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Happy New Year!
New Year's
Resolutions/Predictions
The new year has rolled in and
you know what that means, it's
time to make New Year's
resolutions that you won't keep
and make predictions that won't
happen.
I'll go first. My New Year's
Resolution is to update the
pages of Insidecostarica.com
earlier than ever. My New Year's
prediction is that the
Ministerio de Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT) will declare
Costa Rica a "pothole"
free zone, having filled every
pothole and repaired every road
in the country.
Now it's your turn.
Send your predictions here.
Happy new year from the editor
and staff of Insidecostarica.com.
La Guacima A Success; Palmares
and Puntarenas Around the Corner
For tens of thousands of "Josefinos"
(residents of San José), the
annual festival held in La
Guacima de Alajuela had to do,
given that the traditional
Zapote Fair held in San José was
cancelled this year.
Running from a bull is
part of the holiday
tradition that is known
as "Toros as la Tica",
where dozens of young
men enter the bull ring
to show their courage by
trying to touch the
bull's horns without
getting gored. The "Toros"
this holiday was held in
La Guacima, Alajuela,
after the traditional
Zapore Fair was
cancelled.
Thousands of Fish Killed
in Tempisque
Contamination
The Ministerio de
Ambiente y Energía (MINAE)
- environment and energy
ministry - has yet to
calculate the damage
caused by a devastating
contamination of the "humedales"
of the Tempisque river,
located in the Refugio
Nacional de Vida
Silvestre Cipanci.
TLC Priority For Government
Now that the holidays are over,
life returns to normal in Costa
Rica and the number one topic on
hand is the Tratado Libre de
Comercio (TLC) - free trade
agreement with the United States
- and the approval of the
agreement, which there is no
doubt obtain the required votes
in the legislature.
More Jobs and Police
Promised For 2007
In a poll taken by the
Spanish language daily
Al Día, Costa Ricans are
asking for stability,
health and work in 2007.
Wanchope Signs Two-Year Contract
Midfielder Paulo Wanchope, the
Costa Rican national team career
scoring leader, has signed a
two-year contract with Japanese
club FC Tokyo.
Nicaragua's Future President
Against Hussein Execution
Nicaragua President-elect Daniel
Ortega described the execution
of the Iraqi dignitary Saddam
Hussein as cruel crime and
affront against the human rights
of his people.
Parliament Sessions Cause
Criticism in Panama
The decision of President Martin
Torrijos to call an
extraordinary session of
Panama's National Assembly
(Parliament) to discuss delayed
projects, has increased tensions
between the government and the
Panamanian opposition.
El Salvador President Under Fire
El Salvadoran President Antonio
Saca is all dressed up with no
place to go, suggested the
Defense of the Constitution
Forum that considers he has
solved no problem since taking
office.
Ecuador, Colombia Bad
Start in 2007
Ecuador started a new
year choking on Colombia
glyphosate fumigation
along the northern
border, with bilateral
relations at rock
bottom.
ECUADOR-COLOMBIA:
From Diplomatic Crisis
to Plan Victoria
The announcement of a
new counterinsurgency
strategy by the
Colombian government,
dubbed "Plan Victoria",
and the deterioration of
diplomatic relations
with Ecuador point to a
new phase in the
internal armed conflict
afflicting Colombia for
over four decades.
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