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Saturday 11 October 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Gasoline Price Drop
Approved
The drop in the price of
crude oil international
martket will soon be
felt in Costa Rica, as
gasoline prices begin to
drop. For the moment at
least.
Chinchilla One Step
Closer To The PLN
Nomination
Laura Chinchilla Miranda
is one step closer to
being president of the
country, as the Tribunal
Supremo de Elecciones
(TSE), officially
removed her as the
country's vice-president
and Ministra de Justicia,
allowing her to begin
her campaign to seek out
the PLN party
nomination.
Buyers Market in Costa
Rica
Now is a good time to
negotiate a property
purchase in Costa Rica,
in light of the slow
market, according to
Gary Sheriff of property
agency C.R.UK. Global.
Majority of Costa Ricans
Want The New Stadium
Although the Sala
Constitucional
(Constitutional Court)
put the brakes on the
construction of the new
stadium in La Sabana
park, the majority of
Costa Ricans want to see
the project move ahead
and be completed.
Preliminary Hearing Ends
In Alcatel-ICE Case
The Alcatel-ICE case is
moving slowly, though it
is making advances, as
the preliminary hearings
being held by the
Juzgado Penal de
Hacienda del Segundo
Circuito Judicial de
Goicoechea, ended
yesterday. Now, it will
be up to the judges to
determine if the case
will go to trial or not.
Ortega Says Capitalism
In Its Death Throes
MANAGUA - Nicaraguan
President Daniel Ortega
stated that the
capitalism is in its
death throes and the
Bolivarian Alternative
for the Peoples of Our
America (ALBA) is the
most advanced, Christian
and fairest project.
Millions Of
Undeclared Money
Confiscated at Panama
Airport
PANAMA - Undeclared
money confiscated at
Tocumen international
airport in Panama this
year amounts to US$4.1
million dollars,
reported official
sources.
Colombian Police Arrest
37 Members Of Criminal
Gang
BOGOTA - Police captured
37 members of a criminal
and drug-trafficking
ring Friday in
northwestern Colombia,
authorities said.
Peruvian President
Accepts Resignation Of
Cabinet
LIMA - Peruvian Prime
Minister Jorge del
Castillo announced
Friday that President
Alan Garcia had accepted
the resignation of his
cabinet members due to
their alleged
corruption.
Opposition Candidates
Lead In Surveys For
Mayoral Elections In
Rio, Sao Paulo
RIO DE JANEIRO -
Candidates from the
opposition parties are
leading in the opinion
polls for the upcoming
second round of mayor
elections in Rio and Sao
Paulo, according to
surveys released
Thursday by consulting
company Datafolha.
Q&A: Central American
"Exports, Production,
Employment" Hit by
Crisis
The financial
crisis in the United
States and Europe could
cause a fall in Central
American exports,
tourism, property
investments and
remittances sent by
migrant workers to their
families, Costa Rican
economist Eduardo Lizano
says in this interview
with IPS.
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