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Saturday 20 September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Plus 91 Gasoline
Replacing Super Now On
Sale
The new "Plus 91"
gasoline began selling
yesterday at all
gasoline pumps around
the country and is
expected to save the
state refinery some ¢300
million colones a month
as drivers switch to the
higher octane regular
from super.
INS To Stick With AIG
For Now
The Costa Rican
Instituto Nacional de
Seguros (INS) yesterday
calmed the worries of
clients about the fate
of US insurance giant
American International
Group (AIG), which
reinsures 22 policies
here and narrowly
avoided bankruptcy this
week.
Finance Minister
Expected To Step Down
The Ministro de Hacienda
(Finance Minister),
Guillermo Zúñiga, will
soon be stepping down
from his post, not for
accusations of
corruption, as has
befallen several other
fellow ministers, but
rather to run for
president in the 2010
elections.
Arias’ PLN Is First in
Costa Rica
The governing Partido Liberación
Nacional (PLN) -
National Liberation
Party - is the most
popular political
organization in Costa
Rica, according to a
poll by Unimer published
in La Nación. 25 per
cent of respondents
would vote for the party
of current president
Óscar Arias in the next
legislative election.
New Club
InterContinental Tower
Unveiled
The world's largest
hotel group by number of
rooms, announced the
unveiling of the new
Club InterContinental
Tower at the Real
InterContinental Hotel &
Club Tower Costa Rica.
Located in Escazú, the
eight-story tower
features 98 guestrooms,
a 16,000-square-foot
spa, an oversized club
lounge, all accessed by
a private lobby and
reception area with
private port-cochere.
Fingerprint Legal To
Withdraw Funds From Bank
Account
The Sala Constitucional
(Constitutional Court)
ruled that customers of
banks should be able to
withdraw their funds at
any time, even if they
are unable to sign the
withdrawl slip.
Heart Checkup On Sale
The Hospital Jerusalén
is offering special
pricing on a heart
checkup that includes a
medical consult,
electrocardiogram and
echocardiogram during
this month and next.
Panama Supports Bolivian
President
PANAMA CITY - Panamanian
President Martin
Torrijos Friday met with
Bolivian President Evo
Morales and expressed
his support for Morales
in the Bolivian
political crisis.
Russian Deputy Prime
Minister Leads
Delegation to Nicaragua
MANAGUA - Deputy Prime
Minister Igor Sechin led
a delegation to
Nicaragua, a former Cold
War ally, on Wednesday,
as part of a push to
increase Russian
influence in Latin
America after years on
the sidelines in the
region.
Chavez Desires To See
U.S. As Brotherly
Country
CARACAS - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez
said Friday that he
desires to see the
United States as a
"brotherly country."
Brazilian President To
Defend Biofuels At UN
General Assembly
RIO DE JANEIRO -
Brazilian President Luis
Inacio Lula da Silva
will defend the
country's biofuel
production at the
upcoming 63rd UN General
Assembly, his spokesmen
Marcelo Baumbach
announced Thursday.
Venezuela Expels
Activists Of U.S. Human
Rights Organization
CARACAS - The Venezuelan
government Friday
expelled two activists
of a U.S. human rights
organization, accusing
them of "illegally
interfering in the
country's matters."
CHILE:
Salvador Allende -
Greatest Chilean, by
Popular Acclaim
he late socialist
President Salvador Allende, who was
overthrown by the armed
forces on Sept. 11,
1973, was elected the
"greatest Chilean in
history" in a viewers'
poll organised by a
television programme
that stirred up
controversy.
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