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"Yes" Moves TLC One Step Closer
to Reality
Last night, in a vote of six in
favour and three against, the
Comisión de Asuntos
Internacionales approved the
Tratado Libre de Comercio (TLC)
- free trade agreement with the
United States.
A Costa Rican
policewoman stands guard
behind a fence with a
placard that reads
'Arias devil' during a
protest against the
proposed free trade pact
between Costa Rica and
the United States
outside the building of
the Legislative Assembly
in San José Tuesday. |
San José
Airport With Tow Additional
Boarding Gates
Visitors to Costa Rica will now
have move room while waiting for
their flight out as two new
boarding gates were opened
yesterday at the Juan Santamaría
(San José) international
airport.
Islands for Sale in Costa Rica
While Nicaraguan
authorities are investigating
the illegal sale of its
Caribbean islands on the
internet, the same is not being
done in Costa Rica, as a number
of islands in Costa Rica are
being offered on the Toronto,
Canada, website Private Islands
Online.
Recope Developing us$80 Million
LPG Project
Costa Rica's state oil refiner
Refinadora Costarricene de
Petroleo (Recope) is developing
an LPG project at its Moín
facility that will cost roughly
us$80 million, Recope president
José León Desanti said.
Gas Price
Hike Approved
The Autoridad Reguladora de los
Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) last
night approved a hike in
gasoline prices in the amount of
¢12 colones per litre for both
regular and super gasolines and
aviation fuel.
Nicaragua
Doubts CAFTA Kindness
The announced benefits that the
Free Trade Agreement between
Central America and US (CAFTA)
have remained in doubt here
Tuesday, during the presentation
of a study on the impact of the
agreement in Nicaragua.
Child Malnutrition in Panama
At least one of seven Panamanian
children under five suffers from
malnutrition, a situation that
is more intense among the
indigenous, the Panama America
newspaper reported.
Guatemala to Campaign for
Emigrants to US
The government of Guatemala will
campaign with emigration
organizations in 2007 for US
resident nationals threatened
with deportation under tightened
US immigration laws.
Gore Vidal: Bush Could End Like
Nixon
Famous US writer Gore Vidal
warned Tuesday that President
George W. Bush could end as did
Richard Nixon, with an
obligatory resignation.
Cuba,
Russia sign diplomatic agreement
Cuba and Russia signed a
diplomatic agreement on Tuesday,
official sources said.
BRAZIL:
Rainwater
Tanks a Weapon Against Drought
The
impoverished population of the
Brazilian Northeast, one of
regions most vulnerable to the
effects of climate change, is
preparing for long-term
coexistence with drought,
through various projects such as
the construction of one million
tanks to collect rainwater.
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