Law Reform
To Increase Traffic Fines Ready;
Will Also Include Point System
In response to the high traffic
accident and mortality rate, the
Ministerio de Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT) announced
yesterday, that in addition to
raising fines, it will also
institute a point system for
drivers.
Costa Rican police watch
as people try to salvage
their belongings during
an eviction in the
precario (shanty town)
along the General Cañas
highway at the edge of
the Virilla river. The
majority of the 59
families being
Nicaraguan immigrants. |
Poverty Level Falls,
But Inequality Rises
According to the country's
National Statistics and Census
Institute, it said on Tuesday,
that although Costa Rica's
poverty level has reduced by one
percent, the country's
inequality has increased.
Government Looks to Offer
Concessions for Development of 2
Ports
Costa Rica's government is
planning to concession a new
us$500 million terminal as well
as port services at the existing
Limón and Moín terminals on the
Caribbean coast, the local
financial newspaper, Capital
Financiero, quoted institutional
coordination minister Marco
Vargas as saying.
10.000 Nicaraguans Expected To
Head Home For the Presidential
Elections
For those planning to travel
north to Nicaragua during the
coming days, you might thing
twice, as an expected 10.000
Nicaraguans working and living
in Costa Rica, are expected to
travel to their country for the
presidential elections on
Sunday.
Gas
Attendant Sole Suspect in Fatal
Shell Station Accident
The Shell Escazú gasoline
station attendant, Gerardo
Quiróz Delgado, was surprised to
learn yesterday that the
Organismo de Investigación
Judicial (OIJ) and the Fiscalía
(prosecutor's office) of San
José finger him as the sole
suspect responsible for the
explosion and fire that caused
the death of the two children
Saturday morning in downtown
Escazú.
Nicaragua Threatened With Cutoff
of Dollars, U.S. officials Warn
Three more members of the U.S.
Congress are warning of dire
consequences if Daniel Ortega
wins the presidential election
in Nicaragua this Sunday.
Nicaragua Tourism Board Responds
to Recent U.S. State Department
Travel Warning
In response to the recent travel
warning issued by the U.S. State
Department, the Nicaragua
Tourism Board (INTUR) made a
statement saying that as
of October 3, in relation to the
upcoming elections taking place
on November 5th, there have been
no violent acts or
demonstrations reported in
Nicaragua and we do not expect
them to take place.
Colombia Debates Fuel
Privatization
The Senate and the House of
Representatives Fifth commission
began the discussion of the
controversial proposal to sell
20 percent of the Colombian Fuel
Enterprise (ECOPETROL), the
biggest and most profitable in
the country.
Cuban Ambassador Tells Japanese
Press of Blockade
The Cuban Embassy in Japan held
a news conference Tuesday, with
the 20 most influential Japanese
media, to denounce and explain
the effects of the US
intensification of its
financial, economic and
commercial blockade of Cuba.
Brazilian president
outlines priorities
for 2nd term
Brazilian President
Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva on Tuesday
outlined boosting
economic
development,
improving education
and reducing poverty
as his priorities in
his second term.
COLOMBIA:
Demining Agreement,
a Field Test for
Peace
Mine clearance in
the Colombian
municipality of
Samaniego, announced
in Havana by
Colombia's insurgent
National Liberation
Army (ELN), is
important but not
sufficient to
overcome the
humanitarian crisis,
a human rights
activist warned.
