Costa Rica S.A., TLC Documentary
Draws Controversy
A documental about the Tratado
de Libre Comercio (TLC) - the
Central America Free Trade
Agreement with the United States
- called "Costa Rica S.A."
produced by a Universidad de
Costa Rica (UCR) professor has
unleashed a controversy between
those pro and opponents of the
trade agreement.
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Costa Rica's
singer Humberto Vargas won the
47th International Song Festival
in Vina del Mar, Chile, Monday,
with the song 'Dilo de una Vez.'
Vargas was awarded with the
'Silver Seagull' trophy and
us$30,000. [AP Photo]
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Drop In
Gasoline Price Approved
The rollercoaster of gasoline
prices is again on the move.
Yesterday, the Autoridad
Reguladora de los Servicios
Públicos (Aresep) announced the
approval of a reduction in the
price of gasoline products. The
new prices will come into effect
once it is published in the
official government newspaper,
La Gaceta.
Biological Clocks Tick Away With
Ban On In- Vitro Fertilization
The legal and reproductive
systems are not on the same
clock in Costa Rica, the world's
only nation that bans in vitro
fertilization.
6th
Annual Robert August Surf & Turf
Returns to Costa Rica
Superstar Event Kicks Off April
1 With Costa Rica’s Federacion
de Surf Training
Session/Practice Contest at
Playa Tamarindo.
Costa
Rica Sends Observers to Watch
World Cup Rivals' Games
The Costa Rica Football
Federation said in a statement
Monday that it will send
observers to the March 1
friendly matches played by its
rivals in Group A of 2006
Germany World Cup.
New GSM
Customers To Get Their First
Bill, Finally!
For the two hundred thousand
plus who purchased the new GSM
cellular service in December,
the first billing is just coming
out and due on March 4. This
because the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) sold the cellular lines
without having the billing
infrastructure in place.
Guatemala: Teaching Talk
Suspended
The possibility of solving a
teaching conflict in Guatemala
was set back Tuesday with
temporary suspension of a
dialogue between the government
and teaching leaders on
questioned neoliberal reforms.
UN:
Discrimination in Guatemala
Persists
The United Nations Committee for
Elimination of Racial
Discrimination denounced Monday
that racism continues in all
sectors of Guatemalan national
life.
2005,
Successful Year for Habanos
After the 40th anniversary of
Cohiba, Cuban tobacco
authorities are celebrating
Tuesday an increase of quality
in the island´s cigars and the
closure of an excellent year.
Countdown to Illiteracy in
Bolivia
The beginning of the end of
illiteracy in Bolivia began
Monday, in the wake of a
Bolivia-Cuba meeting to review
preparations for the literacy
campaign.
Venezuelan govt announces
anti-bird flu plan
The Venezuelan government on
Monday announced a national plan
to battle possible outbreaks of
bird flu.
HEALTH:
AIDS Stigma, a Major Hurdle in
the Caribbean
The
discrimination that people
living with HIV face on a
day-to-day level in the
Caribbean results in frequent
violations of their basic rights
and is a major hurdle to the
implementation of anti-AIDS
programmes, say U.N. officials.
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