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Thursday 20 November
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Intelligence Agency
Sub-Director Part Of
Organized Crime Gang?
The sub-director de la
Dirección de
Inteligencia y Seguridad
(DIS) - Costa Rica's
intelligence agency -
was arrested yesterday
accused of being part of
a fraud organization
using false cheques,
falsifying
identification and
"phishing" - internet
scamming.
Unarmed Costa Rica Calls
For Disarmament
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias Sanchez,
has called for a global
reduction of military
spending.
No Drivers Test With
Automatics
Beginning today, the
road test portion of the
drivers exam cannot be
done with an automatic
vehicle. Drivers who
show up at the Dirección
de Educación Vial or any
of regional centres for
drivers test, in an
automatic vehicle will
be refused the test.
New Traffic Law Could Be
Reality Next Week
Legislators promise to
pass the reforms to the
Ley de Tránsito by next
week. At least that is
the good intention of
lawmakers in attempt to
have the tougher driving
laws in time for the
holiday season.
Coffee Farms Holding Out
For Price Rebound
Harvesting is peaking on
some coffee farms in
Costa Rica, but after
prices took a steep dive
in October some growers
are waiting to sell and
postponing new
investments on hopes
prices will recover.
6 Arrested For Medicine
Shipments To US
Costa Rican officials
say two Americans and
four others have been
arrested for allegedly
sending restricted
pharmaceutical drugs to
the United States.
UN Agency Lacks Funds
for Central America and
Caribbean
United Nations -
Insufficient
contributions from donor
countries have hindered
providing appropriate
assistance to the
victims of natural
disasters in Central
America and the
Caribbean, according to
the UN Office for the
Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Guatemala Hosts Business
Meet with Cuba
Guatemala - More than 60
Guatemalan
businesspeople from
different sectors
attended on Wednesday a
seminar on business
opportunities for
Guatemalan microbusiness,
small business and
medium-sized business in
Cuba.
Chinese President Closes
Cuba Visit
Havana - Chinese
President Hu Jintao
concludes his Cuba visit
Wednesday to head for
Peru, where he will
attend the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation
(APEC) Summit.
Russia Interested in
Promoting Ties with
Colombia
Bogotá - Russian
interest to promote
relations with Latin
America, included
Colombia, was expressed
today by Russian Foreign
Minister, Serguei Lavrov.
Venezuela for Summit of
the Poor
Caracas - After rating
as disappointing the
meeting over the
financial crisis by the
most industrialized
countries, Venezuela is
promoting a world summit
to assess the problem
with the criteria of the
poor too.
CUBA-CHINA:
Strengthening Friendly
Ties
Cuba and China
strengthened their
political and economic
alliance this week, at a
time when the EU and
Cuba have formally
restored relations and
the government of Raúl
Castro is forging closer
ties with the rest of
Latin America and with
Moscow.
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