President at work. Costa Rica's presidenta, Laura Chinchilla, reads a newspaper during the Central America Integration System (SICA) summit in Panama on Tuesday. [AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco]. |
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Re-Opening Of
San José -
Caldera Will
Depend On
Geologists
Report Due Today
Although the
decision to
re-open the 11
kilometres
between Atenas
and Orotina of
the San José -
caldera was to
have been
announced on
Tuesday, the
ministro de de
Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT),
Francisco
Jiménez, said he
will wait the
results of two
reports first.
Legislator Wants
Government To
"Forgive"
Traffic Fines
Under Appeal
An initiative by
legislators of
the Movimiento
Libertario (ML)
party wants to
the government
to forgive the
fines for
violations of
the new Ley de
Tránsito
(Traffic Law) of
the more than
11.000 drivers
who have
appealed their
fines since the
implementation
of the law on
March 1, 2010.
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Constitutional
Court Gives
Green Light To
Referendum On
Same Sex
Marriages
The Sala
Constitucional
(Constitutional
Court) flatly
rejected the two
appeal by
organizations
against the
proposed
referendum on
same sex
marriages. The
Sala's decision
gives the green
light for the
referendum that
will be included
in the December
municipal
elections.
President of
Costa Rica's
Supreme Court
Considers 50
Year Prison
Sentence
Unreasonable
The president of
the Corte
Suprema de
Justicia
(Supreme Court),
Luis Paulino
Mora Mora,
considers that a
sentence of 50
years in prison
"is a life
imprisonment"
and, moreover,
is contrary "for
the purposes of
rehabilitation
and social
reintegration".
Ticos Prefer
Loans In Colones
Due To
Volatility Of
The Dollar
Exchange
Costa Ricans
prefer to get
into debt in
Colones instead
of Dollars, due
to the
volatility in
the exchange of
the US dollar.
Brenes
To Continue
As Attorney
General Of Costa
Rica
Ana Lorena
Brenes will
continue as the
Procuradora
General de la
República
(Attorney
General) for six
years more,
being named by
the Consejo de
Gobierno
(Governing
Council) after
her previous
term ended on
May 8th.
Net Lease
Property
Investors
Increase Yield
With Costa Rica
Commercial Real
Estate
Investment
Properties
Costa Rica
commercial
real estate
faired notably
well during the
global financial
crisis, as
market
fundamentals
remained
steadily in
equilibrium;
with balanced
reductions in
both
supply and
demand.
Laninco Lights
Up Costa Rican
Power Project
The Anglo-Costa
Rican company,
Laninco SA has
handled
approximately
1,200 tonnes of
project cargo
from port side
to the
construction
site at Las
Pailas, where
the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad
(ICE) is
building a
geothermal power
station in joint
operation with
Ormat
Technologies
Inc.
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So,
What
Are
We
To
Do
Now?
Closing
the
San
José
-
Caldera
is
perhaps
a
prudent
move
on
the
part
of
transport
officials,
but
what
are
now
to
do,
go
back
to
the
old
road,
the
monte
de
Aguacate
or
the
Cambronero?
No
way,
I
think
I
will
stay
home
until
they
re-open
ruta
27
completely. |
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