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Ticos Love
To Talk On Their Cell Phone
The love affair Costa Ricans
have with their cell phones is
not an exaggeration. According
to information by the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) - the country's monopoly
on telecommunications - the
average cellular phone
subscriber talked for six and
one half hours per month during
2006.
The procession
in downtown San
José closed the
Catholic
church's
celebration of
Semana Santa. |
Semana Santa Death Toll: 40
Once again Samana Santa was in
the red, as the unofficial death
toll for Semana Santa is 41,
almost ten more than for the
same period last year. What that
number means is that an average
of five people died a violent
death daily during the eight day
holiday.
Arias Off
to Mexico To Discuss Central
American Integration
Mexican
president Felipe Calderón will
meet with presidents of Central
America and Colombia today to
discuss and evaluate a plan that
aims to integrate the region´s
economy through infrastructure
and energy projects
New Website Helps Gays Relocate
to Costa Rica
Gays and lesbians looking to
relocate to Costa Rica have a
new website to check out thanks
to San Ramon-based ex-pat Terry
Sharp.
Rosario Flores Returns to Costa
Rica
Spanish singer Rosario Flores
told the press that she plans to
present her most recent album,
“Contigo me voy,” at her next
two concerts in Costa Rica and
to play favorites from her
repertoire.
Hollinger Announces Sale
of Costa Rican Newspaper La
Republica
Hollinger Inc. announced
today that it has entered into
an agreement to sell all of the
shares of its Costa Rican
subsidiary that controls La
Republica, a newspaper published
in Costa Rica, to SRB CR
Limitada, a Costa Rican
corporation, for us$2 million in
cash.
Taiwan
Seeks To Prevent Nicaragua From
Embracing China
Taiwan has renewed its
invitation to Nicaraguan Foreign
Minister Samuel Santos to visit
Taipei as China is trying to woo
Nicaragua over from Taipei, a
newspaper said Monday.
Panama Youth Demands Cuba 5
Release
The Free The Five Youth
Committee in the western
Panamanian province of Chiriqui
urged the US government to
release the five Cuban
antiterrorists, and denounced
the Miami-based trial against
them.
President Correa Urges
Ecuadorian to Go Polls
President Rafael Correa called
the Ecuadorian people for going
to the polls on April 15 to
support the establishment of a
full power Constituent Assembly.
Delegations Confirm Presence at
SA Energy Summit
Twelve delegations have already
confirmed their participation in
the 1st South American Energy
Summit, to be held April 16-17
in Margaritas Island, Venezuelan
state of Nueva Esparta.
Venezuelan Airline Flies to
Middle East
Venezuela s flag airline,
CONVIASA, has linked South
America with two Middle East
capitals, Damascus and Tehran,
thanks to a recent agreement
with Syrian Arab Airline,
CONVIASA President Franklin
Fernandez announced on Friday.
CHILE:
Transantiago Shakes Up Transport
and Politics
A
new public transportation system
that was intended to curb air
pollution in the Chilean capital
and improve quality of life has
prompted hundreds of protests
and the worst crisis yet for the
administration of Michelle
Bachelet. But what is it about
the controversial Transantiago
project that doesn't work?
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