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Thursday 23 October 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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Policía de Tránsito,
President Defends
His Order For The
Open-Pit Mining Project
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, in a press
conference yesterday
defended the issuance of
an Executive Order to
allow open-pit mining of
the Huetar Norte region,
three kilometres from
the San Juan river, of
he Nicaragua border.
Calderón Trial Set To
Commence On November 3
The Tribunal de Juicio
del Segundo Circuito
Judicial de San José is
getting ready to begin
the trial of the case
known as Caja-Fischel,
which will try eight men
for, among them former
Costa Rican president,
Rafael Ángel Calderón
Fournier.
3G Or Not 3G?
That is the question
that is being asked by
thousands of cellular
telephone customers
waiting on the state
telecom, the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE), as
it runs into more
problems in contracting
a bidder for the new 3G
cellular network.
2009 Marchamo To Be 14%
More Expensive
The Seguro Obligatorio
de Automóviles (SOA) -
mandatory vehicular
insurance - will
increase 14% for 2009,
according to a proposal
by the Instituto
Nacional de Seguros
(INS) to the Contraloría
General de la República
(Comptroller's office)
and the Intendencia de
Seguros (Office of
Insurance).
Presidential Love??
Tired of the hounding by
the press and critics
and now an judicial
investigation into his
role in the Crucitas
open mining project,
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, has decided
to seek solace in the
arms of his former
girlfriend, Johana
Mendolia.
Interamericana Sur Will
Be Closed Beginning
Tomorrow
The Consejo Nacional de
Vialidad (Conavi) said
it will be completely
closing down the
Interamericana Sur
between 6am Friday and
5am Sunday, to install a
sewer pipe to avoid
further problems on the
highway that connects
San José to Peréz
Zeledón and the Southern
Zone.
WFP Donates Food to
Guatemala
GUATEMALA - The World
Food Program office in
Guatemala sent over 25
tons of flour, grains
and vegetable oil as
food aid for 5,000
people affected by
recent heavy rains in
this Central American
country.
Chavez: Venezuela Can
Ride Out Oil Price
Decline
CARACAS - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez
said Wednesday that his
nation could withstand
the global financial
crisis even if the oil
price falls to 55 U.S.
dollars a barrel,
Venezuela's national TV
channel reported.
Venezuela Elected ECOSOC
Member
CARACAS - Venezuela was
elected Wednesday as a
member of the Economic
and Social Council (ECOSOC)
at the UN General
Assembly.
Colombia: Crisis Watch
Group Proposed
BOGOTA - President
Alvaro Uribe called to
create a crisis-watch
group, to permanently
analyze the country's
economic situation
before the international
financial turbulences.
Chilean President Calls
for Unity
SANTIAGO de CHILE
-Chilean President
Michelle Bachelet
reiterated her call
Wednesday for "not to
fall into temptations of
any kind and act with
responsibility, wisdom,
social sensibility,
reasonable optimism and
unitary spirit to face
the world economic
crisis.
ECONOMY-CUBA
"Impossible to Escape
Impact" of Crisis –
Experts
After three years of
high growth, uncertainty
is hovering over the
Cuban economy once
again, although experts
are not yet ready to
predict exactly what
impact the current
global financial turmoil
will have on the island.
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