Tax
Reform Plan Approved, Finally!
Finally, and this is not a joke,
after three years of debate, the
Legislative Assembly has
approved the first reading of
the Tax Reform. The vote as 32
in favour and 15 against,
registered at 7:33pm.
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Oscar Fonseca, president of the
Tribunales Supremo de Elecciones,
denies any instances of fraud
having been encountered during
the manual vote count of the
Feb. 5 presidential elections
Costa Rican electoral officials
began counting votes by hand
last week, in a laborious effort
to determine the winner of one
of the country's closest
presidential races in history
between candidates Oscar Arias
and Ottón Solís. [AP Photo/Kent
Gilbert]
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Contraloría Questions Foreign
Minister Use of Cell Phone and
Travel Expenses
For those who complain about
high cellular telephone bills,
the Contraloría General de la
República (Comptroller's office)
is questioning the ¢923.625
coones (us$1.850) cellular phone
bill of Costa Rica's Foreign
Minister, Roberto Tovar.
Gasoline
Price Goes Up, Soon to Come Down
Again
Gasoline prices are becoming
like a rollercoaster, as the
Refinadora Costarricense de
Petróleo (Recope) informs that
it will be making a request to
lower gasoline prices, a day
ahead of an increase. The
reason? the price of crude oil
on international markets has
been dropping.
Trucks
Blockade Panama Border
The transport of freight between
Costa Rica and Panama has come
to a stand still as some 700
truckers have paralyzed movement
at the Costa Rica - Panama
border.
Inflation
Loses Momentum
Several indicators show that
inflation in Costa Rica is
de-accelerating.
Venezuela urges OPEC to cut
output
The Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC)
should cut its oil production by
500,000 to 1 million barrels a
day, Venezuela's Oil and Energy
Minister Rafael Ramirez said on
Thursday.
Guatemala Youth Join Anti-FTA
Rally
Guatemalan young people
announced Thursday their
willingness to join the massive
February 24 march scheduled
against the Free Trade Agreement
(FTA) with the US in Guatemala
City.
Mexico
Bucks US Butting in
Organizations and figures
supporting Cuba in Mexico will
continue denouncing US
interference by applying
anti-Cuban laws in this country.
Timely
Deals for Cuba-China
Cuban President Fidel Castro
highly praised the importance of
collaboration with China in
transportation, in his address
at the official ceremony for the
delivery of Yutong buses to the
Island.
VENEZUELA:
Cracking
Down Hard on Tobacco Advertising
Cigarette advertising, which has
been banned on TV and radio in
Venezuela for a quarter century
and had already virtually
disappeared from the print
media, will now be prohibited in
movie theatres and on
billboards, as an effort to
combat smoking among the young.
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