Solarium Project Moving Ahead in
Guanacaste, Hospital Ready This
Year
Construction of the Edica
complex across from the Daniel
Oduber International airport in
Liberia is moving at a firm
pace. The complex will have a
hotel, two banking centres,
offices, and a hospital with a
heliport, all at a cost of some
us$300 million dollars.
With music,
dancers and lots
of people,
Palmares was
full of
festivities
Friday night.
Many complained
of serious
problems getting
to Palmares due
to heavy
traffic. The
festival
continues until
the 22nd. |
Banco Nacional Partners With INS
to Sell Insurance
Costa Rica's state and biggest
bank Banco Nacional (BN) has
formed a strategic alliance with
fellow state insurance company
Instituto Nacional de Seguros
(INS) to sell all types of INS
insurance products, the BN said
in a statement.
Romania And Bulgaria Added To
List For Costa Rican Pineapple
Exports
Romania and Bulgaria are the
most recent countries added to
the list of European Union
nations and to the list of
countries to import Costa Rican
grown pineapples.
New Marina
Space for up to 370 boats is one
of the features that, when
completed, will have Papagayo
Marina, currently developed in
the Gulf of Papagayo, on the
Costa Rican Pacific.
Last Days
of Palmares Festival
In two days the Palmares
festival will come to a close
and for the last days the
organizers of the annual event
are pulling out all the stops.
Nicaragua Faces Education
Challenge
Teaching reading and writing to
illiterate adults, inserting the
850,000 children so far excluded
from the school system and
increasing the quality of
teaching are the three main
challenges to the Nicaraguan
Education Ministry.
Salvadorans for Justice after
War
After violations of human rights
during the civil war, around 30
Salvadoran social organizations
in the Coalition for peace,
Dignity and Social Justice
demanded justice Friday.
Outcry at Guatemalan Unionist
Murder
Several international
organizations have condemned the
murder of Quetzal Harbor Workers
Union leader Pedro Zamora,
perpetrated three days ago in
southern Guatemala.
Chavez Accents Historic Role of
Fidel
President Hugo Chavez of
Venezuela highlighted the
historic role played by Cuban
President Fidel Castro, saying
the leader of the island´s
revolution "is one of those men
who never die."
Colombian
Politicians Involved in Scandal
The Colombian Supreme Court and
the Attorney General´s Office
are investigating 12 congressmen
and other Colombian politicians
for possible ties with
paramilitary groups, called here
"The Parapolitical Scandal."
Nicaragua Exports its Poor
"Costa
Ricans must understand that we
need Nicaraguans "
They waited at the intersection
of two alleyways, as they do
late every Monday afternoon. The
entire population of the village
of Santa Rosa del Peñon, in
northern Nicaragua — the old,
along with women and children —
hoped for news from Costa Rica.
When the post office truck raced
up in a cloud of dust, there was
a rush to grab a letter, an
envelope containing banknotes,
even perhaps a small
refrigerator.
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