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Work on
outfitting
the
locomotives
purchased
from
Spain to
be used
on the
Heredia-San
Jose
train
service
continues.
The
project
is five
months
late and
with no
start
date in
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Five Months
Overdue And Still No Train To
Heredia
Last
August the president of the
Instituto Costarricense de
Ferrocarriles (Incofer), Miguel
Carabaguíaz, promised that the
Heredia commuter train would be
running by December, at the latest.
It is now five months past December
and the train is still not running. |
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Costa Rican
Trade Minister Tells Jamaicans Doors Are
Wide Open
Costa Rica's Foreign Trade Minister, Marco
Vinicio Ruiz, says has been able to weather
the economic storm because it has a diverse
economy, allowing it keep unemployment low.
ICE Will Seek
Compensation If It Has Frequencies Taken
Away
The move to
open the telecommunications market has been
slow, and the main stumbling block is the
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE), who has made it clear to fight tooth
and nail to delay the arrival of competitors
to its cellular and internet market.
San Jose Airport
Terminal Completion Has Begun
Although it has
yet to receive the "thumbs up", Houston
Airport System Development Corporation (HASDC),
has started work on the completion of the
Juan Santamaría (San Jose) airport.
Crew Of USS
Gary Denied Disembarking
The failure of a US frigate to provide Costa
Rican health authorities with adequate
information of its crew due to the AH1N1
flu, forced Costa Rican authorities to deny
the ship's crew landing in the port of
Golfito, in the southern zone.
ICE Not Paying
The Red Cross Either
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) is again under fire for refusing to
pay up its commitments, this time to the
Cruz Roja Costarricense (Costa Rican Red
Cross), which says it is owed ¢700 million
dollars by the state telecom. |
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Colombian Authorities Capture 15
Rebels
Bogota - The Colombian
authorities on Sunday captured a total of 15
members from two rebel groups in
northeastern of the country, local media
reported.
Chile Reports Its First Swine Flu Case
Santiago Chile's Health Minister says a 32-year old woman who had just arrived who from the Dominican Republic is the South American nation's first swine flu case.
Argentina Senate for Lifting US Blockade of
Cuba
Buenos Aires - Argentina''s
Senate has unanimously passed a bill
requesting the lifting of the US economic,
commercial, financial blockade against Cuba.
Spain, Uruguay to Honor Benedetti
Montevideo -
Mario Benedetti will be honored in
Montevideo on Wednesday as part of a program
sponsored by several cultural centers from
Spain and Uruguay.
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VENEZUELA: Shootings of
Unionists Continue
Unabated
Two shots to the
head, fired from a van,
put a sudden end to the
life of Argenis Vásquez,
the organising secretary
of the Toyota assembly
plant workers' union in
the city of Cumaná, 400
kilometres east of the
Venezuelan capital, as
he was leaving his home
at 09:00 local time. |
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4 Kms Does Not A 6 Lane Highway Make
After some 30 years of
planning, start and stop
and then start again,
last week the expansion
of the autopista
Fernando Prospero and
the highway to Caldera,
was officially
inaugurated, although
there still remains
entire sections of first
phase of the highway to
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Why ICE Is Stalling 3G
ICE, the Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad and the only
provider of cellular service in
Costa Rica has been falling
behind in installing the next
generation of cellular network
known as 3G. |
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