Tax Reform Stalled While
Opposition Requests
Constitutional Clarity
As promised on Friday, Otto
Guevara of the Movimiento
Libertario (ML) along with 12
other Legislative Deputies, at
10:30am presented their request
over the constitutionality of
the Plan Fiscal (Tax Reform) to
the Constitutional Court or
Salva IV.
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Yesterday began the of the
IV Assembly of the
Inter-American Telecommunication
Commission of the Organization
of American States(OAS) in
Heredia. The member countries of
the OAS are meeting in Costa
Rica to discuss the future
development of
telecommunications around the
world. |
Presidential Vote Count Could Be
Finished Tomorrow, Solís in the
Lead
The president of the Tribunal
Supremo de Elecciones (TSE),
Oscar Fonseca, said yesterday
that we could have a president
proclaimed as early as tomorrow,
when the manual vote is expected
to be finished.
Computer to Replace Live
Operators For Directory
Information
Calling the 113 directory
information service will take a
more impersonal attitude next
week as the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) - state monopoly on
telecommunications - replaces
live operators with a computer.
Immigration Began Issuing New
Foreign Resident Cedulas
Being a resident of Costa Rica
will now cost more as the
Dirección General de Migración y
Extranjería announced a new "cedula"
for all foreign residents. The
cost of the new document will
cost an additional us$14 (¢7.035
colones).
OTI
EasyFuel Enters Costa Rica -
Expanding Presence in Latin
America
On Track Innovations Ltd.
(OTI), a global leader in
contactless microprocessor-based
smart card solutions for
homeland security, payments,
petroleum payments and other
applications, announced today
that it has received initial
orders in Costa Rica. "EasyFuel."
Guatemala: Teachers Protest
Neolib Policy
Surrounded by police, thousands
of Guatemalan teachers from 22
departments hold today the
fourth protest of the year to
demand resignation of Education
minister María del Carmen Aceña.
Cuba
Slams US Migration Policy
Cuba criticized Tuesday
migration policy of the US,
whose walls block Mexicans and
other citizens from entering its
soil while egging on Cubans to
illegally leave the island,
resulting in innumerable
victims.
Brazil
confirms new foot-and-mouth
outbreaks
Another six cases of
foot-and-mouth disease have been
confirmed among livestock raised
in Brazil's Parana state near
the borders with Argentina and
Paraguay, said Minister of
Agriculture Gabriel Alvez Maciel
on Monday.
Rescuers
find no new signs of trapped
Mexican miners
The 200 rescuers working at the
site of a Mexican mine collapse
have heard nothing from the
estimated 65 miners expected to
be below the surface, local
authorities said Monday.
CUBA-CHINA:
Firm
Friends and Excellent Business
Partners
Trade between Cuba and China is
growing at a breathtaking rate,
and is the most visible
expression of the close ties
between the two countries, which
appear to have overcome past
differences and reached a high
point in their relations.
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