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Monday 28 April 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Bomberos To Pressure
Fire Hydrant Law
The country counts with
about five thousand fire
hydrants for the "bomberos"
(firefighters) to
connect their hoses to.
However, how many are
actually working? The
Cuerpo de Bomberos (fire
department) estimates
less than half.
Costa Ricans
Believe Arias Doing a Good Job
Half way through his
term, since taking office on May 8,
2006, Costa Rican president, Oscar
Arias, is getting good marks for his
performance.
Banks Impose Cumbersome
Requirements To Open An
Account
Opening a bank account
or getting a loan
approved has become more
difficult as banks
impose cumbersome
requirements of their
would be clients.
Chinese
Vice-Premier To Visit
China's vice-premier Hui
Liangyu will pay an
official visit to Costa
Rica beginning May 3.
The vice-premier will
also visit Venezuela,
Uruguay and Argentinga
during his tour.
First Lutheran Bishop in
Costa Rica
Melvin Jiménez was
consecrated as the first
Lutheran bishop in Costa
Rica at a ceremony at
the Lutheran church in
San José.
Technology at Home
Cellular phone, computer, and cable TV
are the information technologies which
have most permeated Costa Rican
households in the last seven years.
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Solidarity with Cuba in
Nicaragua
Dozens of Nicaraguans
celebrated the 8th
National Meeting of
Solidarity with Cuba,
and affirmed the US
blockade is a genocide
practice against the
Cuban people.
Biofuels Affect Food
Availability
Agriculture ministers
from Central America,
the Caribbean, and the
ALBA member countries
strongly condemned the
use of grains to produce
biofuels.
Cuba Day at Bogota Book
Fair
The 21st edition of
Bogota's International
Book Fair is celebrating
the Day of Cuba Sunday,
with the presentation of
several titles by Cuban
authors, and talks at
the Corferia center in
this capital.
Correa for May Day March
Ecuadorian President
Rafael Correa has
proposed celebrating May
Day in peace and joy, in
comparison to opposition
demonstrations announced
by some trade unions.
Brazil: Amazon Rain
Forest Defender Shot to
Death
An Amazon farmer who
often received death
threats because he
reported illegal logging
to authorities was shot
to death as he left his
house, Brazilian media
reported Saturday.
ECONOMY-MEXICO:
Sunny Today, Cloudy
Tomorrow
So far, the Mexican
economy has not fallen
prey to the ills
affecting its principal
trading partner, the
United States, and is
surviving internal
political tensions
arising from government
initiatives to reform
the state-owned oil
company. But conditions
could deteriorate in the
second half of the year.
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