DHL Plans Expansion
The international
courier company DHL
announced yesterday its
expansion of operations
in Costa Rica. The
company said it would be
hiring at least 200 more
people for this year to
meet its expansion
goals.
Despite the
problems
plaguing the
Ministerio de
Educacón Pública
(MEP), back to
school yesterday
was normal, with
school
principals only
reporting minor
problems. |
Gas Hike Coming
Following a series of price
drops, gasoline prices are on
their way up again.
Growing Vacation Rental
Market Encourages
Ecotourism
A recent survey
conducted by Costa Rican
Vacations revealed that
more than eighty percent
of their clients visit
Costa Rica to get closer
to nature and appreciate
pura vida.
Immigration Begins Search For Wanted
Korean is not in Costa Rica
Despite
a comment by the Director de Migración, Mario
Zamora, that there are no
records that Seok Jung Myung
entered Costa Rica, the
immigration service is
conducting a search of the
Guanacaste area following
reports that he may be in Costa
Rica under the protection of the
Chinese mafia.
3.000 illegals Rejected To Date
Coming into Costa Rica illegally
is not as easy as in the past,
immigration officials reveal
with their rejection statistics.
Tycoon Slim to invest
us$250 million in
Nicaragua telecom
Mexican tycoon Carlos
Slim, the world's
third-richest man, will
invest us$250 million in
Nicaragua's
telecommunications
sector over the next
three years, his local
phone company Enitel
said on Tuesday.
Nobel prize winner to run for
Guatemala president
Rigoberta Menchu, the Guatemalan
who won the 1992 Nobel Peace
Prize, said on Wednesday she has
decided to compete in the
nation's September presidential
elections, according to reports
reaching here.
Bolivian president, protesting
miners sign reconciliation deal
Bolivian President Evo Morales
and leaders of mining companies
signed a reconciliation deal on
Wednesday, putting an end to a
two-day demonstration by miners
over a proposed increase in
mining tax, reports reaching
here said.
Latin American police chiefs
meet on cross-border gangs
Police chiefs from several Latin
American nations met with U.S.
law enforcement officials here
on Wednesday to discuss
concerted efforts against
cross-border gangs.
Rice says Chavez is "destroying"
Venezuela
U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice accused on
Wednesday Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez of destroying his
country economically and
politically.
ENERGY-CHILE:
Home-Grown Biofuels -
Big-Time?
The government of
President Michelle
Bachelet seems
determined to develop
the biofuels industry in
order to diversify
Chile's energy sources,
in spite of doubts that
have arisen about their
desirability.
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