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Monday 13 October 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Happy Thanksgiving to
all our Canadian
friends. Have a good
one, eh!
Limón Tense As
Protestors Set Fire To
Banana Truck
The situation in Limón
can only be describe as
tense. Following the
firing and a strike by
workers of the cardboard
factory Envaco, the
situation in the port
town has become grave,
when strikers set fire
to a tractor trailer
carrying a load of
bananas.
Gasoline Price Drops At
Midnight
The first significant
price drop in gasoline
prices will take effect
at midnight tonight when
the price of a litre of
diesel fuel will drop
¢76 colones, super
gasoline ¢14 and Plus 91
(regular) ¢13.
Costa Rica's Outlook Cut
To Stable Due To Fallout
From Credit Crisis - S&P
Standard & Poor's
Ratings Services revised
its outlook for Costa
Rica to stable from
positive citing the
diminishing prospects
for an upgrade because
of deteriorating global
financial markets and
the growing risk of
external volatility
affecting the country's
financial system.
San José Airport
Management
Houston Airport System
Development Company (HASDC)
will take over as
manager of Juan
Santamaria International
Airport in San José as
of next December.
$105 Million For Housing
Overseas Private
Investment Corporation (OPIC),
a US Government agency,
granted us$45 million to
Bank Lafise Costa Rica
and us$60 million to BAC
San José – both which
are private banks - to
improve their mortgage
portfolio through loans
for houses destined to
people of mid to low
income.
Enhanced Patrolling
In order to protect the
vast marine wealth of
the Costa Rican south
Pacific, the
environmentalist
organization MarViva
launched patrol
operations off the Osa
Peninsula.
Panama Readies 2009
Elections
PANAMA - Panama is
setting the May 2009
general elections based
on adjustments made by
some political
organizations and the
official list of
candidates.
Police Raids Provoke
Outcry In Nicaragua
MANAGUA -Police raids of
two non-governmental
organizations critical
of Nicaragua's leftist
government provoked an
outcry Sunday from
opposition leaders who
called them a throwback
to dictatorship.
Venezuelan President
Accuses Opposition Of
Engineering Crisis
CARACAS - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez on
Sunday accused the
opposition of
engineering a political
crisis in the country
for next year in a
renewed attempt to
overthrow him.
Fidel Castro Warns Of
"Dramatic" Consequences
From Financial Crisis
HAVANA - Former Cuban
leader Fidel Castro on
Sunday warned of the
"dramatic" consequences
that the current
financial crisis would
bring about and called
for vigilance against
the measures the U.S.
government has taken to
solve it.
Bolivia March for New
Constitution
LA PAZ - Representatives
from several Bolivian
social sectors march
Monday from the locality
of Caracollo to this
city, demanding to call
a referendum on the new
Constitution.
The Law of the Jungle
The leader of the Cuban
Revolution Fidel Castro
warned the developed
capitalist system,
epitomized by the
country with a
privileged nature where
the European white man
brought his ideas,
dreams and ambitions, is
today in a crisis.
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