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Number of Visitors To Costa Rica
Bounces Back
The Spanish language daily La
Nación reports that the number
of visitors to Costa Rica coming
in at the principal airports -
San José and Liberia - began to
rebound in the last four months
after seeing a decrease during
2006.
More than one
thousand
graduated from
the police
academy and will
soon be on the
streets,
notwithstanding
the high
desertion levels
in the ranks of
the Fuerza
Pública (police)
during the last
year, mainly for
poor working
conditions and
low pay. |
Spanish Group Unveils Plans For
Mega Development in Puntarenas
In a joint announcement
yesterday at Casa Presidencial,
Costa Rican president, Oscar
Arias and the Ministro de
Turismo, Carlos Ricardo
Benavides, shared the limelight
with representatives of the
Grupo Nyesa, who recently
acquired 200 hectares in the
area between Caldera and Esparza
in Puntarenas.
More Than A Thousand Residents
of Quepos Could Be Without
Home Soon
More than 1.000 residents of
Matapalo de Quepos are living
the uncertainty of being removed
from their homes and seem then
torn down, while they try to
resolve a dispute with the owner
of the lands they occupy.
Leading US Supermarket Roaster
Launches Costa Rican Blends of
Coffee
Millstone Coffee, a division of
Procter & Gamble, announced
today the introduction of a
special edition line up of Whole
Bean Exotic coffee from Costa
Rica, Kenya, and Sumatra.
Seaboard Marine Launches Second
Weekly to Costa Rica
Seaboard Marine will now offer
two inbound and outbound
sailings a week between the Port
of Miami and Panama and Costa
Rica.
Croc
Lookout Point With More Security
One of the favourite stops on
the way to Playa Jacó and
further south to Quepos and
Manuel Antonio is to stop to see
the crocodiles.
Fuel Prices Increase in
Nicaragua
The director of the Nicaraguan
Energy Institute (INE), David
Castillo, declared that the
institution he heads cannot stop
the escalation of fuel prices,
which are subject to market
laws.
Caribbean Plans to Fight Money
Laundering
Representatives and experts from
30 Caribbean countries continued
discussing strategies to fight
money laundering in the region,
in their meeting Tuesday in
Panama City.
Teacher Sit-ins Storm Guatemala
Guatemalan teachers are due to
stage a sit-in across from the
Government Palace on Tuesday, to
demand authorities commitments
to that sector.
Venezuela Debunks Food Shortage
Venezuela confirmed the official
war on large estates and refuted
efforts to scare the people with
a fake agriculture crisis when
there is rather sustained
growth.
Ecuador Smells Rat:
US Negroponte
The native peoples
of Ecuador declared
persona non grata US
Deputy Secretary of
State, John
Negroponte,
scheduled to visit
Quito today,
affirmed indigenous
leader, Humberto
Cholango.
CUBA:
Soldiers Accused of
Hijacking Could Face
Death Penalty
Two Cuban soldiers
who attempted to
hijack an airplane
to fly to the United
States are both
wounded and awaiting
trial, Cuban
President Fidel
Castro announced
Tuesday, while
accusing the United
States of fomenting
illegal emigration.
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