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Monday 25 August
2008, San José, Costa Rica
Intersectoral Buses
Could Be Running In A
Month
The "interlínea" buses -
the yellow buses that
were to have started
running several months
back, transporting
passengers between
communities and stalled
by a problem in the bid
awarding process - may
be running in a month,
saig the viceministra de
Transportes, Viviana
Martín.
Reduction in Tourism
Being Felt in Guanacaste
and Puntarenas
The constant increase in
gasoline prices, the
economic problems of the
United States and the
reduction of the number
of flights to Costa
Rica, are the main
factors affecting the
decrease in tourism in
Guanacaste and
Puntarenas.
Calderón For President?
The members of the
Partido Unidad Social
Cristiana (PUSC)
political party are
waiting for former
president, Rafael Ángel
Calderón, says "déle
viaje" - let it fly - to
his running for the 2010
presidential elections.
Costa Rica With Lowest
Spending For The Price
of Crime and Violence in
Central America
The Salvadoran Public
Security Council (CNSP)
recently released a
report that quantified
violence, drug
trafficking, and
organized crime by
placing a number on the
amount Central American
countries spend on
security.
Airlines Adding
Surfcharge
It might be "surf's up"
in Costa Rica, but
swelling airline fees
are wiping out surfers
hoping to catch the next
big wave.
Panamanians to Go on
Strike
PANAMA - Panamanian
social organizations
will stage on September
4 a warning strike to
protest the high cost of
living and demand better
salaries, union leaders
announced.
Honduras Already
Benefiting from ALBA
TEGUCIGALPA - Honduras
will officially join the
Bolivarian Alternative
for the the Americas
(ALBA) on August 25, but
country is already
benefiting from the
initiative.
Plane Crash Kills 10
In Guatemala
GUATEMALA - Ten people
died and four were
injured when a small
plane crashed in Zacapa
department, eastern
Guatemala on Sunday,
spokesman of the
Volunteer Firemen Team
Carlos Salazar said.
Cubans Admitted into
Dominican Academy
SANTO DOMINGO - The
Dominican Language
Academy (ADL) admitted
Havana City Historian
Eusebio Leal and Casa de
Las Americas chairman
Roberto Fernandez
Retamar as new members.
Argentina Declares State
Of Emergency In Five
Provinces Hit By Severe
Drought
Argentine President
Cristina Fernandez on
Friday declared a state
of emergency in five
provinces hit by a
months-long drought.
Q&A: "Amazonas State Is
in the Environmental
Vanguard"
The Brazilian state of
Amazonas is "a quarry of
ideas and creativity"
and is in the vanguard
for having preserved 98
percent of its native
forests, paying for
environmental services,
and enacting the
pioneering Climate
Change Act, says Nadia
D'Ávila Ferreira, the
state's secretary for
the environment and
sustainable development.
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