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Thursday 18 September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Interlinéa Buses Stalled
Again
On Tuesday, the
regulation that would
allow the bid to be
awarded on Wednesday to
get the Interlinéa (intersectoral)
buses running was
published in the
official government
publication, La Gaceta,
however, there was one
little snag, the Consejo
de Transporte Público
(CTP) missed one little
detail.
Hotel Tax May Go, $15 To
Be Added To All Airfares
To Costa Rica
Good news for visitors
staying at hotels in
Costa Rica, as the 3%
hotel tax could be soon
eliminated. The bad news
is that the government
is considering making up
the shortfall by added a
us$15 flat fee on all
airfares to Costa Rica,
if the legislation
currently before the
Legislative Assembly is
passed.
24
Immigration Officials
Charged For False
Passport Stamps
The Dirección General de
Migración y Extranjería
- immigration service -
is getting tough on its
own, as it filed charges
against 24 officials for
fraud with entry/exit
stamps.
Costa Rica President's
Popularity Falls On
Scandals
The popularity of Costa
Rica's president, Oscar
Arias Sanchéz, has
plummeted amid a series
of financial scandals
and revelations that the
government secretly sold
bonds to China, a poll
showed on Tuesday.
Potential Cure for
Malaria Discovered in
Rainforests of Costa
Rica
A team of researchers in
Costa Rica’s Alberto
Manuel Brenes Reserve
have been searching for
plants that might help
cure the
mosquito-transmitted
disease known as
malaria.
Panama's President
Continues Push For Free
Trade Pact Passage
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)-
A day ahead of a
scheduled meeting with
U.S. President George W.
Bush, Panamanian
President Martin
Torrijos continued
pushing Tuesday for
approval of a free trade
deal between the
countries.
Russian Deputy PM Visits
Nicaragua As Part Of
Latin American Tour
MANAGUA - A Russian
delegation led by a
deputy prime minister
has visited Nicaragua as
part of a Latin American
tour to revive ties with
the region.
Three Killed In Rio
Police's Operation
Against Drug Dealers
RIO DE JANEIRO - Three
people were killed
Wednesday in a battle
between Rio's Military
Police and drug dealers
in the Morro do Alemao
shantytown in north Rio,
police said.
Venezuelan FM, Russian
Vice PM Meet On
Bilateral Cooperation
CARACAS - Venezuelan
Foreign Minister Nicolas
Maduro Moros and Russian
Vice Prime Minister Igor
Sechin met here on
Wednesday and discussed
bilateral cooperation.
Insulza Defends OAS
Role, UNASUR Appoints
Envoy For Bolivian
Crisis
SANTIAGO - General
Secretary of the
Organization of American
States (OAS) Jose Miguel
Insulza on Wednesday
defended the role of the
organization in dealing
with the Bolivian
turmoil, while the Union
of South American
Nations (UNASUR)
appointed an envoy for
the crisis.
BOLIVIA:
Opposition Accepts
Morales’s Call for Talks
Opposition governors in
Bolivia accepted
President Evo Morales’s
call for talks aimed at
pulling the country out
of the current crisis,
in which at least 15
supporters of the
leftwing government have
been killed.
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