First Fall
Of Arias Administration
The Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) - country's
monopoly on telecommunications
and electricity - will have a
new president, following the
resignation of Jorge Gutiérrez,
who took over from Pablo Cobb on
May 8.
Residents of small
communities have found
ways to beat the high
cost of gasoline - the
bicycle. Gasoline prices
drop tomorrow, however,
still remain the highest
in the region. |
ICE Plans Tender For A Million
Cellular Lines
Costa Rica's monopoly on
telecommunications, the
Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) expects to
launch a tender for at least a
million cellular lines next
year, with a view to having them
available in 2008,
according to ICE mobile services
director Orlando Cascante.
Gas Price
Down Tomorrow
It's official, as we predicted,
at the stroke of midnight
tonight, gasoline prices drop.
This is the third consecutive
drop in the past month,
following a series of hikes that
brought the price to almost ¢600
colones a litre.
The Jails Are Full, Preventive
Detention A Major Reason
The judges, at the request of
the Ministerio Público, hand out
"preventive detention" measures
right and left and is now become
a problem for the jail system,
as it struggles to handle the
load.
71 Year
Old Man Has To Wait To 2009 For
a Medical Appointment
Nelson Castro thought he was a
victim of a practical joke. But,
soon the 71 year old man,
learned that the appointment he
was given to see a urologist on
April 20, 2009 at the Pérez
Zeledón, was in fact real.
Morales with Guatemala
Indigenous
Bolivian President Evo Morales
is kicking off Tuesday a visit
to Guatemala, where he will meet
with his counterpart Oscar
Berger and take part in the 7th
General Assembly of the Latin
American Indigenous Fund (FIL).
Posada Carriles Could Be Free in
US
International terrorist Luis
Posada Carriles could be freed
in the United States if the
Justice department accepts a
request by a federal magistrate
who recommended his release from
prison, local press reported
Tuesday.
Argentina Returns to NAM
After over a decade of absence
from the Non Aligned Movement
summits, Argentina participated
Tuesday as a guest at the 14th
NAM Summit, which is being held
in the Cuban capital from
September 11 to16.
World Award for Cuban Five
A world celebration for the
release of five Cuban
anti-terrorist fighters
imprisoned in US for fighting
terrorism starts Tuesday in this
capital with the delivery of the
Benito Juarez International
Award to their relatives.
Chavez
Comments on 9/11 Theories
Along with an increasing number
of people in the world and in
the US, Venezuela´s President
Hugo Chavez expressed doubts
Tuesday about whether the NY
Twin Towers fell because of the
impact of planes piloted by
terrorists.
DRUGS-ARGENTINA:
'Pasta
Base' Destructive but Not
Invincible
It
is called "the poor man's drug"
and its use soared during
Argentina's economic crisis of
2002. But while cocaine sulfate,
a cheap drug known here as pasta
base, is literally destroying
young people in the slums of
this South American country, it
also has its middle-class and
adult users.
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