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Costa Rica Improves Its
Competitiveness Ranking
Costa Rica has moved up
four notches in the
Global Competitiveness
Report released by the
World Economic Forum on
Tuesday.
Gasoline Prices Go Up
Next Week
The Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios
Públicos (Aresep) Tuesday approved a hike in
the price of gasoline and taxi fares.
Gasoline prices will go up ¢34 colones for a
litre of regular and diesel, and ¢33 for
super.
Search For Missing US Man Hampered By Bad
Weather
The search for missing US man resumed on
Monday after authorities spotted what may be
a corpse floating in the crater lagoon of
the Volcán Rincon de la Vieja in Guanacaste,
but was called off by mid day due to bad
weather. The same occurred Tuesday, when
some 18 Cruzrojistas (Red Cross workers) had
to call off their operations.
TBF
succeeds in push of Vessel Monitoring System
New
regulations enacted by INCOPESCA, the Costa
Rican fisheries agency, will require
electronic vessel monitoring systems (VMS)
on all commercial vessels larger than 56 ft.
that operate in Costa Rican waters. These
rules were published on August 5 and all
affected vessels must have operational
systems within six months of that date.
It's Do Or Die Tonight For Costa Rica
Facing El Salvador
Costa
Rica has a tough task
tonight facing El
Salvador in World Cup
Qualifying. For the Sele,
the Costa Rican national
team, it's do or die, as
it needs a win to stay
alive in the competition
after its horrendous
loss 3-0 to Mexico last
Saturday.
Drop In Exchange Rate Normal For This Period
For those keeping an eye
on the daily exchange
rate between the US
dollar and the colón
they will have noticed a
marked drop in the last
several days, dropping
as much as ¢1.58 on
Tuesday.
Tourism
Minister Expected To Resign Today
The ministro de Turismo, Carlos Ricardo
Benavides, is expected to tender his
resignation today to join the presidential
campaign of Laura Chinchilla.
Heat Wave In Central
Valley To Continue All
Week
The heat wave hitting
the Central Valley will
be with us one week more
according to the
Instituto Meterológico
Nacional (IMN), national
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Thief or Victim?
A woman is detained by police as the mastermind behind the theft of 7 vehicles from a car lot in Barrio Cuba, while her step-father, the owner of the lot, says she is a victim of a police error. [Foto: Oldemar Siles] |
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More Venezuelan Workers Support Revolution
Caracas - The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) keeps registering workers willing to defend the popular process in the country, known as Bolivarian Revolution.
Tornado Kills 10 In Argentina
Buenos Aires - A tornado
spawned the north of Argentina early Tuesday
morning, killing at least 10 people and
injuring 51 more, 18 of them in grave
conditions.
Chilean President Gets High Approval
Rate
Santiago - Chile's first
woman president has enjoyed the highest
public support as against three of her
immediate predecessors, according to the
country's latest public opinion poll
conducted by Adimark.
Chilean President Seeks To Repeal Copper Mining Law
Santiago - Chilean
President Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday moved
a bill in parliament to repeal the existing
copper mining law of the country. |
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LATIN AMERICA:
Women in History -
More than Just
Heroines
Juana Azurduy or
Manuela Sáenz,
Bartolina Sisa or
Gertrudis Bocanegra,
Luisa Cáceres or
Policarpa
Salavarrieta - these
heroines attest to
the participation of
women in the
struggle for Latin
America’s
independence from
Spain, a
revolutionary
movement that began
two centuries ago
this year. |
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Rocking Time
Often when planning a trip,
you can do a little too much
of well – planning. Ruining
your vacation like pulp
ruins a glass of OJ. Its not
juice. Researching where to
stay and what beaches to
visit, you strip your
travels of any spontaneity
and uncertainty.
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Could Costa Rica
Overthrow Its President?
The
Honduran legislature
decided last week
decided that that the
president as unfit to
govern and Sunday
morning a group of
soldiers took Manuel
Zelaya by force and put
on a plane headed for
Costa Rica, in a coup
d'etat since the Cold
War. Zelaya said he was
kidnapped by Honduran
military officers, who
dragged him from his
residence. |
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