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Wednesday 01 August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Seminar Prepares Costa
Ricans For Chinese
Market
Dozens of Costa Rican
businessmen yesterday
participated in a
seminar to prepare them
for a trade mission to
China programmed for
October.
Prepaid Cellular
Service One Step Closer to Reality
Prepaid cellular
telephone in Costa Rica if getting
closer to reality with the decision of
the Autoridad Reguladora de los
Servicios Públicos (Aresep) tol hold
public hearings within the next 30 days
to set rates for the service.
MSU Students Leave
After 3 Robbed
After three Mississippi
State University
students were robbed
during a trip to Costa
Rica, the school ordered
them home, cutting their
six-week, study- abroad
program two weeks short.
Scientists Seek Climate
Clues in Earth's
Atmosphere
Scientists from Costa
Rica and Panama, in
collaboration with NASA,
launched a month-long
airborne mission last
month to understand the
role that tropical
clouds and storms play
in climate change.
Costa Ricans Fear TLC
Water Costs
Environmentalist groups
in Costa Rica hold that
implementation of the
Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) -
free trade agreement
with Central America,
the Dominican Republic
and the United States -
will bring about
privatization of water
in Costa Rica.
Panama to Build Torrijos-Carter
Park
Several buildings that
had housed US military
facilities in the
ancient canal region
began to be demolished
on Wednesday to be
transformed into a
recreational area to be
called "Torrijos-Carter
Park."
Nicaragua Offers US
Missiles for Meds
Nicaragua President
Daniel Ortega suggested
the United States
exchange more than half
of the 1,051
ground-to-air missiles
in the hands of the
Nicaraguan Army for
helicopters or medical
equipment and medicine.
Iran and Nicaragua
Strengthen Relations
Nearly 20 Iranian
officials and business
people arrived in
Nicaragua on Tuesday,
part of the
strengthening of
political and economic
relations between both
governments, an official
source informed.
Costly, Violent
Guatemala Elections
The Civilian
Organization "Mirador
Electoral" Wednesday
criticized violence,
obscure campaigns and
the excessive expenses
of a propaganda campaign
in Guatemala, during the
presentation of the
fourth report on the
process.
Argentine President
Decries Border Wall in
Mexico
President of Argentina,
Nestor Kirchner,
criticized on Tuesday
the construction of a
wall on the border
between US and Mexico.
Castro Photos Brought
Fame, Forced Exile
Ignoring official
warnings and counsel
from colleagues, Cuban
news photographer
Cristóbal Herrera
Ulashkevich showed the
world embarrassing
photos of Fidel Castro
out of professional
pride, he says.
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