Former Banco
Elca Investors and President Sue
Bank Regulator
Investors of the now gone Banco
Elca have made a formal charge
against the officials of the
Superintendecia General de
Entitades Financieras (SUGEF) -
the regulator of banks and
financial institutions.
Diego Naranjo
leads his
division in the
Circuito
Nacional de Surf
de Costa Rica in
the 2006-2007.
The next event
will be held on
February 3 an 4
at Playa
Hermosa. [Foto:
Luis Castillo] |
"Gavilanes" Earn A Living From
the Chaos at the Peñas Blancas
Border
The chaotic situation at the
Peñas Blancas border with
Nicaragua assures the "gavilanes"
- young men and women hustlers -
an daily income as they help
out, for a fee, foreigners fill
out their paperwork and in many
cases get ahead of the line.
Costa Rica
Placed 43rd in List of Best
Places to Live
The magazine "International
Living" places Costa Rica in
43rd in list of places of
the best countries to live. The
list includes 191 countries
reviewed in 2006.
Crusade for Whales
Several environmental and
non-government groups and
institutions launched a campaign
to protect whales.
Ecological
Bridges
The Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) - Costa Rican
Power and Telecommunications
Institution - is placing
“bridges” that enable animals
such as monkeys and sloths,
among others, to move from one
tree to another over roads, in
order to prevent their being run
over by vehicles or receiving
lethal electrical shocks when
trying to cross over power
lines.
Nicaragua Trims Fat State
Paychecks
A salary cut of high position
posts in the Nicaraguan State
department proposed by
Sandinista deputies represents a
yearly saving of up to 30
million cordobas (1.6 million
dollars).
Central America Moves on
Migration Issues
The 15th Extraordinary Meeting
of the Central American
Commission of Migration
Directors held in Honduras moved
towards a common agenda that
will allow the countries of the
area to have similar tools of
territorial deployment.
CARICOM - Central America for
Trade Deal
Guatemalan Foreign Minister Gert
Rosenthal has informed of a
possible free trade deal between
Central America and the
Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Emergency alert systems to be
improved in Central America
Latin America is working on a
unified emergency alert system
as the "El Niño" weather
phenomenon is predicted to alter
rain patterns in the region this
year, head of the regional
natural disaster prevention
center said on Friday.
Peru
protests against Chile's new
definition of territory
The Peruvian government on
Friday lodged a protest with
Chile against a decision by the
Chilean Congress to redefine its
territory, which alters the
border between the two
countries.
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