Cyber
Bookie Billionaire Said Police
Were Mistaken And Is Not
Thinking of Leaving Costa Rica
Calvin Ayre, the Canadian bookie
to make the Forbes list of the
richest people in the world,
says that the dozens of police
that barged into his Costa Rican
home thought that unlicensed
gaming was going on, but in
reality, his mansion was being
used as part of filming a
celebrity poker tournament.
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Thousands of fans of the Mexican
band RBD attended the group's
concert at the Saprissa stadium
in San José last night.
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Birth
Rate Plummets
There were 71,548 births in
Costa Rica in 2005, 699 less
than in 2004, confirming the
plummeting of the birthrate.
Ministry Expects WB to Approve
Limón-Moín Port Funds
Costa Rica's public works
ministry and the Atlantic coast
port and economic development
authority Japdeva expect the
World Bank (WB) to approve us$70
million for the Limón-Moín port
development project, ministry
and Japdeva sources told
BNamericas.
us$400 Million In Remittances
Costa Ricans living abroad sent
back home us$400 million last
year, while foreigners
living here sent us$196 million
to their relatives in their
homelands.
Promoting
Tourism
In order to attract more
European visitors, 27 Costa
Rican firms in the tourist
sector will partake in the
Berlin International Tourism
Exchange.
Distrust Threatens Salvadoran
Elections
Salvadoran political parties and
social sectors have expressed
suspicion about the municipal
and legislative elections to be
held on Sunday.
Flores
Victory May Shake Peru
Peru´s presidential candidate
for the New Left Movement (MNI)
Alberto Moreno said a win of
contender Lourdes Flores will
generate political and economic
havoc in Peru.
Cuban
Health Highlighted
Medicine is picking up pace
strongly in Cuba, and we have
the human capital, willpower and
wish to cooperate will all the
peoples in the world, President
Fidel Castro said.
Michelle Bachelet Assumes Chile
Michelle Bachelet assumed the
Presidency of Chile before the
Congress, in Puerto de
Valparaíso, on Saturday,
becoming the first female
president in the history of this
South American country.
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