Country Facing Deficit of
Bilingual Employees
The La Nación reports that the
country lacks 7.000 English
speaking workers, as
international companies face the
challenge of finding bilingual
workers, as 8 out of 10
interviewees do not get hired
because they lack sufficient
English language skills.
Dancing in the
streets is part
of the mask
festival
traditions in
Barva de
Hererida. [Foto:
Juan Carlos
Ulate] |
Cameras To Keep
Immigration Employees Honest
The Dirección General de
Migración y Extranjería
(immigration service) as part of
its efforts to fight corruption
within its ranks, has made the
bold move of placing cameras at
strategic points within its
offices located in La Uruca.
More Tourists
Minister of Tourism Carlos
Benavides expects a 4 percent
increase in the arrival of
visitors to Costa Rica in 2007.
Visas For Frequent Visitors
Hundreds of foreigners will be
granted digital visas, valid for
a year. Thus, they will not need
to call on a Costa Rican
consulate every time they have
to come here.
U.S.
Swindlers Arrested
In an operation coordinated by
the International Police
(INTERPOL), Joshua J. Grimes,
29, and Michael R. Kearns, 30,
were arrested at Juan Santamaria
International Airport when ready
to board a flight to San Andres,
Colombia.
Nicaragua Miffed at Spanish
Company
As they say in boxing, the
Spanish Union Fenosa company, in
charge of distributing
electricity in Nicaragua, is
currently against the ropes and
on the verge of being "knocked
out" by the government.
Latin America for Quality
Education in 2017
Education ministers from 42
Latin American and Caribbean
countries are concluding a
meeting here to achieve quality
education for all by 2017.
Cuba to Send Best Athletes to
PanAm Games
Cuba will send its best athletes
to Rio de Janeiro, confirmed
Jose Ramon Fernandez, president
of the Cuban Olympic Committee,
who went to a meeting of the
Executive Committee of the Pan
American Sport Organization in
this Brazilian city.
Flooding displaces nearly
40,000, kills 7 in Argentina
Nearly 40,000 people were forced
to abandon their homes and seven
others were killed after days of
heavy rain triggered flooding in
three Argentine provinces,
police and civil defense
authorities said on Saturday.
Strike
ends, airport chaos continues in
Brazil
Brazilian air traffic
controllers have ended their
strike after the government
agreed to meet their demands,
but airport chaos in the country
continues.
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