President Pacheco Confident That Tax Plan Will Finally Pass
Abel Pacheco, who is president until May 8, expressed his confidence that the long delayed and debated Tax Reform plan will soon receive the Legislative Assembly's approval.

Gasoline Prices Go Up Tomorrow and Not Next Week
Yesterday we reported that gasoline prices would go up early next week following the approval of the increase by the Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) and waiting publication in the official government newspaper, La Gaceta.

Foreigners to Be Deported
Twenty foreigners are in the hands of the Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería (immigration service) when their small boat was intercepted off the Caribbean coast at Tortuguero, coming from San Andres, the Colombian island off the coast of Nicaragua.

Costa Rica Lifts Ban On U.S. Beef
Costa Rica is the latest country to end its ban on imports of U.S. beef. The FSIS Export Library of Requirements, was updated on Feb. 13, 2006 to reflect Costa Rica’s decision to allow imports of boneless U.S. beef, tongues, kidneys, livers and hearts.

Nicole Aldana Naked in Home Video
Nicole Aldana Like a "bomb" the news of Nicole Aldana, one of Costa Rica's sweethearts, model and former star of the no defunct television entertainment program "A Todo Dar", appearing naked in a home video made it around the newsrooms by anonymous emails linking to a website where she appears in a "striptease" performance.

Queen Mary Cannot Dock At Caldera Tomorrow
For the second time, the world's largest dingy, the Queen Mary II, cannot port in Costa Rica.