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Legislator Wants Cap On Credit Card
Interest Rate
If legislator, Óscar López, of the
Partido Accesibilidad Sin Exclusión (PASE),
has his way, banks will have to place a
limit on the interest they can charge on
their credit card products.
Dollar Exchange Rate
Keeps Climbing
The US dollar to colon
exchange rate keeps
climbing following the
move by the Banco
Nacional forcing other
banks to their buy and
sell rate for the US
currency.
Alleged FARC Rebel
Detained For Third Time
The Policía de Migración
(immigration police)
said yesterday they
detained, for the third
time, a Mexican national
with alleged ties to the
Colombian rebel group,
the Fuerza Armadas
Revolucionarias de
Colombia (FARC).
Costa Rica Plants More
Trees To Become Carbon
Neutral
Costa Rica will plant
seven million trees in
2008 to soak up as many
greenhouse gas emissions
as it produces, in a bid
to become the world's
first carbon neutral
nation, a top official
said Monday.
Cows of Cow Parade Have
Their Own Store
The cows of Cow Parade
have not only caused a
sensation, but also now
have their own store, so
that people can buy the
smaller version of the
works of art in San
Jose's Avenidas, parks
and malls.
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Classes Suspended in
Panama University
Panamanian academic
authorities said classes
at the University of
Panama are still
suspended after the
confrontations Friday
between students and
antiriot forces.
Eye Program Helps
Guatemala Ixils
The Ixil Triangle, a
remote zone of
Guatemala, benefits
Monday from the
Operation Miracle, a
Cuban-Venezuelan project
to provide free
ophthalmologic surgery
for low-income patients
with eye afflictions.
Venezuela Military
Supports Chavez
General Jesus Gregorio
Gonzalez, chief of the
Venezuelan Armed Forces'
Strategic Operational
Command (CEOFAN), on
Monday ratified his
commitment to the
government of President
Hugo Chavez, and the
Constitution.
Four-Hour Subway Strike
Ends in Argentina
A subway strike ended
Monday after going on
for four hours,
disrupting services on
five of the six subway
routes in Buenos Aires
and affecting some
700,000 people.
US
Blocks Europe Websites
on Cuba
The US government closed
several websites by a
British resident in
Spain, owner of a travel
agency, for their trade
links with Cuba, Publico
daily revealed Monday in
Madrid.
LATIN AMERICA:
Big Debates Over Small
and Medium Enterprises
Microbusinesses and
small and medium
enterprises in Latin
America remain a valid
path for maintaining and
improving economic
growth and fighting
poverty, while the
spotlight in the region
shines on summits,
conflicts and major
political problems such
as integration or energy
security.
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¢516.16 |
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13 May 2008 |
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