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Tuesday 21 October 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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road report by the
Policía de Tránsito,
Plan To Eliminate Tax On
Diesel Fuel Loses
Support
A plan to eliminate
taxes on diesel fuel for
buses, taxis and trains
lost the support of the
majority of legislators
of the commission
studying the proposal.
State of Emergency
Declared Following Last
Week's Torrential Rains
The thousands affected
by the torrential rains
of last week will soon
get relief from public
institutions now that
the government has
declared a state of
emergency.
Costa
Rica's Ports Must
Meet International
Security Standards By
2012
Costa Rica has to
improve its ports to
meet international
standards of security by
2012 if it wants to
continue exporting to
the United States.
Archbishop
Calls On Catholic
Lawmakers To Reject
Anti-Life Measures
The president of the
Bishops' Conference of
Costa Rica, Archbishop
Hugo Barrantes of San
José, exhorted Catholic
lawmakers to reject
measures currently under
consideration in the
National Assembly that
attack the family and
human life.
Argentine President To
Visit Costa Rica
Chilean President
Michelle Bachelet will
be in Costa Rica next
week in her first
official visit, said the
ministerio de Relaciones
Exteriores (Foreign
Ministry) said
yesterday.
Torrential Rains Leave
17 Dead in Nicaragua
MANAGUA - At least 17
people have been killed
and some 11,000 people
affected by torrential
rains in Nicaragua in
the last three weeks,
the national system for
disasters prevention (Sinapred)
said Monday.
US Blockade of Cuba
Unfair, Guatemalans
Guatemala - Members from
Guatemalan political and
social organizations
termed Monday unfair,
inhuman and aberrant the
US blockade of Cuba and
demanded an end to that
over four decade-old
policy.
Chavez: Margarita,
Future Oil Base
Caracas - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez
said the island of
Margarita will become a
base for oil, gas and
petrochemistry
development offshore,
with the purpose to
satisfy the needs of the
Brazilian people.
Bolivia's Ruling Party,
Opposition Agree To
Referendum On
Constitution
Lima - Bolivia's ruling
party and opposition
reached an agreement
Monday to call a
referendum on a new
constitution after
several days of
dialogue, according to
news reports reaching
here from La Paz,
administrative capital
of Bolivia.
U.S.-Paraguayan Summit
Due Next Week
Washington - U.S.
President George W. Bush
and his Paraguay's
counterpart Fernando
Lugo will have talks to
be held in Washington on
Oct. 27 over bilateral
relation and other
mutual concerns, the
White House announced
Monday.
McCain Linked To Group
In Iran-Contra Affair
Republican
Sen. John McCain served
on the advisory board to
the U.S. chapter of an
international group
linked to
ultra-right-wing death
squads in Central
America in the 1980s.
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