|
|
|
With the
stroke
of his
pen,
Costa
Rican
president,
Oscar
Arias,
with the
president
of the
INS,
Guillermo
Constenla,
at his
side
ends the
84 year
insurance
monopoly
in Costa
Rica. |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Turtle power in Costa
Rica
Ostional is a four-mile
stretch of black-sand
beach in northwest Costa
Rica. You probably
haven’t heard of it –
not many people have –
but every year it plays
host to one of the most
dramatic, enormous,
mind-blowing,
jaw-dropping spectacles
in nature.
|
|
 |
|
|
Global Crossing
Completes Pacific Cable
Access
International IP
connectivity solutions
provider Global Crossing
has completed the
landing of its new fiber
optic submarine cable in
southwestern Costa
Rica's Puntarenas
province, Global
Crossing said in a
statement.
|
|
Inside Tip:
Driving To And From Santa Ana On The Pista
With the
commencement of the work on the new highway to
Caldera, the Autopista Próspero
Fernández.. Click here for
more tips |
|
|
|
|
Bogotá, Colombia,
A Modern and Vibrant
City
Bogotá — officially
named Bogotá, D.C. (D.C.
for "Distrito Capital",
which means "Capital
District"), formerly
called Santa Fe de
Bogotá, is the capital
city of Colombia, as
well as the most
populous city in the
country, with 7,033,914
inhabitants (2007).
Unofficially, the number
of inhabitants is
believed to be more like
10 million. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INS Insurance Monopoly
At An End
With the signature of
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, the
insurance monopoly held
by the Instituto
Nacional de Seguros
(INS), has ended,
allowing Costa Ricans to
make a choice once the
competition enters the
market.
Used Vehicles To Cost
More Due To Rise in
Dollar
Buyers of used cars will
be in for a surprise, as
the movement of the
exchange rate last week
has meant that importers
have had to dig deeper
into their wallet to
make their purchases on
foreign markets.
Taxi Drivers and Pirates
Brawl In Limón
A brawl between taxi
drivers and piratas
(pirate taxis) that
required the
intervention of the
Fuerza Pública (police),
the Policía Turística (Toursit
police) and the Policía
Tránsito (traffic
police), in downtown
Limón yesterday.
Hello, This Is Your Car
Speaking. I Am Being
Robbed.
Hugo Artavia is making a
name for himself with
his invention that will
disable a vehicle if it
is bumped or the doors
opened without a key.
Costa Rica Targets
Trends For Greater Food
Exports
Costa Rican food
companies are focusing
on major trends like
organics and social
values to build their
export platform, as an
association agreement
between the European
Union (EU) and Central
America is expected to
be reached in 2009.
|
|
| |
|
Trail Of Mistakes Leads
To Panama
For John and Anne
Darwin, Panama was a
country in which to grow
old and to grow rich.
But the couple made
mistakes as soon as they
arrived.
Honduras May Join ALBA
Honduras President
Manuel Zelaya assured
that his government is
studying the advantages
offered by The
Bolivarian Alternative
for the Peoples of our
America (ALBA),
emphasized the main
media of this nation.
Bus Falls Off Cliff In
Colombia, Killing 9
At least nine people
were killed and 21
injured on Tuesday when
a bus fell off a cliff
in southwestern
Colombia, police said.
Brazil Toughens
Environmental
Regulations
Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva
signed Tuesday a decree
aiming to toughen the
country's environmental
law.
Senior U.S. Official
Visits Bolivia To Mend
Ties
U.S. Assistant Secretary
of State for Western
Hemisphere Affairs
Thomas Shannon arrived
in Bolivia Tuesday in a
bid to mend ties with
the Latin American
country, according to
reports reaching here
from La Paz.
COLOMBIA:
Torture as a ‘Side
Effect’ of Forced
Disappearance, Killings
The body of trade
unionist Guillermo
Rivera, who was missing
since April, was finally
found after 84 days of
desperate searching by
his family and friends.
|
|
 |
|
/Buy us$1 |
/Sell us$1 |
|
¢545.92 |
¢556.39 |
|
|
B.C.C.R.
23 July 2008 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
