High Gasoline Prices Force
Change In Car Buying Habits
The frequent increases in the
price of gasoline - five so far
this year and two more on their
way - has led many Costa Ricans
to buying cars that are more
economical. Compacts and diesel
powered vehicles that can travel
up to 100 kilometres (60 miles)
on less than us$3 dollars of
gas.
Nicaraguan Minister of
Foreign Affairs Norman
Caldera, (left), shakes
hands with Costa Rican
Minister of Foreign
Relations Bruno Stagno
after their press
conference at the
Foreign Affairs seat in
San José. Caldera is in
Costa Rica to
settle two new
consulates seats. |
TLC Commission Session Stalled,
Again
For the second time this month
the legislative deputies that
make up the Comisión de Asuntos
Internacionales y Comercio
Exterior that is studying the
free trade agreement with the
United States - the Tratado de
Libre Comercio (TLC) - could not
hold session due to lack of
forming a quorum.
Betonsports Fires Jailed CEO
Embattled online gambling firm
Betonsports dealt its
incarcerated chief executive out
of the game with a terse
announcement Tuesday that David
Carruthers has been terminated.
Witnesses
Implicate Husband in Wife's
Murder
The case against Luis Fernando
Burgos, accused of murdering his
wife, is growing daily as
investigators dig deep into the
events of the crime and the
movement of Burgos as he tried
to cover it up.
US
Transition Plan Useless in Cuba
President Fidel Castro compared
Cuba's social and humane
exploits to a Plan devised by
President (G.W.) Bush for
"a democratic transition" on the
Island.
Negotiation on Southern Gas
Pipeline Celebrated
Specialists from Argentina,
Brazil, Bolivia and Venezuela
continued technical exchanges
related to the future
construction of a gas pipeline,
called Southern Gas Pipeline.
Lula Extols Brazilian Government
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva asserted his pride
in his post and the performance
of his administration.
President Morales and
Constituent Assembly
Bolivia concentrates interest in
the Constituency Assembly and
the presidential call to vest it
with plenipotentiary powers to
decide the country's future.
Mexico Hosts
Emigration Confab
Mexico and another
15 countries opened
the Process of
Helsinki on
International
Emigration, with the
notable absence of
the US.
SOUTH AMERICA:
Reconciling
Mega-projects and
the Environment
Following
announcements of
several large-scale
joint infrastructure
projects among South
American countries,
social organisations
have called for
common legislation
to protect natural
resources and the
environment.
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