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Thursday 06 November
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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road report by the
Policía de Tránsito,
Obama's Win Welcomed in
Costa Rica
Costa Rican politicians
on all sides of the
fence are positive about
Barack Obama's election
victory on Tuesday.
Obama, winning a
majority of the U.S.
Latino vote, won the
election with a total of
349 electoral college
votes to the 162 votes
for his rival, John
McCain.
¢149 Drop In Gasoline
Prices Coming
The reduction in the
price of crude oil on
international markets
will soon be felt in
Costa Rica, but not just
yet, as the method
applied to set gasoline
prices at the pumps
means a delay of 30 to
60 days, explained the
director de servicios de
energía de la Aresep,
Álvaro Barrantes.
Sonia Chang-Diaz Grabs
Massachusetts Senate
Seat
Sonia Chang Díaz,
daughter of Costa Rican
and former NASA
astronaut, Franklin
Chang Díaz, was the
senate seat for the sate
of Massachusetts, as
state that is larger
that Costa Rica and with
a population of 6
million.
Citi Completes
Acquisition of
Banco Uno and Banco
Cuscatlán
Banco Uno and Banco
Cuscatlán are no longer,
the red (Uno) and yellow
(Cuscatlán) have all
been replaced by the
blue Citibank signs, as
the two private banks
now are now part of the
Citi family and will be
operating under the Citi
name.
Costa Rican Bananas To
Achieve Carbon
Neutrality In Four Years
The Costa Rican banana
industry is the first
banana industry in the
world to put in place a
coherent and holistic
environmental strategy
in order to offset its
carbon dioxide
emissions.
Calderón Affirms Trial
Will Not Hold Him Back
For Running For
President In 2010
Former Costa Rican
president, Rafael Ángel
Calderón Fournier, who
is currently on trial
for corruption affirms
that he does not see the
trial as a hindrance
towards his presidential
nomination for the
Partido Unidad Social
Cristiana (PUSC) and
running in the 2010
presidential elections.
The Faces Of The
Killers!
The following fotos were
sent to inside Costa
Rica by John Scoble with
the headling "angelitos"
que asesinaron a sangre
fría a Yerlin Marin"
(Angels that killed
Yerlin Marin in cold
blood.
Panamanian President:
Obama's Win To Boost
Ties With Latin America
Panama - Panamanian
President Martin
Torrijos said Wednesday
that Barack Obama's
election as U.S.
president has awakened
great expectations in
Latin America.
Nicaragua President
Greets Obama Victory
Managua - President
Daniel Ortega expressed
today his satisfaction
for the triumph of
Barack Obama in the
presidential elections
of the United States and
said he sent him a
greeting to the winner
through the US
ambassador to this
country.
Evo, Lula, Call Obama to
Lift Blockade on Cuba
La Paz - Bolivia's
President Evo Morales
and Brazil's Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva exhorted
on Wednesday US
President-elect Barack
Obama to eliminate the
blockade against Cuba.
Venezuela To Mend Fences
With U.S. Following
Obama's Victory
Caracas - Venezuela said
Wednesday that it
intended to mend its
battered relationship
with the U.S. following
the election of Barack
Obama as American
president.
Clash In Paraguay
Injures At Least 14
Police, 50 Protestors
Buenos Aires - At least
14 policemen and 50
protesters were injured
Wednesday during a clash
in the capital of
Paraguay, according to
reports.
CUBA-US:
Obama Awakens
Hopes for a Thaw
U.S. President-elect
Barack Obama has a
positive image among
most Cubans, who are
hopeful regarding his
promises of loosening
some restrictions
towards the island,
although the
government-controlled
media here have
refrained from
commenting on the future
of relations between the
two countries.
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