TLC Ready For December? In Your
Dreams, Says Solís
The leader of the red and
yellow, the Partido Acción
Cuidadana (PAC), Ottón Solís,
talked to the Spanish daily Al
Día about his thoughts of the
work of president Oscar Arias
during his first months in
office this time around.
The the Ministerio de
Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT) is
busy painting lanes on
the roads around San
José, nothing is being
done about bridge
barriers like this one
in Rohrmoser and many
other bridges around the
country. Last week, the
lack of of bridge
barrier (which had been
stolen and not replaced)
was the cause of a fatal
accident on the overpass
in front of the Juan
Santamaría (San José)
international airport,
when a vehicle fell over
the bridge onto the
highway below. |
Trade Deficit Up 43%
The cumulate trade deficit of
Costa Rica through July reached
us$3.2 billion, up 43
percent that the same period in
2005.
Tourism Sector Asks For More
Promotion
The private tourist sector has
requested the Insituto
Costarricsense de Turismo (ICT)
- the Costa Rican Board of
Tourism - to double the
institution’s budget to promote
Costa Rica abroad.
Pre-Historical Fossil
A tooth of a Desmostylus
Hesperus, a manatee-like mammal
who lived 5 million to 7 million
years ago, was found in the
Costa Rican South Pacific by
geologist Ana Valerio and
paleontologist and geologist
Cesar Laurito.
Liquor mixed with
methanol kills 21 in
Nicaragua
A total of 21 people
died and another 85
were poisoned in
Nicaragua after
drinking liquor
mixed with methanol,
the Health Ministry
reported on Friday.
National Rally Backs Hugo Chavez
Thousands of Venezuelans
assembled Saturday on Bolivar
Avenue, Caracas, to buttress the
re-election of President Hugo
Chavez on December 3.
Chile's Pinochet
stripped of immunity
Chile's Supreme
Court on Friday
stripped former
dictator Augusto
Pinochet of immunity
to face charges of
muder, torture and
other right abuses
at the infamous
Villa Grimaldi
prison.
G-20 in Brazil Rehashing WTO
Following a Brazilian call, the
developing countries affiliated
to the Group of 20 (G-20) are
meeting in that capital Saturday
to encourage resumption of the
World Trade Organization
negotiations.
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