No Buses Next Week, A Possible
Reality
More than one and a half million
who daily take the bus daily may
be left to walk, ride the
bicycle or take a taxi, as bus
operators say they cannot
continue to operate in the face
of low fares and increasing
operating costs.
Costa Rica's
vice-president, Laura
Chinchilla (centre in
white), assisted in the
celebrations of the "Batalla
de Rivas", remembering
Costa Rican heroes in
fighting back the
agressions of William
Walker against Costa
Rica. Accompanying
Chinchilla, is Alfredo
Gomez (left),
Nicaragua's Vice
President. |
Parmenio Case Fiscal
Assassination Plot Uncovered
Frequent visitors and those who
chose to live in Costa Rica will
no doubt agree that the country
has changed in the last several
years, for the better and for
the worse.
Christopher Howard on this
weekend’s CNBC World News
Local celebrity, writer and
promoter of Costa Rican Living,
Christopher Howard, will be
featured on CNBC World News this
weekend.
False
Disappearances Costs Taxpayers
Millions
False disappearances can cause
families and loved ones a lot of
heartaches, but it costs
everyone millions of colones of
public spending in search
operations, such as the
disappearance of Andrea Gómez
and her ex-boyfriend, Guillermo
Echeverría, earlier this week.
Gold Coast, Costa Rica
Even by the opulent standards of
Costa Rica's Gold Coast, this is
not your ordinary beach house.
Nicaraguan Candidates to Debate
Live
Three of the five Nicaraguan
presidential candidates will
debate live on TV September 13,
in a program co-sponsored by
Noticias del Canal 2, US CNN and
Televicentro of Nicaragua.
FMLN Denounces Extermination
Groups
The Farabundo Marti National
Liberation Front (FMLN) of El
Salvador denounced the existence
of unofficial groups attempting
on young people´s lives.
Grisly Murder Shocks Guatemala
Five members of a recently
murdered family in Guatemala
will be buried on Thursday among
widespread shock of the
population that demands from
authorities a quick
investigation of the facts.
Honduras Greens Slam Pollution
Environmental Organizations and
people from the locality of
Valle del Siria protested the
pollution of the water table
with cyanide and arsenic.
Cuba Part of NAM History
The celebration in this capital
of the 14th Non-Aligned Movement
(NAM) Summit is a prestigious
occasion for Cuba within that
organization and in the
international arena.
Latin American Exec
Bets on Stability
and Unity
Latin American
energy integration
depends on regional
economic stability
to face high oil
prices, says Jose
Luis Machinea,
executive secretary
of the Economic
Commission for Latin
America (ECLAC).
EL SALVADOR:
Euros Buy Workers
More Rights
Ending a
half-century of
foot-dragging, the
government of El
Salvador has finally
bowed to business
pressure and
ratified ILO
agreements on
workers’ rights to
unions and
collective
bargaining -- but
not without tacking
on restrictions to
the recently
recognised rights.
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