TLC
Only Way to New Jobs, Arias Says
President-elect Oscar Arias
Sanchez said on Sunday, while
touring the area of Guanacaste,
that the Tratado Libre de
Comercio (TOC - free trade
agreement with the United States
known as CAFTA - is the only way
to create jobs.
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Soon the mad dash across the
busiest highway in Costa Rica
will be a thing of the past with
the completion of the pedestrian
bridge now under construction in
front of the Mall Real Cariari.
The bridge will be ready in
June, when a second bridge will
be constructed in front of the
Residencial Los Arcos, some few
hundred metres of distance.
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Arenal
Spewed Out Molten Rock and Ash
Not to be outdone by the Poás,
the Volcán Arenal spewed out
molten rocks and incandescent
ash, along the western face of
the volcano, located in La
Fortuna de San Carlos northwest
of the Central Valley.
Drop in
Business Ranking
From 2001 to 2005, Costa Rica
went from position 46 to 49
among the countries with the
best business environment, in
the annual survey of the
analysis division of The
Economist, which measures that
indicator in the economies of 82
nations.
Scooter
Sales On the Increase
By scooter is the only way to
go. It is practical, fast and
economical. And it has become a
trend.
No
Daylight Savings Time Here
If
you are wondering why our
morning edition is one hour
later on the North American east
coast or one hour earlier on the
west, it is due that Costa Rica
does not move to Daylight
Savings Time (DST)as many parts
of the world do.
Good Performance
Against AIDS
The World Health Organization
(WHO) ranks Costa Rica among the
18 top nations who offered
medical treatment to 50 percent
or more of the individuals who
need medicines to fight AIDS.
Semana
Santa Fast Approaching
Semana Santa is fast
approaching. Beginning this
Friday (April 7) and continuing
until Tuesday April 18, Costa
Rica will be in "holiday" mode,
as many will head to the beach
and mountain resorts around the
country.
Child-Murder Wave Hits Guatemala
At least three children have
been killed this weekend in
Guatemala, a country where
violence spreads like an
epidemic throughout every social
strata.
Chavez:
50 a Barrel for Oil is Fair
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
said fixing the price of a
barrel of oil at 50 dollars is
fair, according to statements
for the BBC and quoted Monday by
Great Britain’s The Guardian
daily.
Chile
Union: No Private Pensions
Chile´s major labor Federation
(CUT, in Spanish) is demanding
Monday that President Michelle
Bachelet´s administration put an
end to the private pensions
imposed by the 1980
dictatorship.
New
Anti-FTA Protests Jar Ecuador
Amid a stagnation of the Free
Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with
the US, the Ecuadorian
government is facing Monday new
protests against that deal.
Argentina
reaffirms sovereignty over
Malvinas (Falklands)
Argentine President Nestor
Kirchner on Sunday reaffirmed
his country's legitimate
sovereignty over the Malvinas
Islands, while vowing to make
efforts to solve the dispute
through dialogue.
EU-LATIN
AMERICA:
Doubts Arise Over May Summit
Civil
society organisations are
sceptical about the outcome of
the conference of 58 heads of
government and state from
Europe, Latin America and the
Caribbean next month in Vienna.
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