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Tuesday 09 December
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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Transport Minister
Promises Jail For Drunk
Drivers For Christmas
With a vote of 45
legislators in favour
and four against, the
reforms to the Ley de
Tránsito that imposes
stiff fines and
penalties, was approved
in second debate at
6:23pm yesterday.
Forest Fires Cooled Off
So Far This Year
(InfoWebPress –
www.journalcr.com) – The
Ministry of the
Environment and Energy (MINAE)
announced that the
country has been able to
reduce the impact of
forest fires so far in
2008 to 23,417 affected
hectares, compared to
32,422 hectares in 2007.
Festival de la Luz Saturday
Nine floats, ten
marching bands and eight
groups of cheerleaders
will be performing for
an estimate one million
people for this
Saturday's "Festival de
la Luz" in San José.
60.000 GSM Lines On
Monday
For those looking for a
cellular line, the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE),
will be making available
60.000 GSM lines
beginning Monday,
December 15.
Telemarketer Sentenced
for His Role in a
Massive Fraud Scheme
Targeting U.S. Residents
A room manager of a
telemarketing call
centre operating out of
Costa Rica was sentenced
today to 11 years in
prison for his
participation in a
massive, Costa
Rica-based,
telemarketing fraud
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Rice To Visit Panama
WASHINGTON - At the
invitation of Panamanian
President Martin
Torrijos Espino,
Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice will
travel to Panama on Dec.
9 and 10, U.S. State
Department announced on
Monday.
Nicaraguan Writer Says
Government Is Censoring
Him
Manauga (AP) —
Nicaraguan writer Sergio
Ramirez says his
government is censoring
him by blocking
publication of his
prologue to the work of
an earlier Nicaraguan
poet.
Caricom Urges End of
U.S. Embargo Against
Cuba
Havana - The Caribbean
Community (Caricom) on
Monday demanded an end
to the U.S. embargo
against Cuba at a Cuba-Caricom
summit in the eastern
Cuban city of Santiago
de Cuba.
Raul Castro Calls For
Solidarity to Handle
Financial Crisis
Havana - Cuban Leader
Raul Castro on Monday
called for solidarity
between Latin America
and the Caribbean to
efficiently handle the
coming "disaster"
brought by the
international financial
crisis.
Russia, Argentina To
Expand Economic Links
Moscow - The seminar
Trade, Investments and
Business Opportunities
taking place Monday in
this capital will
increase economic links
between Russia and
Argentina, a diplomatic
source from the South
American country
reported.
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SALVADOR: Gold Mining
'Is a Huge Rip-Off' -
Environmentalists
A black coffin was
consigned to the flames
amid music and fireworks
as dozens of people from
Salvadoran communities
that fear the impacts of
gold and silver mining
celebrated a "symbolic
burial" of the Pacific
Rim Mining Corporation,
a Canadian-based
company.
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