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Foreigners
To
Be
Required
Provide Cedula
To
Open
Bank
Account
Foreign
residents
and
those
credited
with
a
special
category
in
Costa
Rica
will
be
required to provide their cédula de residencia (residence identity card)
to
open
a
bank
account,
starting
from
Jul
1.
Canadian
Sea
Activist
Facing
Charge
Vows
To
Fight
On
BERLIN
(Reuters)
-
Renowned
marine
conservationist
Paul
Watson,
who
is
fighting
extradition
from
Germany
to
Costa
Rica
over
a
2002
campaign
against
shark
finning,
vowed
on
Monday
that
his
fleet
would
head
to
the
Antarctic
without
him
to
fight
whaling.
Costa Rica Admits No Win in Battle Against Drug Trafficking
Costa Rica looses the battle against drug trafficking, admited six in every 10 persons in the Central American country.
Brenes
In
Training
For
Third
Gold
Medal
Costa
Rica's
two
time
gold
medal
sprinter
Nery
Brenes
is
burning
up
the
track
with
a
heavy
training
schedule
in
seek
of a
third
gold
medal
at
the
London
Olympic.
Former
CCSS
President
Sentenced
To
Four
Years
For
Corruption
Eliseo
Vargas,
the
former
president
of
the
Caja
Costarricense
de
Seguro
Social
(CCSS)
was
found
guilty
for
the
crime
of
embezzlement
to
the
detriment
of
the
state
entity
and
will
be
spending
four
years
in
prison.
Contest
Aims
To
Achieve
Investment
For
Small
Businesses
A
contest
by
the
magazine
Summa
and
Incae
has
the
objective
of
giving
small
and
medium
companies
in
Costa
Rica
the
opportunity
to
attract
investment
to
expand
their
businesses
beyond
the
borders
of
the
country.
Exportur
Generated
in
Costa
Rica
Business
For
More
Than
us$8
million
The
XXVIII
edition
of
the
Tourism
Marketing
Exchange,
Expotur
closed
with
a
satisfying
environment
for
both
buyers
and
sellers,
negotiating
an
estimated
around
us$8.5
million,
according
to a
survey
of
about
172
buyers
during
the
last
day
of
the
event.
Paul
Watson
And
Supporters
Will
March
in
Berlin
For
Chinchilla
Meeting
with
Merkel
A
really
sort
of
strangely-timed
turn
in
tale
of
Sea
Shepherd
founder
Paul
Watson
being
released
on
bail
from
a
German
jail
on
Monday,
two
days
ahead
of
Costa
Rica's
presidenta
Laura
Chinchilla
arrival
in
that
country.
Gays Say Dogs, Cats Get Preference
In an observance of the International Day Against Homophobia last Thursday, gays took the government and, especially, President Laura Chinchilla to task for what they see as preferring dogs and cats over gay rights. |
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