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Wednesday 24 September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Foreign Trade Minister
Positive US Will Grant
An Extension On The TLC
Costa Rica is close to
getting an extension to
the Tratado Libre de
COmercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement with the
United States, Central
America and the
Dominican Republic,
following negotiations
this week in Washington
DC.
ICE Requests Electrical
Rate Increase Of Up To
56%
Residential customers
can expected a whopping
increase of 30% on their
electrical bills if the
proposal by the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE) is
accepted. In real terms
the increase will mean
an additional ¢3.000
colones monthly for the
consumption of an
average fo 200 KWh or
less, which costs today
¢10.000.
Former Alcatel Costa
Rica Executive's Hot
Phone Plan
What can us$2.5 million
get you these days other
than a failing bank on
Wall Street? For a
former Alcatel exec, it
ensured his company a
us$149 million contract
from a state agency in
Costa Rica.
Stocks Close Higher In
Costa Rica, Lower In
Panama, Flat In El
Salvador
Central America's three
major stock markets
ended mixed on Tuesday.
Babcock Genetics' Costa
Rican Partnership
Babcock Genetics, a
leading supplier of
closed herd proprietary
pork genetics, has
announced a partnership
with Alimentos Cristal,
a food, feed and
genetics company based
in Zarcero, Costa Rica.
Woman to Change
Guatemalan Police
GUATEMALA - The
appointment of a woman
as chief of the National
Civil Police (PNC), in
addition to being
unprecedented in
Guatemala, augurs a
process of change in
that institution,
tainted by corruption,
ineffectiveness and lack
of credibility.
Colombia Acts To Grapple
With Rainy Season Havoc
BOGOTA - At least three
people have been killed,
19 injured and over
3,200 rendered homeless
by floods caused by the
onset of the second
rainy season in
Colombia, authorities
said on Tuesday.
Mass Grave Discovered In
Colombia
BOGOTA - Colombian
authorities have found
amass grave of 32 people
believed to have been
killed by irregular
armed forces in
northwest Colombia.
Brazilian Police Say
Massacre Of 15 Carried
Out By Drug Dealers
RIO DE JANEIRO -
Brazilian police said
Tuesday that the
massacre of 15 people in
southern Parana state
was carried out by drug
dealers.
Ecuadorians March To
Support Bolivian
President
QUITO - Hundreds of
Ecuadorians went on a
peaceful demonstration
here Tuesday to express
their support for
Bolivian President Evo
Morales, who was facing
a political crisis at
home as the
opposition-controlled
provinces demanded more
autonomy.
MEDIA:
Lula a "Tireless
Advocate" for the Poor
and Landless
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva, who rose from a
poor childhood to lead a
growing economic
powerhouse that has
placed the ideal of
inclusive prosperity at
the centre of its
development policies,
received the Inter Press
Service (IPS)
International
Achievement Award 2008
Monday.
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