Thursday, November 2, 2006

Daily briefs: November 2

* Tourism over the past year has decreased in Costa Rica which has led to losses of $100 million to the country’s economy.

* Blame has spread around Barbados as to whose fault is it that the country suffered a blackout lasting more than 12 hours on Tuesday.

* Ecuador’s government may complain to the World Trade Organization against the banana tariffs imposed by the European Union.

* The U.S. government placed sanctions on a second-division Colombian soccer team based on supposed ties to drug capos.

Links- Prensa Latina (cuba), Guardian UK, caribbean360.com, freshinfo.com

Image- Manuel Antonio Park (Costa Rican tropical park that specializes in ecotourism)

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