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Take A Guess
This week the sell rate of the
Costa Rican colon to the US
Dollar will hit ˘500. Could be
tomorrow, could be later this
week or next. Take your guess,
buy sending us an email. The
first correct email will win a
shiny, commemorative ˘500
colones coin. Actually, it's
just a plain ˘500 coin we like to call it the "colooney".
Canadians know what we are
talking about.
Send your email here.
Thank you for all the emails.
Look for the list tomorrow.
Missing Couple Found in Plane
Crash Against the Volcan Irazú
The bodies of a U.S. couple
whose small plane had been
missing for three days were
found Tuesday near the Volcan
Irazú, the area where the
airplane disappeared, along with
the plane's wreckage.
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Search crews yesterday foundthe
single-engine airplane which
crashed against the Irazú
volcano, 60 miles (97 km)
southeast of San José. The
single engine Beechcraft piloted
by a man and his wife, both from
Des Moines, Iowa, disappeared on
Sunday from San José radar
screens while flying in the
vicinity of Irazú Volcano.
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Shopping For School
Supplies
in Full Swing
Visitors to Costa Rica who pick
up the daily Spanish language
newspapers or while doing
shopping have a puzzled look
about the prominent promotion
and display or school supplies
from notebooks to uniforms.
Less
Corruption At Tránsito,
Subdirector Says
The Policiá de Tránsito (Traffic
Police) say that corruption is
down, this is evidenced by the
number of complaints registered
each year, which in 2005 the
internal affairs unit
investigated only 566 cases,
down from 700 in 2004.
More than 56.000 Unclaimed
Cedulas
According to the Tribunal
Supremo de Elecciones (TSE), the
body that oversees the national
registry as well as the
presidential elections, says
that some people don't worry
about not carrying their
identification known as the "cedula",
as there more than 56.000
cedulas waiting to be picked up.
Nicaragua Bans Freshwater
Shark Fishing
Nicaragua banned freshwater
fishing of bull sharks and
sawfish on Tuesday because of
alarming population declines,
and said it wants neighboring
Costa Rica to impose a similar
prohibition.
Colombian President in
Guatemala
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe
is kicking off Wednesday an
official visit to Guatemala,
aimed at strengthening ties in
security, trade and energy.
Guatemala Congress Looking at
Laws
Guatemalan Congress is
initiating Tuesday its first
ordinary session of 2006, in
which severe debates on social
laws are forecasted.
Cuban Energy Revolution
Underway
The current energy revolution in
Cuba aimed at securing the
national power supply system
will mark a new stage, said
Cuban President Fidel Castro.
Lula,
Kirchner for Integration
Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva (Brazil) and Nestor
Kirchner (Argentina) are
revamping Wednesday binational-regional
integration at a meeting
preceding another 3-way summit
with their Venezuelan
counterpart Hugo Chavez.
URUGUAY-ARGENTINA:
Pulp
Frictions Threaten Integration
The
Mercosur trade bloc and South
American integration are being
put to the test by the growing
frictions between Uruguay and
Argentina over the construction
of two pulp mills on the
Uruguayan side of a river
dividing the two nations.
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