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Big Airlines
Urged to Copy Costa Rica's Nature Air On Global
Warming
Big airlines should imitate a tiny, profitable
Costa Rican company that invests in forest
protection to help soak up greenhouse gases
spewed out by its planes, Costa Rica's tourism
minister, Carlos Ricardo Benavides, said on
Wednesday.
Osvaldo
Villalobos and
his defence team
(right) listen
intensely to the
decision of the Sala Tres de los Tribunales de Juicio
de San José,
finding him
guilty of fraud
and illegal
banking and
sentencing the
one half of the
"brothers" to 18
years prison.
The judges said
the investors
were victims of
the "Villalobos
Scheme". |
Villalobos Brother
Sentenced to 18 Years
"Eighteen Years Jail For
Defrauding Gringos" was
the morning headline in
the local Spanish
language newspaper
describing the verdict
of Osvaldo Villalobos
Camacho, one half of the
"Brothers" operation,
handed down by a San
José court yesterday
afternoon.
Former
Presidents Calderón and Rodríguez Can Rejoin
PUSC Party Politics
Following almost three years of outside of the
Partido Unidad Social Cristiana (PUSC) party
politics, former Costa Rican presidents, Rafael
Angel Calderón and Miguel Angel Rodríguez, could
soon be back in the rank and file of the party.
Costa Rica to
Stop Sending Police to US Army School
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias vowed on
Wednesday to stop sending police to train at a
U.S. facility criticized for a history of
producing soldiers who went on to violate human
rights.
Coup Plotters
Seek Refuge in Costa Rica
Two Venezuelan men accused of attempting to
overthrow Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in
April 2002 have applied for refugee status in
Costa Rica.
Ojo de Agua Temporarily
Closed
The "Ojo de Agua", a
natural water "balneario"
(spa) - a vacation spot
for thousands each day
has been temporarily
closed by the Dirección
Central Norte del
Ministerio de Salud
(Health officials) due
to expired permits.
Sandinista Foes for Oil Funds Bill
Sandinista parliamentary group coordinator Edwin
Castro accused Wednesday parties opposed to the
Ortega government of manipulating oil accords
inked between Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Panama Acts to Remain
Freightage Leader
Panama is trying to
improve its national
freightage system to
prevent desertion by
registered clients,
accounting for 26
percent of world
tonnage.
Cuba's population falls for first time in 25
years
Cuba's population fell by 4,300 in 2006 to just
over 11.2 million, the first drop in 25 years,
the population and development center at the
National Statistics Office said Wednesday.
Colombia's president backs top aides accused of
paramilitary links
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe Wednesday made
a public statement in support of Vice President
Francisco Santos and Defense Minister Juan
Manuel Santos, who have been accused of links
with the nation's paramilitaries.
Brazil needs up to 8 nuclear plants to meet
energy demand
Brazil's rising energy demand has created the
need to build four to eight nuclear power plants
by 2030, the Ministry of Mining and Energy
estimated Wednesday.
BOLIVIA:
Will Nationalisation
Scare Off Foreign
Investment?
Foreign investment in
Bolivia fell to 237
million dollars in 2006
as part of a continued
tendency that is
jeopardising economic
growth, warn some
analysts, who blame the
phenomenon on the
government's strategy of
placing firms that were
privatised in the 1990s
back in state hands.
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