The
Wedding of the Year in Hollywood
Style But At Tico Pace
The wedding of Don Stockwell and
Carolina Tejera yesterday was in
full Hollywood style, planned to
the last detail, but two hours
late in typical Costa Rican
fashion.
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Captain Carlos Guerra of Aero
Marketing pilots the airplane
trailing a banner spreading the
news of the "wedding of the
year", as he circled over the
Interncontinental Hotel in
Escazú. |
Tax Agreements
Israel, South Korea, and
Switzerland asked the Government
of Costa Rica to negotiate
agreements aimed at avoiding
double taxation that is part of
the Reforma Fiscal before the
Legislature and approved in
first reading.
Consumers Confidence
Increases
The confidence of consumers
improved in the last three
months, according to the index
made by the Opinion Research
Center at the School of
Statistics of the Universidad de
Costa Rica (UCR) -
University of Costa Rica.
Lower
Inflation Expected
The average yearly inflation for
the next 12 months is expected
to reach 12.3 percent om
average, while the forecast last
January had been 12.7 percent.
Bennett, Leacock Compete in
Costa Rica
Olivia Bennett will be hoping to
recover from a bout of food
poisoning in time to compete in
the second stage of a three-leg
International Tennis Federation
(ITF) Central American Junior
Circuit from tomorrow in Costa
Rica.
Fox
View over Migration Slammed
Negotiations for a migration
deal with the US is difficult
because of Mexican President
Vicente Fox´ "superficial
perception" of this phenomenon,
La Jornada daily opined Saturday
in Mexico City.
Brazilian Military Occupy
Favelas
Shanty towns in northern Rio de
Janeiro were entered and
occupied by 300 military police
attempting to recover ten rifles
and a gun stolen from a barracks
hours earlier, Jornal do Brasil
informed today.
Venezuela prepared for possible
US sanctions: minister
The Venezuelan government was
considering measures to counter
possible economic sanctions
being imposed against it by the
United States, Foreign Trade
Minister Gustavo Marquez said on
Friday.
Brazil
takes swift action against
chemical spill
The Brazilian government acted
swiftly on Friday to prevent the
drinking water of six cities
from being contaminated
following a chemical spill in
Rio de Janeiro state.
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