New GSM Lines Possible By
December, ICE Says
Costa Rica will remain without
new GSM cellular lines for the
balance of this year and if
there are no setbacks, new lines
could be on the market beginning
in 2008, according to Claudio
Bermúdez, a telecom manager with
the Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE), the monopoly
on telecommunications and
electrical power.
If the idea
catches on
beaches like
Manuel Antonio
(above) and Jacó
could be filled
with U.S.
and Canadian
college students
and as word
spreads on
campuses, Costa
Rica could
become a
permanent spring
break
destination. |
Credit
Card Interest Rates As High as
50%
The Ministerio de Economía,
Industria y Comercio (MEIC) has
concluded its first comparative
study of the credit card market
and found that there are
currenlty 337 different types of
plastic money available to
consumers with annual interest
as high as 50.4%.
Costa Rica Declared "Slave Zone"
Although it cannot be seen at
first sight, Costa Rica has been
declared a "slave zone",
according to a report by
Telenoticias, that goes on
to say that many of the
prostitutes in Costa Rica are
foreigners and the majority are
here practically as slaves.
Website
Targets Spring Breakers To Costa
Rica
The
costaricasprinkbreak.com website
launches of “Spring Break Costa
Rica 2007,” entering Costa Rica
into the Spring Break travel
market, a segment of the travel
industry it has largely ignored
in the past.
International Experts Call on
Costa Rica's President to Save
Leatherback Nesting Site
Over 200 sea turtle scientists
and conservationists are adding
their voices to the
international call urging the
President of Costa Rica, Oscar
Arias Sánchez, to save critical
leatherback sea turtle nesting
habitat from destruction.
Bush Tour Hollow in Latin
America
Nicaraguan president, Daniel
Ortega, assured that US
president, George W. Bush, did
not bring any concrete solution
to the economic and social
problems of Latin America during
his tour of the region.
Nicaraguans Protest Iraq War
The Nicaraguan Social Movement
"Another World is Possible"
called the population to protest
against Iraq war on occasion of
the fourth year since the US
invasion.
Money-laundering to center
Caribbean Meet in Panama
Panama will host the 25th
Caribbean Financial Action Group
(GAFIC) in May, focused on the
fight against money-laundering
and the financing of terrorism,
an official source reported on
Tuesday.
Honduras Takes Nicaragua to
Hague
Honduras appealed to the
International Justice Court in
the Hague, Netherlands, in the
conflict for the demarcation of
sea borders with Nicaragua in
the Caribbean, the Foreign
Affairs Ministry reported on
Tuesday.
Venezuela Helps
Nicaragua Energy
The Venezuelan
government s offer to
build a refinery along
the Nicaraguan western
coast, with capacity to
process 150,000 barrels
daily, has been rated
here as highly positive.
MIGRATION-GUATEMALA:
One-Way
Ticket Home
"They catch you and treat you
like trash," said 38-year-old
Julio Medrano, shortly after
being sent back to his home
country along with 116 other
Guatemalans deported on a
charter flight from the
southwestern U.S. state of
Arizona.
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