President Pacheco Confident That
Tax Plan Will Finally Pass
Abel Pacheco, who is president
until May 8, expressed his
confidence that the long delayed
and debated Tax Reform plan will
soon receive the Legislative
Assembly's approval.
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Oscar Fonseca, (right),
president of the Tribunal
Supremo de Elecciones, reviews a
preliminary count as elections
officials try to determine if
there are ballots missing from a
polling station. It now 10 days
since the election and no winner
has yet been names in one of the
country's closest presidential
races in history. [AP Photo/Kent
Gilbert]
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Gasoline Prices Go Up Tomorrow
and Not Next Week
Yesterday we reported that
gasoline prices would go up
early next week following the
approval of the increase by the
Autoridad Reguladora de
Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) and
waiting publication in the
official government newspaper,
La Gaceta.
Foreigners to Be Deported
Twenty foreigners are in the
hands of the Dirección General
de Migración y Extranjería
(immigration service) when their
small boat was intercepted off
the Caribbean coast at
Tortuguero, coming from San
Andres, the Colombian island off
the coast of Nicaragua.
Costa
Rica Lifts Ban On U.S. Beef
Costa Rica is the latest country
to end its ban on imports of
U.S. beef. The FSIS Export
Library of Requirements, was
updated on Feb. 13, 2006 to
reflect Costa Rica’s decision to
allow imports of boneless U.S.
beef, tongues, kidneys, livers
and hearts.
Nicole
Aldana Naked in Home Video
Nicole Aldana Like a "bomb" the
news of Nicole Aldana, one of
Costa Rica's sweethearts, model
and former star of the no
defunct television entertainment
program "A Todo Dar", appearing
naked in a home video made it
around the newsrooms by
anonymous emails linking to a
website where she appears in a
"striptease" performance.
Queen
Mary Cannot Dock At Caldera
Tomorrow
For the second time, the world's
largest dingy, the Queen Mary
II, cannot port in Costa Rica.
Nicaraguan Doctors on Hunger
Strike
At least five of the 3,000
Nicaraguan doctors on strike
since November 14 began a hunger
strike Wednesday for the
government to meet their demand
for salary increases.
1.4
Million Mexicans Unemployed
Mexico closed the third quarter
of 2005 with 1.4 million people
unemployed, a report by the
National Statistics, Geography
and Information Technology
Institute reports Wednesday.
Venezuela, Iran to set up joint
fund for social projects
Venezuela and Iran agreed on
Wednesday to set up a joint fund
of 200 million U.S. dollars for
social projects, businesses and
trade, Venezuela's Finance
Ministry said.
Chavez:
Defense Prep Essential
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
has ratified the need to prepare
people for defense in the
likelihood of a military attack.
Ecuador to
stage anti-child labor campaign
Ecuador will inspect public
buildings, banana and flower
plantations, and mines in March,
to begin its campaign to reduce
child labor in the country, an
official said on Wednesday.
ARGENTINA:
Public Aid
Generous but Hard to Get
The
Argentine government announced
substantial improvements to the
social programmes created in
2002 at the height of the
economic crisis. But analysts
observe that the changes favour
those beneficiaries who have
already registered, while nearly
half a million families remain
outside the system.
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