
Costa
Rica's
Legislature
Continues
Plagued
By
Cucarachas
The
Legislative
Assembly
building
in
downtown
San
José
continues
with
is
cucaracha
(cockroach)
problem,
a
problem
that
the
Departamento
de
Servicios
de
Salud
(Health
Ministry)
says
is
difficult
to
exterminate.

Police
Investigate
Other
Suspicious
Deaths
Related
To
Fake
Nurse
Authorities
in
Costa
Rica
are
looking
into
the
possibility
of
two
more
deaths
attributed
to
the
same
former
nurse
who
took
the
life
of a
patient
at
the
San
Juan
de
Dios
hospital
on
Monday.

Presidenta
Chinchilla
One
Her
Way
To
Asia
To
Promote
Trade
and
Investment
Presidenta
Laura
Chinchilla
is
on
her
way
to
China
today,
making
a
stop
in
South
Korea,
in
an
official
tour
that
will
end
on
August
22.

Three
Earthquakes
In
Six
Hours
Thursday
The
Observatorio
Vulcanológico
y
Sismológico
de
Costa
Rica
(OVSICORI)
reported
three
earthquakes
in
Costa
Rica
between
late
afternoon
and
Thursday
night.

Costa
Rican
Business
Group
Visits
Port
Everglades
A
diverse
group
of
public
and
private
trade
organizations
from
Costa
Rica
toured
Port
Everglades
this
week,
gaining
a
firsthand
glimpse
of
the
seaport’s
expansion
plans,
operations
and
facilities.

Costa
Rica,
France,
Italy
and
Argentina
Are
Spain's
Main
Fruit
Providers
France,
Italy,
Costa
Rica
and
Argentina
are
the
main
providers
of
fruit
imported
by
Spain,
with
43%
of
the
total
imported
in
2011,
according
to
data
from
the
Department
of
Customs
and
Special
Taxes
from
the
AEAT
(Tax
Agency),
from
the
Ministry
of
Economy,
and
processed
by
FEPEX
(Spanish
Federation
of
Associations
of
Producers
and
Exporters
of
Fruits,
Vegetables,
Flowers
and
Live
plants).
Costa
Rican
Fashion
Week
The
most
important
fashion
event
in
Costa
Rica,
Fashion
Week
2012,
began
on
Thursday
and
runs
until
the
12th
in
the
Antigua
Aduana
in
San
José.
Sykes
Offers
Work
For
300
At
Job
Fair
Tomorrow
Sykes,
a
global
leader
in
providing
customer
contact
management
solutions
and
services
in
the
business
process
outsourcing,
is
looking
to
hire
an
additional
300
people
in
Costa
Rica.