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Tuesday 18 November
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
China Launches Free
Trade Talks With Costa
Rica
Chinese
President Hu Jintao
began a Latin America
tour with the launch of
free trade talks with
Costa Rica on Monday,
just over a year after
the country gave up six
decades of ties with
Taiwan.
No
to 14% Increase in
Marchamo
The Superintendencia de
Pensiones (SUPEN) has
rejected a request by
the Instituto Nacional
de Seguros (INS) for an
increase of 14% in the
cost of the 2009
Marchamo, the annual
vehicular circulation
permit.
ICE Continues Threat of
Blackouts If It Doesn't
Get Increase
The director of energy
demand for the Instituto
Costarrince de
Electricidad (ICE),
Francisco Garro,
explained that the
threat of blackouts
continue for 2009
following an increase of
only 9.4% in electrical
energy rates. ICE has
requested a 36%
increase.
Nat Geo
Scientist
Investigates Guanacaste
Forests
The bio
geographer and
investigator for
National Geographic,
Sally Horn is studying
the impact of human
activity and climate
change on forests in
Costa Rica. Her studies
have mainly concentrated
on the high mountain
ranges in Talamanca, San
Vito and Buenos Aires of
Puntarenas and
Guanacaste.
More Flights Between
Costa Rica And Mexico
The Ministerio de Obras
Publicas y Tranportes (MOPT)
has authorized
additional flights
between Costa Rica and
Mexico.
Costa Rica's Favourite
Beer Goes To China
Las águilas, the popular
name for Costa Rica's
favourite beer,
Imperial, will be sold
in China beginning next
month.
Nicaragua Still Tense
After Vote
Managua - Although
Nicaragua woke up calmly
today there is tension
derived from constant
clashes between
Sandinistas and
opponents who reject the
result of recent
municipal elections.
Guatemala, UN to Probe
Bus Killing
Guatemala - The
International Commission
against Impunity in
Guatemala (CICIG) will
assume investigation of
the killing of 15
Nicaraguans and one
Dutchman in the eastern
department of Zacapa.
Bolivian President
Grateful for World
Support
United Nations -
Bolivian President Evo
Morales was grateful
before the United
Nations, for the world
support given by the
international community
during the political
crisis in Bolivia, and
he was sorry for the
silence of the US
representation.
Ecuadorian Navy
Seizes 4 Tons of Cocaine
Quito - The Ecuadorian
navy found four tons of
cocaine Monday during a
patrol of San Lorenzo,
which shares a border
with Colombia.
Public Sector Workers On
Strike in Chile
Santiago - About 450,000
public sector workers in
Chile on Monday declared
an indefinite strike for
higher wages after
salary negotiations with
the government stalled.
FINANCE-BRAZIL: Payback
Time?
This is a good time
for all those who
resisted the
"neoliberal" free market
economic model of the
past few decades, often
as lone voices preaching
in the wilderness.
Politicians, experts and
social activists want to
take advantage of the
current financial crisis
to bury this model once
and for all, together
with all forms of
speculation. |
