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TACA Introduces Check In Express
To Reduce Airport Line Ups
Flying to other countries from
Costa Rica on TACA airlines will
be much easier the company said
as it announced its new service
"Check In Express", as customers
with electronic tickets can now
check in by way of the internet
at any time up to three hours
before the flight.
Firefighters of the
Barrio México station
had their hands full
yesterday to rescue an "osa
perezosa" (sloth) and
its baby in a tree in
Barrio Amón, where it
ran the risk of touching
electrical cables and
being electrocuted. The
osa perezosa is an
endangered species. [Foto:
Héctor Rodríguez] |
Costa Rica And Dominican
Republic Still Wait to Join
CAFTA
Now
that Guatemala has implemented
the Central American Free Trade
Agreement, it leaves only Costa
Rica and the Dominican Republic
as the only two signatories to
the trade agreement still to
ratify it.
Costa Rica
Will Be Asked to Integrate To
Free Regional Transit
The governments of Nicaragua,
Honduras, El Salvador and
Guatemala will be urging Costa
Rica and Panama to integrate to
the CA-4.
Legislators Vote Themselves a
Holiday
More than one Legislative Deputy
has their bags packed and ready
for a vacation, as the
Legislative Assembly goes for
recess from July 10 to July 14,
resuming functions on Monday
July 17.
Liliana Carranza Leaves
Telenoticias
Liliana Carranza, the beauty of
channel 7 news for 10 years, is
leaving the television station
to work for Deloitte
International, the tax, audit
and financial consulting firm,
as a marketing and public
relations assistant.
Nicaragua, Presidential
Candidate Buried
Thousands of Nicaraguans,
President Enrique Bolaños
included, Wednesday attended the
burial of Herty Lewites,
Presidential Candidate of
Alliance Renewed Sandinista
Movement.
Guatemala Plunged into
Extradition Matter
The arrest warrant against the
Guatemalan ex- President Alfonso
Portillo still underlies and it
is expected that Mexican
authorities solve the
extradition matter, declared
Attorney Carlos Patricio
Rodriguez on Wednesday.
Panama Proposes New Cruise
Operators
Panama proposed new cruise
operators to reduce payment for
tourists, ships arrival at a new
point and the contracting for
these purposes of Panamanian
personnel.
Alarcon: US Would Have Cuba
Disappear
The President of Cuba's National
Assembly (Parliament), Ricardo
Alarcon, denounced the US adding
of new and secret measures to
its so-called Bush Plan, with
which Washington tries to annex
the Caribbean country.
South America Freer than Ever,
Says Chavez
President Hugo Chavez said on
Wednesday that it is now that
the South American peoples are
free and independent.
US
Ambassador to
Venezuela Refutes Invasion
Allegation
United States ambassador to
Venezuela William Brownfield on
Tuesday reiterated that his
country has no intention to
invade Venezuela.
SOUTH AMERICA:
New Member
Venezuela Politicises Mercosur
The
addition of Venezuela as a full
member of Mercosur, an economic
bloc created in 1991 by
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and
Uruguay, marks a new era -- more
political and turning the five
countries into the driving force
behind regional integration.
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