Heavy Rain Causing Floods And
Evacuations in Caribbean and
Zona Norte
Vidal Díaz Sánchez is the first
victim of the heavy rains in the
Zona Norte (nothern zone) and
Caribbean coast. The fifty-three
year old drowned and some other
200 have been evacuated. Various
bridges and homes have been
damaged due to the rain.
Argentina is Out!
The illusion of a Latin
America was stolen
yesterday as Argentina
lost to Germany in
penalty goals. It is up
to Brazil now to honour
Latin America as it
plays today against
France in the quarter
finals of the 2006 World
Cup. |
Mid Year Vacation Begins
Some 1.053.345 students left
school yesterday not to return
for another two weeks as the
mid-year vacations begin. Happy
faces were the norm in all
schools. The mid-year vacation
is a two week break in the
school year that ends in
December.
Scotiabank Launches Tender Offer
for Interfin
Panama-based BNS Internacional,
a subsidiary of Canada's
Scotiabank, launched on June 29
a tender offer for 100% of Costa
Rican holding company
Corporación Interfin, an
official from local securities
regulator Sugeval confirmed by
Business News Americas.
Costa Rica Youth Get
Environmental Training
More than 50 young people Costa
Rica and Nova Scotia will start
training at the Acadia
University Tuesday for
work on environmental projects.
Costa Rica Youth Get
Environmental Training
More than 50 young people Costa
Rica and Nova Scotia will start
training at the Acadia
University Tuesday for
work on environmental projects.
Canadians Have Their Party
Today!
As
many Americans get ready to
celebrate their 4th of July on
Tuesday, they know little of the
Canadian anniversary celebration
that is today, July 1. And like
Thanksgiving, Canadians again
beat the Americans to the punch.
LAEC: Nicaraguan Privatizations
are Disastrous
The Latin American Economic
Commission lashed at the
privatization of Nicaraguan
banking, telephone and
electricity services over the
past 16 years.
Guatemala,
Military March Sparks Protests
Ten years after the signature of
the peace agreements, the
Guatemalan army carried out a
mass march, openly rejected by
various sectors of a society,
where effects of the war are
still underlying.
Salvadorians Protest
Transport Tariffs
The decision to increase public
transportation tariff in 50
percent from Saturday on has
sparked a wave of protests in El
Salvador, where two buses were
burnt and some streets blocked
on Friday.
Cuban Genetics and Biotechnology
Turns 20
The Genetic Engineering and
Biotechnology Center celebrates
20 years as a prestigious Cuban
research institution in human,
animal and plant health.
Ecuador
calls on U.S. to extend tariff
preferences
The United States must extend
tariff preferences to Ecuador
under the Andean Trade Promotion
and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA)
which ends on Dec. 31,
Ecuadorian Defense Minister
Oswaldo Jarrin said on Friday.
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