Himmelsbach,
wanted by New Mexico
authorities, is in the
hands of U.S. officials
after being deported
from Costa Rica on
Tuesday.
Medical Collaboration
Unites Central America
The protagonist role of
medical collaboration in
Latin America was
highlighted during the
annual meeting of health
ministers of Central
America and the
Dominican Republic.
US Wants Panama Congress
Chair Out
The US, with support
from Panamanian
political and economic
circles, is stepping up
pressure to remove
Parliament Chairman
Pedro Miguel Gonzalez,
who it claims killed a
US marine.
Hemorrhagic Dengue
Kills Ten in Honduras
Honduras health
authorities fear the
latest death registered
be caused by hemorrhagic
dengue fever, just as
the government was
celebrating a decrease
in the propagation of
the disease.
Fidel Castro Claims U.S.
Misled World Over Sept.
11 Attacks
Cuban leader Fidel
Castro claimed Tuesday
the U.S. government had
misinformed the world
about the Sept. 11
attacks on the United
States six years ago.
Colombia to Extradite 4
Citizens to U.S. For
Trial
The Colombian government
will extradite four of
its citizens to stand
trial in the United
States on drugs
trafficking and other
charges, a government
statement said Tuesday.
VENEZUELA:
Prison Homicides Still
Routine
In Venezuela’s prisons,
"every human right is
violated every single
day," said a Latin
American ambassador in a
private conversation a
decade ago,
rationalising the
actions of some of his
fellow-countrymen who
had fled from justice in
this country.
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