Weekly Report - 21 March 2006

COSTA RICA | Arias agrees to review Cafta-DR. President-elect Oscar Arias has invited his narrowly defeated rival Ottón Solí­s to go to Washington, accompanied by vice-presidents elect Laura Chinchilla and Kevin Casas, to see whether some aspects of the free-trade agreement with the US can be renegotiated before sending it to congress for ratification. Arias has been strongly in favour of prompt ratification (Costa Rica is the only signatory of Cafta-DR that has not yet ratified the deal), while Solí­s has insisted that several aspects were badly negotiated and must be reviewed.

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