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Friday
01 August
2008, San José, Costa Rica
Menos Pachanga, Menos
Fiesta. Time To Tighten
The Belt, Says Central
Bank President
Costaricans have to "apretarse
la faja" (tighten their
belt), be cautious and
rationalize their
spending, according to
the president of the
Banco Central de Costa
Rica (BCCR), Francisco
de Paula Gutiérrez.
Annual Romeria In Its
Last Days
On foot, braving the
weather, some two
million "romeros" are
taking their final
footsteps to Cartago to
honour the Patron Saint
of Costa Rica, La Virgen
de Los Angeles or "La
Negrita" as she is
commonly known.
Tax on International
Banks To Finance Diesel
Subsidy
The government seems to
have found a way of
financing the diesel
subsidy it promised, by
taxing international
banks on their
transactions in Costa
Rica.
Supermarkets
Overcharging Customers
The Ministerio de
Economía, Industria y
Comercio (MEIC) advises
consumers to double
check prices at the
supermarket after it
found that a number of
supermarkets sell their
merchandise at higher
prices than that offered
on the shelf sticker.
Berrocal For President
The former ministro de
Seguridad Pública,
Fernando Berrocal, made
his intention to seek
out the Partido
Liberación Nacional (PLN)
nomination for the
presidential elections
in 2010.
Petrocaribe Receives
Central America Support
Central American
organization Via
Campesina expressed its
support to PETROCARIBE
initiative to foster
agricultural production
for food in the area,
with a fund supplied by
Venezuela.
Panama Pays Tribute to
Torrijos
The 27th anniversary of
General Omar Torrijos'
death in a still
suspicious airplane
crash is celebrated on
Thursday with official
ceremonies and
pilgrimages.
Colombian Truckers On
Nationwide Protest
Colombian truckers will
hold a nationwide strike
Thursday to protest
against unfulfilled
demands regarding the
payment of promised
border freight charges.
Cuba Re-Elected As UN
CEDAW Member
Cuba was elected as a
member of the United
Nations Convention on
the Elimination of all
Forms of Discrimination
against Women (CEDAW)
for a fourth consecutive
term, the Cuban Foreign
Ministry said Thursday.
Six Governments Confirm
Anti-Drug Summit
Attendance
Six heads of government
have confirmed
attendance to the
Regional Summit on
Drugs, Safety and
Cooperation to be held
in Cartagena de Indias,
Colombia.
HEALTH:
People Living with HIV
Lead the Fight for Life
Anuar Luna was
diagnosed with HIV 17
years ago. "I had to
overcome feelings of
guilt, fear and shame
before I became a leader
in the HIV-positive
community," she said
Thursday at the opening
of Living 2008: The
Positive Leadership
Summit, in the Mexican
capital.
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