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Saudi
Arabia's
Prince
Al-Waleed
bin
Talal
(left),
yesterday
met with
the
Arias
brothers
( Costa
Rica's
President
Oscar
Arias,
centre,
and
Costa
Rica's
Minister
of the
Presidency
Rodrigo
Arias).
After
the
meeting
Prince
Al-Waleed,
a
majority
shareholder
of the
Four
Seasons
hotels
chain
and
Citigroup,
announced
his
intention
to
invest
in two
new
hotels
and
financial
investments
in Costa
Rica.
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Copa Airlines Expands
Fleet With Delivery of
Boeing 737-800 Aircraft
Copa Airlines,
subsidiary of Copa
Holdings S.A. , took
delivery on August 9th
of a Boeing 737-800
aircraft, increasing its
fleet to 33 aircraft.
Copa's fleet, one of the
youngest in the
Americas, now consists
of 25 Boeing 737 Next
Generation aircraft and
eight EMBRAER 190s.
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Costa Rica To Confiscate
Private Land
The government of Costa
Rica has informed U.S.
citizens that the land
they own in Costa Rica
will become government
property as of September
1. 2007.
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Tuesday 14
August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Saudi Prince Talks With
Arias About Increasing
Investments in Costa
Rica
The Prince of Saudi
Arabia, Al-Waleed bin
Talal, took time out of
his vacation at the Four
Seasons hotel in the
Golfo de Papagayo, to
travel to San José to
meet with Costa Rican
president, Oscar Arias,
to discuss possible
investments in the
country.
TDMA Seems To Work
Better Than GSM, In
Outlying Areas
Especially
If you are having
problems with cellular
reception or lost or
dropped calls, don't
blame your phone, blame
it all on ICE, the state
monopoly in
telecommunications in
Costa Rica.
Ombudswoman Says
Immigration Centre Conditions
Deplorable; Shipwrecked Chinese On Their
Way Home Today
The Defensora de los
Habitantes (Ombudswoman) Lizbeth Quesada
said yesterday that she finds the
conditions at the "albergue de Migración"
(immigration centre) in Hatillo
deplorable, citing a number of
irregularities at the detention centre.
Guanacaste Under
"Yellow" Alert
Three bridges have been
completely damaged by
the heavy rains of the
last couple of days on
the Northern Pacific
region of Guanacaste,
which prompted the
Comisión Nacional de
Emergencias (CNE) -
national emergency
commission - to declare
a "yellow" alert for the
area.
China to hold its 1st
trade expo in Costa Rica
The Chinese Council for
International Commerce
will organize trade
exposition in Costa Rica
on August 22-25, the
Chinese embassy in San
José revealed to the
media.
Tomorrow is
Mother's Day
Despite that the "legal" holiday is
Monday, tomorrow is Mother's Day in
Costa Rica, a day to honour mothers,
grand mothers and anyone else you call
mother.
Ortega Warns against
US Drug Operations in
Nicaragua
President Daniel Ortega
warned that he will not
allow the US Drug
Enforcement Agency to
mount operations against
international drug
trafficking in
Nicaraguan soil.
Panama, Brazil agree to
promote biofuel co-op
Panama's President
Martin Torrijos and his
visiting Brazilian
counterpart Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva on Friday
agreed to boost
cooperation in biofuel.
Venezuela, Mexico Renew
San Jose Accord
Venezuela and Mexico
gave an important step
towards restoring normal
relations in renewing on
August 13 the San Jose
Agreement and appointing
new ambassadors.
Ecuadorians Begin Run
for Assembly
Three thousand one
hundred sixty-three
candidates from 26
Ecuadorian political and
social organizations
began vying Monday for
130 seats in the
National Constituent
Assembly, which will
draw up a new
Constitution.
Castro receives
congratulations on 81st
birthday
Cuban leader Fidel
Castro turned 81 on
Monday with
congratulatory messages
pouring in from many
nations. He did not
appear for official
celebrations.
PERU:
No
Peace for Living or Dead
22 Years After Massacre
Cirila Pulido and
Teófila Ochoa were 12
and 13 years old when a
Peruvian army patrol
entered their village of
Accomarca in Peru’s
southern Andean region
of Ayacucho on Aug. 14,
1985 and murdered 69
villagers, including the
two girls’ mothers and
siblings.
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