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Sunday 21December
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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Electrical Rate Hike
Approved
The Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) is
playing "Grinch" this
Christmas with higher
electrical rates for
next month.
Garbage Piling Up In
Alajuela As Dump
Temporarily Closed
Garbage is piling up in
the streets of seven
cantones - Mora, Grecia,
Poás, Atenas, Santa
Bárbara, San Rafael and
Heredia. The reason?
Nowhere to dump the
refuse.
Customs Depot
Inaugurated in Liberia
Almacenes del Pacifico
HA (ALPHA) S.A. unveiled
this Dec. 15 the new
location of its customs
depot, near Liberia’s
Daniel Oduber
International Airport.
Colourful Cows Graze in
Guanacaste
Cows
— animals that have been
an integral part of
Guanacaste’s economy and
culture — have overtaken
the parks of Liberia and Filadelfia. But on this
occasion, the grazing
ruminants are a bit less
aggressive and, well, of
drastically different
breeds.
Texas Students Create
Books To Teach Costa
Rican Children
Students in Regina
Reyna's communication
graphics class hope the
tiny gifts they are
sending to
kindergarteners in Costa
Rica will have a big
impact. The McAllen
Memorial High School
(Texas) students created
tiny picture books to
help children in that
country learn English.
You Too Can Throw A Shoe
At President Bush
US President Bush's
quick reflexes spared
him getting hit by a
shoe hurled at him in
Baghdad.
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Nicaragua Parliament in
Negotiations
Managua -
Negotiations continue on
Friday at the Nicaragua
National Assembly
(Parliament), where
political parties are
seeking consensus to
call for a special
session to pass several
economic bills.
Guatemala Congress
Convenes Special Session
Guatemala - The
Guatemala Congress
Permanent Commission
will convene a special
session to postpone the
state of calamity in
several municipalities
after last October's
damages and flooding,
caused by the rain,
still remain.
Colombia Notes Summit
Contributions
Bogota - The
recently finished Latin
America and Caribbean
Summit over Development
and Integration held in
Brazil is considered an
important step for
regional integration,
sources emphasized here
Saturday.
Prison for Fujimori
Collaborators
Lima - Six Peruvian ex
high ranking military
officials were sentenced
to prison on Friday for
having used military
funds to finance illegal
intelligence operations
by the government of
Alberto Fujimori
(1990-2000).
Venezuela Razes Six
Illegal Drug Labs
Caracas - Venezuelan
Justice and Interior
Minister Tareck el
Aissami confirmed that
six illegal drug labs
were razed Thursday near
the border with
Colombia.
CUBA: "I’m a Man and I
Cry"
"I was ashamed to cry,"
confesses Alejandro López, a burly Cuban man
who a year ago decided
to break away from
violence and leave
behind the "macho"
stereotypes that
prevented him from
expressing his feelings
and sensibility.
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B.C.C.R.
20 December 2008 |
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