Monday 15 December
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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TLC In Jeopardy As
Legislators Fail To
Approve Two SUTEL
Nominations
Opponents of the Tratado
Libre de Comercio (TLC)
- free trade agreement
with the United States -
apparently will not stop
until the December 31
deadline passes and the
trade deal is dead.
US Company Chooses Costa
Rica For Expansion
The financial crisis has
forced many companies to
hold back their
expenditures, some even
cutting jobs. However,
there is good news for
Costa Rica. DigitalArbor
is doing exactly the
opposite and setting
shop in Costa Rica and
creating some 500 new
jobs.
Wal-Mart With Extended
Hours For Holiday
Shoppers
Good news for last
minute Christmas
shopping, many
supermarkets and
department stores are
opening late all week
and Christmas Day. The
shopping malls will also
have extended hours all
week long.
Scientists Find Life in
Rincon de la Vieja
Boiling Mud Pits
(InfoWebPress) As
incredible as it may
sound, a team of
researchers from the
University of Costa
Rica’s (UCR) Cellular
and Molecular Biology
Research Center (CIBCM)
has discovered in the
boiling mud pits (“pailas”)
of Guanacaste’s Rincon
de la Vieja Volcano a
unique organism that in
2004 was named Euglena
pailasensis, in
reference to the place
where it inhabits.
"66" Grand Prize Winner
66 was the big number
last in the annual
Christmas lottery, Gordo
Navideño.
Visitor 2 Million
Expected On Wednesday
On Wednesday, visitor
number 2 million for the
season is expected to
pass through the
immigration gates of the
Juan Santamaría
international airport in
San Jose.
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Nicaragua As A “Family
Dictatorship” Claims
Former Minister
Managua -
The Nicaraguan
administration of
President Daniel Ortega
“is not left-leaning or
Sandinista or
revolutionary, it’s
imply a family
dictatorship”, said
Ernesto Cardenal, a
Catholic priest and one
of the country’s most
renowned poets.
Home-Made Mini-Subs
Smuggle Cocaine From
Colombia
TUMACO, Colombia –
Squat, bull-necked and
sullen-looking, Enrique
Portocarrero hardly
seems a dashing
character out of Jules
Verne science fiction.
Flooding Leaves 20,000
Homeless In Northern
Colombia
Bogota - A swollen river
has left more than
20,000 people homeless
in Colombia's northern
province of Magdalena,
officials said on
Sunday.
Brazil To Host Four
Latin America Summits
Salvador, Brazil - Heads
of state and government
from 33 Latin American
and Caribbean countries
will meet in Brazil to
discuss regional
integration, the
Brazilian Foreign
Ministry said in a
statement on Sunday.
Bolivia, Chile Senate
Commissions to Meet in
La Paz
La Paz -
Senatorial commissions
from Bolivia and Chile
have agreed to meet on
Monday in La Paz to
address maritime issues,
road programs, and a
longstanding conflict on
bordering waters.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
A Place for Eco-Coffee
Dominican
Republic - Communities
in 10 southern provinces
of the Dominican
Republic are feeling the
benefits from the
collective activities of
small growers of organic
coffee. Women
participate in the
production and sale of
the coffee, and their
sons and daughters are
pursuing studies in
order to improve the
sector's productivity.
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