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Tuesday 02
September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
ICE Will Not Award
Chinese 3G Contract
The Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE)
decided not to award the
contract for 1.5 million
3G cellular lines to the
Chinese firm, the only
bidder, however,
promising that users
will have the
technologly available as
scheduled for later
2009.
Marriage To A Costa
Rican Does Not Grant
Automatic Migratory
Rights, Court Rules
A decision by the Sala
IV (Constitutional
Court) marriage by
foreigners to Costa
Rican nationals does not
legitimize their
migratory status in the
country.
Preliminary Hearing
Begins In The ICE-Alcatel
Case
Former Costa Rican
president, Miguel Ángel
Rodríguez, is finally
getting his day in
court, as preliminary
hearings into the
ICE-Alcatel scandal
began yesterday (Monday)
at 10am. Ten others are
standing accused in the
case with Rodríguez.
'Operation Success' Comes
To Costa Rica To Boost
Education
(Infocom) - With the OK
and support of the
Ministry of Public
Education (MEP), which
declared it a “Program
of Educational Interest,
and economic support
from the Costa Rica-USA
Foundation, “Operation
Success” (Operacion
Exito) - a program that
employs the Internet as
a learning tool - was
launched in Costa Rica
last Aug. 26.
Side Effects of Hanna
Will Be Felt in Costa
Rica IMN Says
The Comision Naciónal de
Emergencias (CNE)
dropped its "yellow"
alert issued last week
for Hurricane Gustav,
however, suggests to
carry big umbrellas this
week as the side-effect
of Hanna will be felt
all over the country.
Experts Poised For Rare
Frog Hunt
Scientists are set to
begin a hunt for the
some of the world's
rarest frogs in Costa
Rica, including the
iconic golden toad, last
seen some 20 years ago.
A Festival Of Tubes In
Hermosa
As was expected, the
Pacific Ocean in Playa
Hermosa (Puntarenas)
surged to 7-10 foot
waves with favorable
wind giving optimal
conditions to the
first-ever Torneo
Leyendas de Costa Rica.
Nicaraguan Students
Ordered To Sing National
Anthem Every Day
MANAGUA - Students at
all public and private
schools in Nicaragua
will be required to sing
the national anthem
every day, according to
a decree issued Monday
by the country's leftist
Sandinista government.
Guatemala Identifies
Kidnapping Gangs
GUATEMALA - At
least 12 kidnapping
gangs operate in
Guatemala and have
committed 46 abductions
so far this year,
according to data from
the Police Criminal
Investigation
Department, published
here Monday.
4,400 Colombians
Displaced Toward Ecuador
Border
BOGOTA - Clashes between
government troops and
armed groups in Colombia
have displaced some
4,400 people from the
country's south toward
the Ecuadoran border,
the International
Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC) in Colombia
reported Monday.
Venezuela to Check Party
Accounts
CARACAS - Venezuelan
electoral authorities
will be able to access
accounts of political
parties in the South
American country, around
20 days ahead of the
official start of the
propaganda campaigns for
regional elections.
The Hurricane, According
to Fidel
LA HABANA - Cuban
Revolution leader Fidel
Castro said that only
the ideas defended with
courage, dignity and
strength will prevail.
In an article titled
"The Hurricane,"
released on Monday.
COLOMBIA:
Women Working Abroad
Keep Provincial Economy
Alive
The so-called Coffee
Belt region accounts for
60 percent of Colombians
who leave the country,
and the majority of
those leaving are
female. Once they are
abroad, these women
become the breadwinners
of their families, with
the resulting impact on
household income
extending to the
provincial economy.
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