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"La
Fanatica" here!
CONAVI Has Green Light To Fix
The Roads, But Has No Money To
Do So
The Contraloría General de la
República (CGR) - the
Comptroller'f office - has given
the green light to 22 contracts
to repair the national road
network, however, the government
says it doesn't have the money
to make it a reality.
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The Finance Minister
says there is no money
in the budget to give to
the MOPT to fix all the
roads, like this bridge
that is on the main
route to La Fortuna.
Visitors to highly
visited Arenal area must
use a temporary bridge
(inset) that was placed
over the river and
shakes and rattles as
you cross. |
First Head Rolls in New Arias
Administration
In a little over two weeks from
being sworn in, the new
government of Oscar Arias
Sanchez, sees the first head to
roll, with the resigning of
Samuel Schachtel Kaver, a member
of the newly appointed board of
directors of the Refinadora
Costarricense de Petróleo (Recope).
Former Recope Administration In
Rush To Complete Purchases
While gasoline prices keep
rising, the Refinadora
Costarricense de Petróleo(RECOPE)
- the state monopoly on oil
refinery and distribution - is
thinking of spending some us$3
million dollars in furniture and
cabling for its new offices.
Optimism in Costa Rica
Exporters, politicians, and
social groups in Costa Rica
reacted with optimism to the
announcement of negotiations for
a free trade agreement between
Central America and the European
Union.
Costa Rica Drops Nice Guy
Approach in Search of Wins
Costa Rica coach Alexandre
Guimaraes promises that his team
are going to abandon their
nice-guy approach in Germany.
Income Gap
Widens
There is a deep rift between the
income of the 10 percent of
wealthiest families in Costa
Rica and the 10 percent that
follows them.
Nicaragua: Police Suppress
Students
By means of beats and air shots
the Nicaraguan National Police
suppressed the protest against
the rise of the collective
transportation tariff led by a
group of high-school students on
Monday.
Cramming and Violence in
Panamanian Jails
Violence and serious
overcrowding in Panama´s prisons
provoked the start of a 24-hour
hunger strike in many of them
Monday, announced Javier
Justiniani, president of the
Panamanian Foundation for
Prisoner Support.
Mexico to expand relations with
Colombia, Panama
Mexico would widen the
scope of its relationship with
Panama and Colombia, after
Venezuela leaves the G3 trading
bloc, a Mexican presidential
spokesman said on Monday.
FMLN Urges Economic Policy
Change
The Salvadorian bank sector and
businesspeople benefit most from
the present government’s
economic policies, FMLN
opposition deputy Salvador
Sanchez denounced Monday in El
Salvador.
Venezuela supports OPEC
production cut: minister
Venezuela's Minister of Energy
and Petroleum Rafael Ramirez
said on Monday that Venezuela
supports the idea of an oil
production cut at the next
meeting of the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC).
COLOMBIA:
Casualties
in Battle Against Free Trade
Pact with US
Indigenous and campesino
protests against the free trade
deal that Colombia is
negotiating with the United
States drew a harsh military
response from the government of
rightwing President Álvaro Uribe,
leaving an as yet unknown number
of people dead, injured or
missing.
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