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Government Ready To Take Control
of San José Airport
The ministra de Obras Públicas y
Transportes, Karla González,
announced yesterday that the
government has begun the process
of taking the management of the
Juan Santamaría (San José)
international airport off the
hands of Alterra Partners.
Costa Rica's cyclist
Federico Ramirez
competes in the 1000
metre race against the
clock, at the opening of
the Tour of Costa Rica,
in San José. Eighty-six
cyclists from six
countries are competing
in the tour. [Foto: Juan
Carlos Ulate] |
President
Arias Plays Santa
Costa Rican president, Oscar
Arias Sanchez, announced
yesterday that he will donate a
portion of salary to social
institutions and associations.
Nicaraguans Head Home For The
Holidays
The Nicaraguan exodus from Costa
Rica is underway, as thousands
are readying their bags for,
what is for many, the annual
trip home to visit family and
friends.
Go Visit Costa Rica Launches New
Costa Rica Travel Time Section
Aimed at providing potential
tourists with accurate travel
times in Costa Rica, Go Visit
Costa Rica launches its new
Costa Rica Travel Time Section.
A unique feature, here travelers
can find the travel times and
distances to and from various
cities all across the country.
"Gordo" Lottery
Winners Begin Claiming Their
Prizes
Cabinetmakers, fish vendors,
farmers and the retired are
among the list of winners of the
"Gordo Navideño" as more than
¢400 million colones were handed
out by the Junta de Protección
Social de San José (JPS) to the
winners of Sunday nights
Christmas lottery.
Silence over Nicaraguan Cabinet
Given the discretion of elected
Nicaraguan authorities,
political circles are
speculating over the composition
of the cabinet that will
accompany President Daniel
Ortega from January 10.
Honduras Cops on Take to be
Busted
The Supreme Audit Court (TSC)
will conduct an audit to find
out how many Honduran police are
linked to corruption or
organized crime, the newspaper
La Prensa reported.
Pinochet Legacy Comes to Light
Chile has lived its first week
without former dictator Augusto
Pinochet, although many in this
nation are hearing about the
best-kept secrets of his regime.
Ecuador condemns Colombia's drug
crops spraying on shared border
Ecuador on Monday censured
Colombia over its "hostile and
unfriendly act" of spraying
herbicides on drug crops on the
Colombia-Ecuador border.
Bolivia to
seek full Mercosur membership
Bolivia will soon seek full
membership of the South American
Common Market (Mercosur), the
top diplomat of the And
ECUADOR-COLOMBIA:
Crisis
Over Coca Spraying Escalates
Relations between Ecuador and
Colombia are becoming more and
more tense, with no solution in
sight to a crisis triggered by
the resumption of aerial
fumigation of coca crops along
the border between the two
countries.
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