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CORRECTION:
Our story of December 15
"3.000 New High Paying Jobs Being
Offered"
stated that Datascencion
was offering jobs at
us$624 dollars (¢322.000 colones)
for a 48 hour work week.
The pay is actually
monthly. We apologize
for the error.
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TLC
(CAFTA) 2007: Good Outlook
As leaders from Central America,
Panama and the Dominican
Republic met in San José over
the past weekend, the mood was
generally upbeat. And with good
reason.
Costa Rica's President
Oscar Arias, accompanied
by a junior police
cadet, takes part in the
graduation of a newly
formed tourist police
division in San José. |
Latin
Americans Disillusioned with
2006 Economy
(ARGM) - Very few Latin
Americans qualify their own
country’s finances in a positive
way, according to the 18-country
Latinobarómetro released by The
Economist.
Super and Regular Gasoline
Prices To Drop; Diesel On the
Way Up
Just as we got used to the
latest increase of the price of
gasoline that came into effect
yesterday, the Autoridad
Reguladora de los Servicios
Públicos (Aresep) - the
regulator of public prices and
services - announced yesterday a
decrease in gasoline prices come
the new year.
Costa Rica DeVito's
Destination of Choice
Hollywood film and television
star Danny De Vito believes warm
weather, food and drink and
family are the secrets to a
successful Christmas.
Colombian Guerillero in Costa
Rica Deported
Early this morning members of
the Fuerza Pública and officials
of the Ministerio de Seguridad
Pública quickly and quietly
moved former Colombian "guerillero",
Héctor Orlando Martínez Quinto,
to a small aircraft on the
tarmac of the Juan Santamaría
(San José) airport, for his
deportation from Costa Rica.
Purple Monster Rules!
The streets of Costa Rica were
quiet last night as most Costa
Ricans were glued to their
television sets to watch the
annual squaring off of the
country's top two soccer teams,
the Liga Deportiva Alajuelense
and Deportiva Saprissa.
Cerveceria
Costa Rica To Buy Pepsi
The Cervecería Costa Rica - the
nation's beer brewer - is in
negotiations to purchase the
Pepsi distributor in Costa Rica.
Ortega Promises Economic
Stability
Nicaraguan President-elect
Daniel Ortega told the
International Monetary Fund
Wednesday that he will maintain
macroeconomic stability, but his
government policies will aim at
reducing poverty and
unemployment.
Honduras, Cuba for Friendship,
Ties
Honduran Foreign Minister Milton
Danilo Jimenez Puerto begins an
official Cuba visit Wednesday,
invited by his counterpart
Felipe Perez Roque.
US Invasion of Panama Dissected
The US invasion of Panama in
1989 was a unilateral action and
a brutal violation of
international law, and served
mainly to reaffirm Washington's
control on the Canal Zone,
analyst Julio Yao denounced on
Wednesday.
Colombian police arrest town
mayor meeting with
paramilitaries
Colombian police have arrested
Nazly Zambrano, the mayor of a
town, during his meeting with
paramilitaries from the United
Self-Defense Forces of Colombia
(AUC), media reports said on
Wednesday.
Venezuela
Says No to Drug Charges
Venezuelan authorities strongly
rejected statements made by the
US Ambassador to Caracas, who
denounced an increase of drug
trafficking through the
Venezuelan territory.
NICARAGUA:
The Big
Question - What Will Ortega Do?
In
the transition period between
his electoral victory and his
investiture as president of
Nicaragua on Jan. 10, 2007,
Daniel Ortega is making
decisions about the direction
his new government will take. He
needs to secure a majority in
parliament, but so far he has
forged alliances only with
business chambers.
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