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Saturday 16 August
2008, San José, Costa Rica
Dollar Expected To
Settle at ¢554 By Year's
End
The Unidad de Estudios
Económicos de Interbolsa
estimates that the colon
will be worth between
¢552 and ¢554 to one US
dollar by the end of the
year. The estimate is
well below the expected
reach of ¢600 colones
many feel it will reach
by December, given the
sharp increase in June
and the continuing daily
movements.
Arias Popularity
Plummets in Costa Rica
The popularity of Costa
Rican president Óscar
Arias has fallen
considerably in just
three months, according
to a poll by Demoscopia
published in the Spanish
language daily, Al Día.
US Embassy Caja Deadbeat
The Embajada de Estados
Unidos (US Embassy) in
Costa Rica is among the
Caja Costarricense de
Seguro Social (CCSS)
list of deadbeats, owing
the social security some
¢500 millones of
employee benefits,
according to Roberto
Salazar Mora in his
letter to the ministra
de Salud (Health
minister), María Luisa
Ávila.
Airport Improvement
The Consejo Técnico de
Aviación Civil (CETAC) -
Technical Council of
Civic Aviation -
allocated us$20 million
to improve landing
strips and set up fences
at seven airports.
Triplets For Mother's
Day
A woman from the area of
La Fortuna, in San
Carlos, gave birth to
triplets late Thursday
afternoon at the new
wing of the Hospital
Nacional de las Mujeres
Adolfo Carit Eva. which
was inaugurated by Costa
Rican president, Oscar
Arias, yesterday on
Mothers Day.
Avenida Segunda To Get
Badly Needed Facelift
Get ready for some
traffic mayhem as the
Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes (MOPT)
begins to repave the
badly needed work on
Avenida Segunda.
Troops Try To Thwart
Simulated Panama Canal
Attack
ABOARD THE USS TARAWA
(Reuters) - Troops from
countries across the
Americas started a major
military exercise on
Friday to defend the
Panama Canal from an
attack by a fictional
terrorist group bent on
damaging the world
economy.
Colombia, Strikers Talk
with President
BOGOTA - Truck drivers
are discussing with
President Alvaro Uribe
on Friday a way out of
general strike after two
failed rounds of talks
in which several
senators acted as
intermediary.
Venezuela: Oil
Prospecting Heads West
CARACAS - Venezuela says
it will start
prospecting late in
September in west
Venezuela, including
Tachira that pioneered
national oil era over
100 years ago.
Peruvians Demonstrate,
Mourn On Earthquake
Anniversary
LIMA - On the first
anniversary of an
7.9-magnitude earthquake
Friday, Peruvians staged
protests to demand
speedy reconstruction
and held ceremonies in
memory of their loved
ones.
Brazil's Navy Seizes
Weapons Of Pirates
RIO DE JANEIRO - A
Brazilian navy troop
seized a motorboat full
of weapons on Thursday
in Guaruja area, in the
southeastern Sao Paulo
state, official sources
said on Friday.
NICARAGUA
Fallen Leader's Aim:
Topple Ortega
Sitting comfortably at
the head of a banquet
table flanked by party
loyalists, former
President Arnoldo Alemán
remarks on the rising
cost of food as his
right-hand man, a
Supreme Electoral
Council magistrate,
serves him a generous
scoop of scrambled eggs.
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