US: We Will Continue With Costa
Rica With The TLC
In a statement made following
the entry into force of the
CAFTA-DR for the Dominican
Republic, U.S. Trade
Representative Susan C. Schwab,
said "We will continue our work
with Costa Rica with the goal of
putting the agreement into
effect at the earliest possible
date."
The hot and dry
weather,
combined with an
electrical short
circuit and
"dry" fire
hydrants, left
40 people
homeless in the
"precario" Los
Higuerones, in
Alajuela. |
832 KM Of
Roads To be Repaired
A major part of the "red vial
nacional" - national road
network - will soon be pothole
free, as the Consejo Nacional de
Vialidad (Conavi), will be
focuing its attention to 852
kilometres of road that in bad
to poor condition.
Fire
Leaves 40 Homeless
The dry heat, the lack of water
in fire hydrants and a short
circuit from a makeshift
electrical connection, combined
to leave eight families
homeless, as fire broke out in
the "precario" (shanty town) of
Los Higuerones, in Alajuela,
yesterday.
Costa Rica banana exports to Europe jump 37% in
2006
CORBANA, the National Banana
Corporation of Costa Rica, has
reported a surge in its exports
to Europe in 2006 of a massive
37%, making Europe the largest
market for Costa Rica’s banana
exports.
Costa Rica rejects delivery of
Chilean grapes due to mites
presence
The phytosanitary
authorities of Costa Rica found
the so-called “falsa arañita
roja de la vid” (Brevipalpus
chilensis) in a delivery of
grapes in the Port of Caldera at
the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
Healthy Living Expert To Host
Costa Rica Retreat
Imagine graduating with a
Master's degree in Psychiatric
nursing and working within the
medical profession, only to find
yourself training with a Shaman
in a Peruvian rainforest who
says your calling is helping
others discover a new way of
being.
Sandinista Budget Breaks
Neoliberal Myth
The projected 2007 General
Budget presented by the
Sandinista government has put an
end to the neoliberal myth in
Nicaragua that it was impossible
to increase social expenditure
without altering macroeconomic
stability, a legislative source
affirmed Friday.
Nicaragua Vows to Stand up to US
The New Nicaraguan ambassador to
the UN Aldo Diaz Lacayo said in
this Managua on Friday that his
country will no longer play
second fiddle to the United
States in international
organizations.
Ophthalmology Centre Opened in
Panama
President of Panama, Martin
Torrijos, and Cuban Foreign
Minister, Felipe Perez Roque,
inaugurated an ophthalmology
center donated by Havana, as
part of bilateral collaboration
in the field of health.
Guatemala Land Sink Swallows
Three
The National Coordinating Office
for Disaster Reduction (CONRED)
asked the government to declare
a disaster area the place where
a landsink opened and caused
destruction of several houses
and death of three people.
Rio Group
for LatAm-Carib Change
Statesmen from 20 nation members
of the Rio Group in a Guyana
summit Friday aimed at analyzing
urgent regional social problems.
FOOD-CUBA:
Anxious
About What to Eat
One
of the main worries of the
average Cuban family is food,
which costs about two-thirds of
their income, according to
several studies.
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