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Thursday 07 August
2008, San José, Costa Rica
TLC Almost A Reality As
September Deadline Fast
Approaches
The Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - Free
Trade Agreement with the
United States - is
almost a done deal with
the approval of the last
of the "parallel laws"
receiving approved in
first debate.
Poll Indicates Drop In
Insecurity
The perception of
insecurity dropped 9.9%
according to the latest
poll by Demoscopía for
the Spanish language
daily, Al Día.
Law Banning Parental
Beatings Puts PANI To
Work
Although the law that
bans parents from
physically discipline
their children does not
provide punishment for
those that do not
comply, parents and
guardians will be under
the watchful eyes of the
Patronato Nacional de la
Infancia (PANI) - child
welfare agency.
Costa Rica Elected To
UPU Council
Costa Rica has been
chosen to the Council of
the Consejo de
Explotación Postal de la
Unión Postal Universal (UPU)
- the Universal Postal
Union, an international
organization that
coordinates postal
policies between member
nations, and hence the
world-wide postal
system.
Bus Fare Hike Approved
Next Wednesday the price
of gasoline goes up at
all pumps around the
country and so will bus
fares, as the Autoridad
Reguladora de los
Servicios Públicos (Aresep)
yesterday approved
increased fares on 723
routes in the country.
Panama To Open Up Latin
American Diamond Market
PANAMA CITY - Diamond
sellers are setting
their sights on Latin
America's increasingly
prosperous middle class,
which is benefiting from
economic growth and
stability, as U.S. and
European sales of the
rare stones slow.
Guatemala Parliament
Head Resigns
GUATEMALA - Eduardo
Meyer officially filed
his permanent
resignation on Wednesday
from the post of
president of the Board
of Directors of the
Guatemalan Congress,
from which he was
temporarily dismissed
due to a financial
scandal in the said
body.
ICRC Deplores Improper
Use Of Red Cross Emblem
In Colombia
GENEVA - The
International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC)
expressed on Wednesday
serious concern over an
"intentional misuse" of
the red cross emblem by
the Colombian military
last month.
Cuba's AIDS Experience
in Mexico
MEXICO - Results to
prevent HIV/AIDS in Cuba
start from the criterion
to face this disease
with an integral
approach, the island's
Deputy Health Minister
Luis Strucht stated in
this capital.
Brazilian Police Detect
Plot To Kidnap
President's Son
RIO DE JANEIRO -
Brazilian police said
Wednesday that they had
detected a plot by two
drug dealers to kidnap
the son of President
Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva to extort the
government.
HEALTH:
Global Village or Sexual
Minorty Ghetto?
Dealing with
transgenders (TGs) can
be confusing. Even the
organisers of the 17th
International AIDS
Conference underway in
this city failed to
accommodate the third
gender by providing them
separate toilets.
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