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Tuesday 23 September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
New Ley De Tránsito
Could Be Reality By
December
Costa Rica's legislators
have agreed to give the
reforms to the Ley de
Tránsito top priority.
Currently the bill that
was presented to the
Legislative Assembly tow
years ago, is in the
motions process.
Arias Confident U.S.
Will Provide New
Extension
Costa Rica president,
Oscar Arias, is counting
on his good relations
with is US counterpart,
George W. Bush, in
asking for a second
extension to the Tratado
Libre de Comercio (TLC)
- free trade agreement
with the US and Central
America.
Induced Abortions On the
Rise
Although abortion in
Costa Rica is illegal,
the Asociación
Demográfica
Costarricense (ADC),
estimates 27.000 induced
abortions per year are
performed in the country
of women between the
ages of 15 and 49.
Citigroup Buys Banco Uno
The largest US bank,
Citigroup, purchased
Grupo Financiero Uno,
which has a presence in
Central America,
according to an
announcement by the
company. The amount of
the transaction was not
stated, and it is
subject to approval by
regulatory agencies.
New import: American
football to be played
now in Costa Rica
(Infocom) — Even though
the Super Bowl will
probably never be played
here, the truth of the
matter is that American
football — perhaps the
most practiced and loved
of all sports in the
United States — is
gaining ground in Costa
Rica, wit the
incorporation of the
Costa Rican American
Football Association (ACFA).
ICE To Finance
Trade Of Old
Refrigerator For A More
Energy Efficient New One
Looking to buy a new
refrigerator? Look no
further than ICE whose
objective is to entice
all Costa Ricans with
refrigerators older that
seven years to trade in
for a new one with an
attractive financial
plan.
Costa Rica Ask Venezuela
For More Time To Pay Its
Oil Purchases
Costa Rica will be
asking Venezuela to
expand its credit for up
to 90 days to pay for
its purchases of crude
oil while it concludes
the process of joining
Petrocaribe.
NEWS FOLLOW UP
iPhone Charger Story
Cleared Up
Our story of Monday "New iPhone Charger A Killer"
left some readers
confused.
Cuban Teachers Arrive in
Nicaragua
MANAGUA - A group
of 47 Cuban teachers
arrived last week to
Nicaragua to help with
the country’s literacy
campaign.
Colombian Government
Forces Kill FARC
Commander
BOGOTA - The Colombian
government said Monday
that a commander of the
rebel Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC) was killed in an
air force bombing raid.
Changes Ruffle Ecuador
Power Elite
QUITO - Ecuadorian
President Rafael Correa
affirmed on Monday that
oligarchic groups are
opposed to the new
Constitution because it
would finish off
unlawful powers.
Brazil To Sign Military
Cooperation Treaty With
France
RIO DE JANEIRO -
Brazil's Defense
Minister Nelson Jobim
announced Monday that
the country would sign a
military cooperation
treaty with France in
December.
South American Leaders
To Meet In New York Over
Bolivian Political
Crisis
SANTIAGO - Chilean
President Michelle
Bachelet has called a
fresh summit of the
Union of South American
Nations (Unasur) in New
York, the Chilean
Foreign Ministry said on
Monday.
LATIN AMERICA:
Native Groups Express
Solidarity with Bolivian
Leader
Indigenous organisations
from several countries
in Latin America
declared their
solidarity with Bolivian
President Evo Morales
with respect to the
crisis in his country,
and are preparing a
major gathering in La
Paz, Bolivia within the
next few weeks.
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