Japdeva Union Is Damaging Costa
Rica As "Tortuguismo" Continues;
Police Move In To Restore Order
Emphatic were the words of
president Oscar Arias is saying
that the leaders of the
Sindicato de Trabajadores de la
Junta de Administración
Portuaria y de Desarrollo
Económico de la Vertiente
Atlántica (Sintrajap) are
causing great damage to Costa
Rica with its "tortuguismo" -
work slowdown at the Limón and
Moín ports, which began on
Monday.
Costa Rican Foreign
Minister Bruno Stago (L)
and Vice Foreign
Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Russian
Federation Serguey
Kisliak (R), walk in the
Foreign Ministry in San
José. Kisliak was in
Costa Rica to improve
bi-lateral relations
between Costa Rica and
the Russian Federation,
and discuss the
candidacy of Costa Rica
for the Security Council
in 2008. |
NatureAir Now Offers Flights To
Limon and Bocas del Toro
NatureAir, Central America’s
premier airline, announced the
first flight between San José
and Limó in 15 years, and the
first ever flight from Bocas del
Toro, Panama to Limon all
beginning Dec. 1.
Costa Rica, Russia Revive Trade,
Energy Agreements
Costa Rica and Russia have
revived a series of agreements
on trade and energy, Costa Rican
Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno
and visiting Russian Deputy
Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak
said on Wednesday.
Mexico Sets Costa Rica Sugar
Tariff Rate Quote
The Mexican government
established a tariff rate quote
(TRQ) for Costa Rice to comply
with the Mexico-Costa Rica Free
Trade Agreement.
Good News
/ Bad News For Cellular Phone
Customers
The bad news is that in a few
weeks, the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) will have sold out all of
it's 600.000 cellular telephone
lines it began to market last
year,
Municipal Land Dispute Continues
At nine this morning there will
be a showdown between the
businessman who purchased the
lot that makes up part of the
San José municipal offices on
Avenida 10 and the municipality.
Murders of Women Up in Guatemala
Murder of women continues to
increase in the Guatemalan
capital, where 17 violent deaths
were reported this month,
according to sources of the
Public Ministry.
Cuban Unions Close with Vital
Issues
The last session of the 19th
Congress of the Central Workers
Union of Cuba (CTC), taking
place in this capital, is due to
analyze Wednesday short term
relevant issues for the country
s social-economic development.
Venezuela for the South in UN
Venezuela proposed establishing
within the Security Council a
Consensus of the South replacing
Washington's and reaffirmed his
country's right to a membership.
Bolivian Indigenous Steer
Tourism
Bolivia is celebrating Wednesday
the World Day of Tourism, with a
national development plan of the
sector to boost the most
extensive participation of
indigenous communities.
A Million
Mexican Children Malnourished
More than one million Mexican
children under five (12.7
percent) suffer from chronic
malnutrition, a survey carried
out by the National Institute of
Public Health revealed.
GUATEMALA:
Army
Losing Fight Against Crime
Although the military has not
returned to power in Guatemala,
it has returned to the streets.
But five months after 2,400
soldiers began to patrol the
streets of Guatemala's main
cities, the number of murders
continues to rise, while
activists warn that the military
presence could revive bad
memories of the 1960-1996 civil
war, when the army was blamed
for the lion's share of the
atrocities committed.
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