Money
Exchange At San José Airport
Costly
Exchanging your dollars for
colones at the Juan Santamaría
(San José) international airport
is not recommended as the only
currency exchange post, Global
Exchange, pays out ¢50 colones
less than the reference rate set
by the Central Bank, on each
dollar it takes in.
A late afternoon fire
totally destroyed a
favourite Chinese food
restaurant Ave Fénix in
San Pedro. The cause of
the fire is yet
undetermined. Given the
size of the fire,
luckily there were no
injuries or damage to
adjoining properties.
[Foto:Daniel Rodríguez] |
Natural Water Resource Protected
Under TLC
The Comisión de Asuntos
Internacionales de la Asamblea
Legislativa (legislative
commission on international
affairs) has decided to include
text in the Tratado Libre de
Comercio (TLC) - free trade
agreement with the United Sttes,
that would defend the state
control over the exploitation of
natural water sources.
Drop in
Human Development
For the fifth consecutive year,
Costa Rica lost ground in the
Human Development Index, as a
result of the erosion in the
distribution of income.
Tránsito On The Hunt For Drunk
Drivers
The Interamericana Norte, Ruta
32, Manolos, La Circunvalación
and the Florencio del Castillo
highway form part of 44 routes
that the Policía de Tránsito
will be patrolling heavily until
the end of the year, mainly for
drinking and driving, in an
effort to reduce traffic
fatalities.
US to Train Latin American
Military Again
The administration of President
George W. Bush has shown its
first hostile reaction to the
advance of Latin American
progressive movements by
restarting the training of
military forces in the region.
Nicaragua, from Somoza to
Contras to a reborn Ortega
The Sandinistas marched into
Managua in 1979 with broad
support after toppling the hated
dictatorship of Anastasio
Somoza, but — as in Cuba after
Castro's revolution — moderate
allies soon fell away as the
rebels took a radical tack — a
lurch toward Soviet backing that
accelerated as the U.S. turned
increasingly hostile.
Nicaraguan Parliament Undefined
Five days after presidential and
legislative elections in
Nicaragua the number of each
party s deputies is still
unknown.
Cubans in Panama: End US
Blockade
A group of Cubans resident in
Panama, members of the Circle of
Study of the thoughts of Jose
Marti, demanded the end of the
US economic, financial and
commercial blockade on the
island Friday.
Che Documentary Wins Festival
Cuban film "San Ernesto Nace en
la Higuera" was awarded the best
foreign documentary at the Icaro
Central American Film and Video
Festival.
Venezuelan VP Rules
out Election Fraud
Venezuela Vice
President Jose
Vicente Rangel
assured on Friday
that the government
would accept the
results of the polls
in December, because
for the present
executive the
"people s will is
respectable."
LATIN AMERICA:
Economists Discuss
Alternatives to
Free-Market Model
Some 90 left-leaning
Latin American
economists are
meeting in the
Chilean capital to
discuss ways to
build "a society
with neither
exploited nor
exploiters" and
construct bridges
between academia and
social movements.
