abstract:Joya (English: "jewel") is a brand of fruit sodas introduced in 1942 in Monterrey, Mexico by mineral water producers Cia. Topo Chico (now a division of Embotelladoras Arca, the second largest Coca-Cola bottling group in Mexico) Joya was available only in the Mexican states of Nuevo Leon and north of Tamaulipas, then in 2004 Joya distribution started in Coahuila, Sinaloa and part of San Luis Potosí, and in 2005 in Sonora, Chihuahua and Baja California.
Carstairs also appealed to Afghanistan's government to reinstate Malalai Joya, who was suspended from parliament nearly two years ago for insulting the country's warlords.
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"Every democrat must be ready to die for truth and freedom, " said Ms Joya.
"Effectively, the excise tax at least violates the spirit of the free trade agreement, and probably the letter, depending on how the tax is implemented, " says Alejandro Martinez Cuenca, owner of Joya de Nicaragua cigars and the leader of a coalition of Nicaraguan cigar manufacturers that opposes the bills.