Twenty Gasoline Stations Closed
For Non Compliance
Following the Shell gas station
accident last October in Escazú
and in an attempt to make
refuelling safer, the Dirección
de Combustibles del Ministerio
del Ambiente (Minae), has been
keeping a close eye on gasoline
stations, as licenses for the
majority of the stations came
due last February 28.
A Costa Rican
banana worker
prepares freshly
harvested
bananas for
shipping on the
Select Fruits of
the Tropics
banana
plantation near
Parrita, some
160 kilometres
southwest of San
José. Costa Rica
is the world's
second largest
banana exporter. |
Wanted
Pastor Arrested in Costa Rica
A religious leader wanted in the
United Sates for allegdly
violating a 14 year old girl was
arrested by the Fuerza Pública
(police) yesterday while he was
preaching in a Alajuela
evangelical church.
Venezuelan Plant To Continue
Operating
Alunasa (CVG Aluminios
Nacionales), the manufacturing
plant that is the property of
Venezuela that had been
threatened to be shut down
leaving 400 people of work, will
continue operating in Costa
Rica, said Wednesday designated
Ambassador José Huerta Castillo.
Earth University
It would be hard for me to say
anything negative about Earth
University, in Guácimo, Limón,
Costa Rica, given my current
state. I'm lounging in the
peaceful on-campus "ecolodge,"
sipping on coconut milk the way
nature intended it - straight
from the coconut itself, which
was grown right here, on one of
the University's many
experimental farms.
Scotiabank Points to Overseas
Acquisitions As Reason For Big
Profits
The Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) in
Canada is pointing to
acquisitions in Costa Riac and
elsewhere in the region as the
main factors for the 20 per cent
rise in its first-quarter
profit.
Costa Developers Announces
Opening of Costa Reserva at
Esterillos
Costa Developers has announced
the opening of Costa Reserva at
Esterillos. Overlooking the
turquoise waters of the Pacific
Ocean, Costa Reserva at
Esterillos is being developed as
a private, gated community
featuring five hundred acres of
pristine tropical splendor and
will offer magnificent ocean,
mountain, or countryside view
home sites, as well as secluded
lots by a natural river.
Panama Ex President Asked US for
Coup Attack
A declassified United States
document reveals that Panama s
ex President Guillermo Endara
asked the United States to
invade the Isthmus in 1989, an
action that caused the deaths of
hundreds of Panamanians, Panama
America daily made public on
Wednesday.
Large Cuba Presence at Panama
Trade Fair
Almost 40 Cuban firms and over
60 businesspeople will attend
Expocomer 2007, the 25th
international trade fair
beginning Wednesday in the
Panamanian capital.
Guatemalan Press Exposes
Powerful Gangs
Five secret armed groups,
directed by active and retired
military, and with far-reaching
influence in state power are
running organized crime in
Guatemala Salvadoran daily
Colatino revealed on Wednesday.
Colombians Reject Bush Visit
Colombian Great Democratic
Coalition (GCD), which groups
political parties, unions, and
people´s and social movements,
said it decided to respond with
mass mobilizations of high
political content to US
president George Bush's visit.
Venezuelan
Government Criticizes U.S. Human
Rights Report
Venezuelan government officials
on Wednesday rejected the United
States report on human rights
which criticized Venezuela's
human rights record, and
described the U.S. as immoral.
POLITICS-US/LATIN AMERICA:
Jorge Who?
"Too little, too late" appears to be the consensus view among Latin
America specialists about U.S.
President George W. Bush's
six-day tour of the region,
which begins Thursday when he
boards Air Force One bound for
Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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