Costa Ricans Demand TLC
Renegotiation
Due to the negative consequences
foreseen from the free trade
treaty between Costa Rica and,
opposing organizations are
demanding that the government to
renegotiate it.
This NOAA
satellite image
taken Thursday,
at 02:45 PM EST
shows mid to
high level
clouds lingering
off the western
and northern
Gulf of Mexico.
Scattered to
broken clouds
area noted over
the Central
America,
particularly the
Caribbean Plains
of Nicaragua and
Costa Rica,
producing strong
winds and cold
weather in the
Central Valley
(San José). (AP
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Vehicle
Registrations More Than Double
If there seems to be more cars
on the roads today, it is
because there are.
MOPT
Promises Completion of
Overpasses by April
The
death of the young woman
Thursday morning has renewed
calls for the need of pedestrian
overpasses on the country's
busiest highways.
AyA
Proposes 30% Increase
The
Costa Rican water and sewerage
utility, Acueductos y
Alcantarillados (AyA) has
proposed to government regulator
of public prices and services,
the Aresep, a 30% increase in
tariffs for 2007.
Costa Rican Poultry Company
Bought by Guatemalan Group
Grupo Multi Inversiones of
Guatemala announced that it has
purchased 100% of Propokodusa of
Costa Rica. Grupo Multi
Inversiones also owns the Pollo
Campero line of fast food
restaurants.
Former
President Rodriguez on National
Television To Make His Case of
"Injustice"
Former Costa Rican president,
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, who is
being accused and investigated
for accepting bribes from the
French telecommunications firm
Alcatel, spent 10 minutes on
national television last night,
telling Costa Ricans how his
"rights" have been violated and
asking for a "just trial".
Cold To Continue Until Sunday
Better hang on to that
windbreaker for a couple of more
days, as the Instituto
Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) -
the weatherman - predicts that
the cold strong winds will hang
in there until Sunday.
Canada Interested in Panama
Canal
A delegation from the Canadian
Senate said its country is
interested in participating in
the expansion of the Panama
Canal Zone, a project valued at
us$5.2 billion, national
legislative sources reported on
Thursday.
Cuba, Panama Ink Labor Accord
Cuba and Panama signed a labor
accord to boost both countries
efforts in security and
environmental hygiene at
workplaces.
Guatemala: No Ex-Dictator to
Congress
Indigenous leader and Nobel
Peace Prizewinner Rigoberta
Menchu rejected the pretensions
of ex Dictator Efrain Rios Montt
to preside over the Congress of
the Guatemalan Republic.
Bolivia Cochabamba Governor to
Trial
Farmers in the tropic
federations of the Bolivian
central department of Cochabamba
have agreed to start a Judgment
of Responsibilities against Gov.
Manfred Reyes.
Ecuador to
Realign Energy Sector
The new government of Ecuador
began restructuring the national
energy sector Thursday to
prepare for a post-oil economy.
MEXICO:
Tourism
Projects Trigger Conflict in
Preserve
A
golf course, hotels, luxury
residences, stables and a
private marina will occupy land
next to a valuable biodiversity
reserve in the western Mexican
state of Jalisco. With official
permission, the project
developers have begun work, but
opponents have sworn to stop
them.
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