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"Gobierno
Digital" Opens Portal
We have been hearing about the "Gobierno
Digital", the government's plan
to offer a number of services
online, as well as information
on government institutions and
resources, where you can even
apply for a drivers license and
a passport.
Costa Rica president,
Óscar Arias, steps out
of a limousine (a lot
different than the Kia
sedan he uses back home)
as he visits the
Organization of American
Sates (OAS) yesterday as
part of his Washington
tour. Today, Arias will
be meeting with U.S.
predident George W. Bush
at the White House. [Foto:
OAS] |
Streets Full of Cash Beginning
Today
Beginning not later 10:00am,
more than ¢98.000.000.000
colones (us $190 million
dollars) will hit the streets as
employees of the central
government receive their annual
"Aguinaldo".
Gas Hike On The Way; Cold
Weather Blamed
According to the Refinadora
Costarricense de Petróleo (Recope)
the cold weather of the last
couple of weeks will result in a
higher gasoline prices at the
pump. The price increase is
expected in the coming week, as
Recope waits a formal reply by
the Autoridad Reguladora de los
Servicios Públicos (Aresep).
Government Announces Holiday
Closings
The holiday season is upon us
and so are holiday hours and
closings.
Fitch Rates Banco Internacional
de Costa Rica (BICSA)
Fitch has assigned the following
ratings to Banco Internacional
de Costa Rica (BICSA) with a
Stable outlook:
Nicaragua Fighting over Abortion
The Nicaraguan Center of Human
Rights (CENIDH) said that the
recent reform of the Penal Code
approved by the National
Assembly to prohibit the
abortion for medical
prescription violates 20
constitutional rights of the
Nicaraguan women.
Panama Poison Death Toll
Polemical
Although Panamanian authorities
estimated that the death toll
for consuming poisoned medicine
is 48, the issue is object of a
national debate in the middle of
denunciations based on the real
amount.
Guatemalan Victims Demand
Justice
Humanitarian organizations and
those of victims of the internal
armed conflict in Guatemala have
demanded arrest warrants against
several soldiers for genocide
and denounced current harassment
of their activists.
Supermarket fire verdict
triggers riots in Paraguay
Rioters looted a supermarket and
clashed with police in
Paraguay's capital Asuncion on
Tuesday as rage flared up over
the verdict relating to a fire
in a supermarket in 2004 that
killed nearly 400 people,
according to reports reaching
here.
16 injured in
clashes between
Peruvian police,
protestors
Protestors clashed
with police in
Peru's southern
province of Apurimac
on Tuesday, leaving
16 people injured
and two of them
seriously.
LATIN AMERICA:
Indigenous People
Gaining Ground (On
Paper)
For the first time
ever, the Economic
Commission for Latin
America and the
Caribbean (ECLAC)
has devoted a
chapter to
indigenous peoples
in its annual Social
Panorama report on
the region.
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