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TLC To
Be Reviewed By Sala IV Before Referendum Voting
At the
request of a group of legislators, the Sala
Constitucional or Sala IV as it is often
referred to (Constitutional Court) has said it
will fully review the Tratado de Libre Comercio
(TLC) - free trade agreement with the United
States - before Costa Ricans will get to vote on
it in the referendum slated for September 23.
Costa Rican
president, Óscar
Arias, was
on hand
yesterday at the
celebrations of
World
Environment Day,
held on Paseo
Colon where the
street was
completely
closed off to
vehicular
traffic. |
Alterra's Future To Be Known Today
The
future of Alterra Partners in Costa Rica - the
managers of the Juan Santamaría (San José)
international airport will be known today, as
the time to give the government an answer on the
latest proposal is due today.
Hilton
Hotels Expansion Plans Include Costa Rica
In its
global expansion plans, Hilton Hotels corp has
signed deals to build 55 hotels, which include a
project in Costa Rica. In Central America,
Hilton has planned projects in Panama and the
Dominican Republic as well.
Banco Nacional Proposes
Automatic Tolls
If the
Banco Nacional's proposal is approved, drivers
can put away they change used to pay tolls and
use their bank card instead.
iPhone
Sales to Start Ringing up June 29
Apple's
highly anticipated iPhone will be available June
29, according to TV commercials broadcast Sunday
night and posted on the company's Web site.
Ferry Peninsular Back in
Service
Following two months of being docked, waiting
for repairs to be completed, the Ferry
Peninsular, went back into service last week.
Ortega
Visits Chavez
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega arrived in
Caracas Sunday, in a visit of solidarity with
Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez.
Panama
Hosts OAS General Assembly
The
Thirty-Seventh Regular Session of the General
Assembly of the Organization of American States
(OAS) began in Panama City, Panama, on Sunday,
with the participation of representatives from
over 30 countries, while different social
movements started a parallel summit.
Bolivia,
Panama to Talk Natives Issues
Bolivian
Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca will meet
Tuesday with members of Panama's Legislative
Commission for Indigenous Affairs.
Argentina's opposition figure leads exit polls
in capital's mayor race
Argentina's soccer boss from the center-right
opposition Mauricio Macri on Sunday won the
first round of the elections for the post of
mayor of Buenos Aires, the Sunday exit polls
showed.
Cuban press highlights
meeting between Castro, Vietnamese leader
Sunday's
Cuban press had extensive coverage of a meeting
between their leader Fidel Castro and Nong Duc
Manh, the secretary general of Vietnam's
Communist Party Central Committee, which took
place in Havana on Saturday night.
CUBA:
Sugarcane - Source of
Renewable Energy, But Not Ethanol
Like other Latin
American countries, Cuba is focusing on the
development of renewable energy sources. But
unlike Brazil, a leader in biofuels, this
Caribbean island nation has ruled out the
production of ethanol fuel based on sugarcane,
because of President Fidel Castro's opposition
to using food crops to produce biofuel on a
large scale.
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