Archive for January 9th, 2008

Costa Rica, China Study Free Trade Pact

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

by Rod Hughes
A delegation of trade representatives from mainland China will be meeting with their local counterparts all week here to study a possible free trade treaty with China. The meeting is a direct outgrowth of President Oscar Arias’s visit to Beijing last October.
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High Crime Rate Sparks High-Level Meet

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

by Rod Hughes
The government has apparently given up trying to put a spin on the crime rate and invoked a high-level conference for tomorrow. President Oscar Arias has admitted that the incidence of crime in the country is real, not a perception fabricated by the press.
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