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ICE Monopoly At An End!
he Legislative Assembly
last night voted to
break the 60 year old
monopoly on
telecommunications held
by the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE).
Alterra Out, HAS
Is New San José Airport Manager
The Juan Santamaría
international airport in
San José may soon be a
finished project now
that the administration
of the airport and
construction completion
is in the hands of a new
management, the Houston
Airport System (HAS), as Alterra
Partners
bows out after not
complying with the
government's ultimatum
to find a financial
solution to the stalled
project.
San José Airport
Police Busts Luggage Looting Gang
Costa Rican authorities gave a hard blow
to a criminal gang dedicated to looting
luggage at the Aeropuerto Internacional
Juan Santamaria in San José.
'Unwanted' desks headed
for Costa Rica
About 100 desks that
just weeks ago appeared
destined for a landfill
are now being shipped to
an impoverished Costa
Rican school, thanks to
the intervention of St.
Helena’s John Heflebower
and the St. Helena
Kiwanis Club.
Pig Festival At
The UCR
"Chanchos" or pigs are
giving cows of the "cow parade" a run
for attention as they have taken over
the art and colour festival at the
Escuela de Arquitectura de la
Universidad de Costa Rica, where first
year students showcased their talents.
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FAO Gives Near us$100
Million to Nicaragua
The UN Food and
Agriculture Organization
(FAO) will give
Nicaragua near $100
million dollars to start
the harvest season and
help achieve food
safety.
Panama to Promote
Regional Food Pool
Panama will promote the
creation of a regional
surplus food pool to
help alleviate the
crisis prevailing in the
sector, Foreign Minister
Samuel Lewis announced
on Wednesday.
Venezuela Seeks Positive
Ties With New U.S.
Government in 2009
Venezuela wishes to
reestablish a new level
of "positive and
constructive" relations
with the next U.S.
government, Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez
said Wednesday.
Chavez Promises To
Continue Work To
Liberate FARC Hostages
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez said
Wednesday he will try to
contact with the
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC)
to secure hostages'
release.
Bolivian President To
Play A Soccer Game in
Peru
Bolivian President Evo
Morales will play
Thursday a soccer game
with former Peruvian
soccer players, the
Bolivian Embassy to Peru
confirmed on Wednesday.
POLITICS-US:
New Approach Awaited on
Latin America, Cuba
More than 150 years
after the United States
promulgated the Monroe
Doctrine, Washington
should recognise that
its dominance over the
Americas has ended and
that it must "engage
Latin America on its own
terms", according to a
new report released here
Wednesday by the Council
on Foreign Relations (CFR),
one of the nation's most
influential think tanks.
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15 May 2008 |
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