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Supporters of ousted Honduran
president Manuel Zelaya light
candles on the perimeter of the
Brazilian Embassy during a vigil
, in Tegucigalpa, capital of
Honduras. Hundreds of Zelaya
supporters attendED the peaceful
rally here on Wednesday.
Honduras is scheduled to hold
presidential elections on Nov. 2
[Foto: Rafael Ochoa] |
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MOPT:
Bridge Network Requires us$200
Million
Costa Rica's Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes -
public works and transport
ministry (MOPT) - says it needs
to invest us$200 million over
the next three years to improve
bridge infrastructure, local
paper La Nación reported.
Chinchilla Promises Hard Line On Drug
Trafficking
The frontrunner in Costa Rica's 2010
presidential elections, Laura Chinchilla,
promises to combat drug trafficking and
reduce violence and crime, if she is elected
to replace Oscar Arias.
RITEVE Looking To Double Its Inspection Fees
The mandatory vehicular inspection could
cost double next year if the Autoridad
Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP)
approves a request by the Revisión Técnica
Vehicular (RITEVE).
Costa Rica Plans Embassy and Free Trade With
Turkey
Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, met on
Wednesday with his Turkish counterpart,
Abdullah Gul, and agreed on an intent to
sign a free trade agreement to boost
bilateral economic relations and also
enhance political ties.
Costa Rica
Continues To Shake And Roll,
Three More Quakes This Week
Residents of the areas of
Alaska, Rivas and Palmital de
Pérez Zeledón - all in the
southern zone - felt several
tremors late on Tuesday and
again yesterday. |
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OAS To
Observe
Costa
Rica
Elections
The
Secretary
General
of the
Organization
of the
American
States
(OAS),
José
Miguel
Insulza,
and the
Permanent
Representative
of Costa
Rica to
the
Organization,
José
Enrique
Castillo
Barrantes,
signed
on
Wednesday
an
agreement
to
establish
the
terms of
the OAS
Electoral
Observation
Mission
to the
general
elections
on
February
7.
Banco
Nacional
Rewards
Customers
Who
Repay
Their
Loans On
Time
The
Banco
Nacional
(BN), in
an
effort
to
reduce
late
payments,
is
offering
a reward
to ten
customers
who
promptly
pay
their
loans
with the
offer of
paying
down
their
debt up
to ¢3
million
colones,
which in
some
cases
could be
paying
off the
debt.
Today
Marks
The
Payment
Of The
First
Aguinaldo
To
Public
Sector
While
the
employees
of the
central
goverment
have to
wait
until
December
8 to
receive
their
Aguinaldo,
127.000
workers
of
public
institutions
will get
theirs
today.
Mandatory
Unit
Pricing
At
Supermarkets
In The
Works
Come
next
year
supermarkets
have to
inform
in more
detail
the
price of
each
item on
their
store
shelf.
The
change
will be
based on
an
initiative
by the
Ministerio
de
Economía
which
forces
supermarkets
to
better
inform
the
public.
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
Latin America's Perpetual Fever
"To use a soccer metaphor, which Brazilian
politicians like so much, the Kyoto Protocol
was the 10-minute warm-up before the real
game begins," said scientist Carlos Nobre in
reference to global climate change treaties. |
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Your Photos Could Be Product Placements
One day soon, our society will be ruled by an all-intrusive advertising technique in which individuals are paid to walk around 24/7 holding a product next to their wide-smiling faces |
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So What
Is 3G
And Do
You
Really
Need It?
By the
end of
the
year,
Costa
Rica, by
way of
the
Instituto
Costarricense
de
Electricidad
(ICE)
will
join the
rest of
the
world
with the
introduction
of the
3rd
generation,
better
known as
3G,
cellular
network.
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