PAC Opposes ICE Bill, Saying It
Will Leave 400.000 Costa Ricans
Without Telephone Service
The Partido Acción Ciudadana
(PAC) announced yesterday that
it will use every mechanism to
ensure that the Legislative
Assembly does not approve the "Ley
de Fortalecimiento del Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE)" and the "proyecto de Ley
General de Telecomunicaciones".
Costa Rican
president Oscar
Arias met with
former
presidential
candidate, Ottón
Solís of the
Partido Acción
Ciudadana (PAC),
yesterday. The
meeting took
place at the
Arias home and
the difference
between the two
men on the
subject of the
free trade
agreement known
as the TLC as
clearly visible.
Arias is asking
that Legislature
vote on the
trade deal and
get it over
with, while
Solís, is
committed to
protests,
following his
trip to the U.S.
last week,
promoting his
anti trade deal
position. |
Costa Rica Presents Charges
Alcatel Case
The
Fiscalía (prosecutors) in Costa
Rica presented their first
criminal charges after three
years of probing alleged bribery
involving the Latin American arm
of French telecommunications
company Alcatel, an official
said Thursday.
Spirit
Selling Tickets But Does Not Yet
Landing Permit
Spirit Airlines says it has sold
3.000 low priced tickets on its
Costa Rica - Florida service
that is to being in April.
However, the company does not
yet have landing permits in the
country.
Arias Regrets Chávez' Invested
Powers
The special ruling powers
granted Wednesday on Venezuelan
President Hugo Chávez are, "the
denial of democracy," said Costa
Rican president Oscar Arias.
Paragon Properties Becomes
Catalyst of Major Growth Spurt
on Central Pacific Coast
The town of Parrita, Costa Rica,
is experiencing an incredible
growth spurt due in part to a
Hollywood, Florida, corporation
and its Chairman William Gale,
who have recently begun heavy
development in the area.
New Website for Expats in Costa
Rica Offers Clever Ways to Stay
in Touch
A new website launched this week
that brings "expats" one step
closer to their friends and
families via the Internet.
Drunk Driving in Double Accident
Injures Five
Drinking and driving has become
such a problem on the roads that
even Tránsito (traffic) police
are not safe in doing their
jobs, as evidenced by last
nights spectacular accident on
the Autopista Prospero Fernandez
just before the Guachipelin
exit, west of Multi Plaza in
Escazú.
Nicaragua Allows World Bank
Visit
Pamela Cox, Vice president of
the World Bank for Latin America
and the Caribbean, will arrive
in Nicaragua Thursday to meet
Nicaraguan President Daniel
Ortega and other officials of
the local government, said a
report from this international
financial entity.
Panama: Poverty despite Economic
Growth
Despite Panama s high economic
growth, poverty and unemployment
continue at high levels the
National Council of Organized
Workers (CONATO) coordinator
Rafael Chavarria denounced on
Thursday.
Cuban Ambassador in Nicaragua
Decorated
Foreign Minister Samuel Santos
gave Thursday the highest
decoration granted by the
Nicaraguan Foreign Affairs
Ministry to Cuban Charge
D´affaires Manuel Guillot, who
concludes his diplomatic mission
in this country.
Panama Analyzing Change in Penal
Code
The Panama National Assembly
continued analyzing
modifications Thursday,
presented by different sectors
to reform the Penal Code reform,
forcing it to postpone debate on
the criminal law.
Honduras Warns of
Rotavirus Danger
A total of 100 suspected
cases of Rotavirus
caused Honduras to issue
a preventive warning on
Thursday, calling to
improve sanitation to
prevent the
gastrointestinal
infection from
spreading.
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM:
Dying, or More Alive
than Ever?
There are plenty of
prophets of doom
foretelling the death,
or at least a deep
crisis, of the World
Social Forum (WSF),
based on reports about
organisational problems
and a great fall in
numbers at the 7th WSF,
held in Nairobi in
January. |
