Porteadores Waiting For White
Smoke
The Porteadores - informal taxi
drivers - have put on hold
today's protest waiting the
outcome of a meeting of the
government, who is doing its
best to avoid a protest similar
to last week. However, the hold
won't be for long, as patience
grows thin.
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A man places a flowers
at the Sept. 11 memorial
during a ceremony in San
José honouring the
victims on the fifth
anniversary of the World
Trade Center attacks. [Foto:
AP Photo/Kent Gilbert]. |
Central
Bank Now Offers Term Deposits
The Banco Central de Costa Rica
(BCCR) - Central Bank - on
Monday last began to offer "term
deposit" investments directly to
the public, and in some cases at
a much higher rate than what is
offered by the banks.
Villalobos Update: Trial On
Schedule For Feb 5
The Grupo UCCR reports in its
newsletter that the planning
session (pre-trial hearing)
between the parties held Monday
morning, as scheduled, took a
little over an hour and that the
trial date of February 5, 2007,
was not changed as it might have
been given the Villalobos change
of lawyers late last week.
Tourist Tax Proposed, To Replace
Existing 3% Hotel Tax
The Instituto Costarricense de
Turismo (ICT) - tourism board -
is supporting a proposal by the
private sector to create a "Ley
General de Turimso" (general
tourism law), that, among other
things, will increase financial
resources to promote the country
to the world.
Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador
to Launch Joint Stock Exchange
PANAMA CITY, Panama. Panama,
Costa Rica and El Salvador on
Monday signed an agreement to
open a regional stock exchange
in 2007.
"New" GSM
Customers Will Be Billed Every
22 Days
If you are a cellular telephone
subscriber of the "new" GSM
service, there is a surprise in
store for you.
Methanol poisoning death toll
rises to 43 in Nicaragua
The death toll in a methanol
poisoning case in Nicaragua has
risen from Friday's 21 to 43 on
Sunday, officials said.
Security
Officials Meet in Guatemala
Guatemala President Oscar Berger
opened a meeting of military and
police officials from 10 Central
American countries Monday, to
analyze the main facets of
regional security.
DR Authorities Admit Dengue
The Dominican Republic admitted
that cases of dengue in the
country are getting out of hand
and predicted this year will be
as much of an epidemic as 2000.
Latin American, Caribbean
Parties in Nicaragua
The Permanent Conference of
Political Parties of the Latin
American and the Caribbean (COPPAL)
is meeting from Monday in
Managua to analyze its working
plan for the 2006-2007 period.
Bachelet
Pays Homage to Allende
Chilean President Michelle
Bachelet made heartfelt homage
to the late dignitary Salvador
Allende on the 33rd anniversary
of his death in defense of the
constitutional power his people
delegated on him.
BRAZIL:
Capital of
the Developing South?
Over the next few days, Brazil
will be hosting two
international meetings that
reflect its diplomatic
priorities: strengthening
concrete shared interests,
especially trade-related, in
smaller blocs of developing
nations, instead of something as
broad as the Non-Aligned
Movement (NAM).
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