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Friday 12
September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Government Forced To Ask US For
Another Postponement In
TLC Ratification
Once again Costa Rica is
making history as the
only country to ask for
a postponement in the
delay in implementing
the Tratado Libre de
Comercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement with the
United States - not only
once, but twice, as it
is evident it cannot
meet the October 1
deadline.
ICE Says It Need A Rate
Hike To Keep The Lights
On Next Year
Costa Rica may be in the
dark if the Autoridad
Reguladora de los
Servicios Públicos (Aresep)
does not approve a 15%
hike in electrical rates
before the end of the
year, say officials of
the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE).
China Used
Foreign-Exchange
Reserves In Diplomatic
Deal with Costa Rica
China secretly
agreed to use its
foreign-exchange
reserves to buy us$300
million in bonds from
Costa Rica as part of a
deal that enticed the
Latin American nation to
switch diplomatic
recognition to Beijing
away from Taiwan,
newly-published
government documents
show.
Domestic Workers Demand
8 Hour Workday
Domestic workers are
demanding to be treated
like other employees, as
they are the only
workers whose work days
is 12 hours while the
work day for the others
is only 8.
China-Central America
Trade Cooperation Forum
Opens in Costa Rica
The first China-Central
America Trade
Cooperation Forum was
inaugurated here on
Thursday, attended by a
Chinese entrepreneurs
delegation and over 200
officials and experts
from Central American
countries.
WiMAX Network Covers
Rural Costa Rica
Costa Rican wireless
broadband services
operator, IDNet says
that it has deployed a
WiMAX network based on
infrastructure kit
supplied by Redline
Communications. The
project represents the
first live private WiMAX
network operating in the
3.3 GHz licensed
spectrum in Costa Rica.
Jacó Joins Independence
Day Celebrations
Monday, Sept 15th Costa
Rica celebrates 187
Years of Independence.
In light of the upcoming
Costa Rican Independence
Day this Monday, Jacó
joins the celebration
with the rest of the
country.
Independence Day
Weekend
Today is the start of a
long weekend as the
country on Monday
celebrates its 187th
year of Independence.
Venezuela Expels U.S.
Ambassador
CARACAS - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez
announced on Thursday
his decision to expel
the U.S. ambassador and
ordered him to leave the
country in 72 hours.
Fidel Castro: Our Duty
Is to Triumph!
HAVANA -Revolution
leader Fidel Castro
stated that the normal
lives of the children,
teenagers and adults
will carry on, always
prepared to fight and
vanquish all the
adversities of today or
tomorrow, never losing
their spirit.
Cuba Rejects Again U.S.'
Strings Attached
Hurricane Aid
HAVANA - The Cuban
government has for a
second time rejected the
U.S. offer of post
hurricane aid with
strings attached, saying
Thursday that the
country will overcome
the situation.
Chavez Warns Of Military
Action To Quell Bolivia
Unrest
CARACAS - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez on
Thursday pledged
military measures in
support of Bolivian
President Evo Morales
should the elected
leader be overthrown by
opposition forces.
Chile Approves UN
Protocol Against Torture
SANTIAGO - Chile's
Senate Thursday approved
the UN Convention
against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or
Punishment.
RUSSIA-VENEZUELA:
Cold War Coming to the
Caribbean?
Two
Russian Tupolev TU-160
strategic bombers landed
at Venezuela's main
Libertador military
airbase, 60 kilometres
from the capital, "to
carry out training
flights" in the region,
according to the Russian
Defense Ministry.
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