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Cellular
Rate Hike Not Expected In Competitive Market
The pending competition
in the telecommunications now that the
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) monopoly is at an end is expected
to bring new services, better rates and
a choice for consumers. However, there
are some doubts.
New Collections Law Will
Judicial Process
The new law that speeds
up the judicial process
of collections goes into
effect tomorrow,
creating specialized
courts which will
quickly and exclusively
handle claims for unpaid
debts, like credit
cards, bank loans, etc.
Fraud Artists Claim To
Be IMAS Officials
Authorities are advising
of fake calls coming
from fraud artists
claiming to be working
for the Instituto Mixto
de Ayuda Social (IMAS),
who are tying up the
lose ends of a case of a
family member who will
be receiving IMAS help
with a monthly pension.
Costa Rica Sportsbook
Owner Named in Lottery
Scam Case
According to a report
filed over a year ago by
the U.S. Department of
Justice (DOJ), Jaime
Ligator, owner of the
Horseshoe casino in San
José, detained last May
18, contributed
financially to the
opening a call centre
that was presumable used
to defraud dozens of
Americans with false
prizes.
Toy Arms? No,
Thanks
Some 110 schoolchildren
in the Caribbean Port of Limón swapped
their toy arms for notebooks and
T-shirts at the launching of a program
to eradicate the proliferation of
weapons.
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Transportation
Strike Ends in Nicaragua
A national strike that
paralyzed the country for 12 days came
to an Saturday after Nicaraguan
president, Daniel Ortega, announced that
the government would offer a us$1.30 per
gallno subsidy on diesel fuel. The
subsidy only applies to fuel sold to
buses and taxis.
Honduras: Summit on
Climatic Change
Honduras summoned
Central American
Presidents to a Summit
to evaluate actions
destined to fight the
effects of climatic
change in the area, an
official report from
Honduras Presidency
headquarters indicates.
Colombia Denies
Intrusion Into
Venezuelan Territory
Colombian Defense
Minister Juan Manuel
Santos on Sunday denied
a Venezuelan accusation
that Colombian troops
had illegally entered
into Venezuelan
territory last week.
Brazil's New Environment
Chief Proposes Sending
Armed Forces To Protect
Amazon
Brazil's newly-appointed
Environment Minister
Carlos Minc said Sunday
that he would propose
making the country's
armed forces play a more
active role in
protecting national
parks, Indian reserves
and the Amazon rain
forest.
Argentina: No
Talks if Strike Continues
The Argentine government reiterated
there will be no talks with the four
main agrarian employers in the middle of
a strike, in its tenth day already.
NICARAGUA:
Asylum for Survivors of
Attack on FARC Camp
The Nicaraguan
government of Daniel
Ortega granted asylum to
two young Colombian
women who survived a
Mar. 1 bombing raid by
the armed forces of
their country on a FARC
guerrilla camp in
Ecuador.
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17 May 2008 |
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