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Wednesday 06 February 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
San José Airport
Completion Continues
Grounded
The Juan Santamaría (San
José) international
airport sits half
finished as the
government and the
airport manager, Alterra
Partners, continue a
dispute over
construction costs and
financing.
Directory War As
ICE Takes Action Against Competition in
Yellow Pages Directory
The company Telefónica
Amarilla responsible for publishing the
2008 "paginas amarilla" (yellow pages
directory) in direct competition with
the Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad's (ICE) paginas amarilla
must suspend distribution of its
directories at once.
Another Round of
Gas Hikes Approved
The Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios
Públicos (Aresep) yesterday approved the
latest request by the state refinery to
increase gasoline prices.
Coribicí
Hotel Now Part of Crowne
Plaza Chain
The InterContinental
Hotels Group (IHG), one
of the world’s largest
hotel groups by number
of rooms, officially
announced the opening of
the Crowne Plaza
Corobici San José. The
213-room hotel is now
the third IHG brand in
the city of San José,
after the Real
InterContinental Costa
Rica and the Holiday Inn
Aurola San José.
Frontier Airlines Three
Day Sale Includes Costa
Rica
With fares this low why
hibernate, as Frontier
Airlines is having a
three day sale running
through to tomorrow,
Thursday, February 7.
Costa Rica Establishes
Diplomatic Ties With
Palestine
Costa Rica has decided
to establish diplomatic
ties tih the Palestinian
National Authority (PNA).
The arrival of the
Palistenian ambassador
is imminent, according
to a government
statement.
IN
BRIEF...
Panama Needs Hotels for
Tourists
The lack of hotels in
Panama is the greatest
obstacle for attracting
more visitors, Ana Royo,
president of the
Panamanian Association
of Tourist Operators (APOTUR)
said Tuesday.
Guatemalan Social Laws
Stagnated
Several social laws are
Tuesday stagnated in the
Republic of Guatemala's
Congress, waiting for
new deputies to review
them before being
approved.
Violence in El Salvador
Kills 28
Twenty eight Salvadorans
were murdered last
weekend, as violence
escalated in the
country, official
sources confirmed.
Venezuela Ready for FARC
Releases
The Venezuelan political
panorama focuses Tuesday
on the release of three
people announced by the
insurgent Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC), after intense
humanitarian labor by
President Hugo Chavez.
Ecuador Stricken by
Floods
Ecuadorian government
stepped up Tuesday's
procedures to give
attention to thousands
of victims of the heavy
rain that has provoked
flooding and damage in
six provinces.
ECONOMY-EL SALVADOR:
Dollarization Backfires,
Fuelling Price Hikes
When he dollarized the
Salvadoran economy in
January 2001, then
President Francisco
Flores predicted that
the move would lower
interest rates and curb
inflation. Now, however,
there is wide agreement
that what actually
happened was nothing of
the sort, and that
instead, prices have
increased by up to 100
percent.
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