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Epsy
Campbell
seems
never to
have
heard
the word
‘impossible’.
She made
her
first
incursion
into the
world of
politics
during
the
Costa
Rican
presidential
elections
in
February
2002,
when her
election
as a
deputy
to the
National
Assembly
made her
the
fourth
Afro-Costa
Rican
woman to
occupy a
parliamentary
seat. In
the
coming
weeks,
Epsy is
expected
to seek
the PAC
presidential
nomination
to be
not only
the
first
woman
president
of Costa
Rica,
but the
first
black
woman
president.
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Quálitas
Eyes Expansion to Costa Rica,
Panama - Central America
Mexico's largest automobile
insurance company Quálitas,
which launched operations in El
Salvador earlier this month, is
analyzing an expansion to Costa
Rica and Panama as part of its
internationalization strategy,
top executives from Quálitas
told BNamericas.
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Management Moment
While meant to be humorous, I
recently saw a bumper sticker
that read, “I’m on my way to
work, just kill me”
Inside Tip:
Walking the Romeria
If you decide to make
the walk to Cartago, here a few basis common
sense recommendations.
Click
here for more tips |
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Why ICE Is Stalling 3G
ICE, the Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad and the only
provider of cellular service in
Costa Rica has been falling
behind in installing the next
generation of cellular network
known as 3G. |
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Tuesday 06 January 2009, San José, Costa
Rica
172 Vehicles Of Drunk
Drivers Parked In
Tránsito Lots
In just only two weeks
of the enactment of the
new Ley de Tránsito, 172
drivers have had their
vehicles confiscated by
traffic officials and
are now sitting in
Tránsito lots in Tibas
and Guanacaste, waiting
the outcome of their
criminal trial.
INS Says It Is Ready For
Competition; Sutel
Taking Shape
The Instituto Nacional
de Seguros (INS) - state
insurer - will be
launching new insurance
products as part of its
strategy to face the
competition that is
around the corner.
FDA To Open Office In
San José
The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
will open an Health office in
Costa Rica on Wednesday
according to the US
Embassy in San José.
January Financial
Crunch May Not Be So
Steep This Year
The "cuesta de Enero"
maybe just a little
easier uphill battle
this year as bread, rice
and gasoline prices are
expected to drop, making
it a little easier on
the pocket book after
the holidays.
Coffee Exports Up 41%
Costa Rican coffee
exports in December, the
third month of the new
2008-09 crop cycle, rose
41% to 88,966 bags of 60
kilograms each, the
official Costa Rican
Coffee Institute, or
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Central America, Not Yet
a Priority for Obama
San Salvador - Central
America is not yet a
matter of priority in
the agenda of US
President-elect Barack
Obama, as it happened in
the agenda of George W.
Bush, analysts
interviewed by the
Salvadorian paper La
Prensa Grafica
expressed.
Turbulent New Year in
Nicaragua
Managua -
Nicaraguans have
returned to regular
activities on Monday,
but the National
Assembly remains at a
standstill just 13 days
before elections are
held in seven
municipalities of the
Autonomous North
Atlantic Region.
Landslide Death Toll
Rises To 33 in Guatemala
Guatemala - The death
toll from a massive
landslide in northern
Guatemala rose to 33 on
Monday, the National
Coordinator for Disaster
Reduction (Conred) in
Guatemala said.
76 Killed In Colombia's
Rainy Season
Bogota - A total of 76
people were killed in
Colombia's winter
raining season, which is
from mid-September to
the end of 2008, the
country's Department of
Disasters Prevention and
Attention (DPAD) said
Monday.
Cuban Monument Honors
Omar Torrijos
Havana - A monument to
honor Panamanian ex
President Omar Torrijos
was unveiled on Monday
in this capital, in a
meeting attended by his
son Martin Torrijos,
that nation's president,
who is currently paying
an official visit to
Cuba.
ECONOMY-BRAZIL:
An
Island in Stormy Waters
Brazil is not
immune to the current
global financial crisis,
but there are many
indications that it will
remain largely safe from
the recession shaking
the world’s rich
countries and that
economic growth will
stay at reasonable
levels if the meltdown
is neither deeper nor
longer than expected.
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06 January 2009 |
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