Ombudswoman Siding With Santa Ana
Residents On Flaws Caldera Highway
The Defensora de los Habitantes
(Ombudswoman), Lisbeth Quesada,
assured on Thursday that the tolls
at Piedades de Santa Ana on the
autopista Fernando Prospero (road to
Caldera) is a tax in disguise that
is to the benefit of private company
at the detriment of the most humble
of people.
Law Limits Daily
Working Hours Of Domestic Employees To
Eight
Legislators in second and final voting
reforms to the Código de Trabajo, approving
the Ley de Trabajo Doméstico Remuneradol,
which changes the daily working hours of a "empleada
domestica" (domestic employee or maid) from
12 hours to 8. For evening work, the work
day is 6.
Tighten The Purse
Strings,
¢40
Gas Price Hike
Approved
The Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios
Públicos (Aresep) yesterday approved a hike
in gasoline price by ¢40 colones for a litre
of super, ¢37 for regular or Plus91 and ¢46
for diesel.
Start of Heredia
Commuter Train Derailed Again
The replacement of wood railway ties
for concrete has set back, again, the start
of operations of the Heredia commuter train.
Costa
Rica's Opposition Party Suggests
Modernizing Limón-Moín Complex With
IDB Loan
Costa Rica's center-left opposition
party, the Partido Accion Cuidadana
( PAC) is proposing to use us$80
million of an us$850 million IDB
loan, currently awaiting
congressional approval, to modernize
the Limón-Moín port complex, PAC's
infrastructure manager and
congressman Marvin Rojas told
BNamericas.
Why The U.S. Got
Crushed In Costa Rica
A crushing defeat in Costa Rica adds even
greater importance to the next U.S. match in
World Cup qualifying, against Honduras on
Saturday in Chicago.
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New Highway,
Same Old Drivers
Although the newly reconstructed
autopista Prospero Fernandez (road
to Caldera) has a new road surface,
proper signage, bus bays, pedestrian
overpasses and lines on the
pavement, among others, the drivers
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Tons of
materials
has been
collected
for
recycling
by
Teletica's
monthly
recycling
drive
that
occurs
the fist
Thursday
and
Friday
of each
month.
This
month,
in
conjunction
with
World
Environment
Day
2009,
collection
included
electronic
parts,
in
addition
to
paper,
plastic
and
glass.
Your can
do your
part by
bringing
your
items to
the
collection
site is
in front
of the
Canal 7
in La
Sabana
and 100
m north
of the
San
Pedro
church. |
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Structural Change in Panama Government
Panama - The governmental transition process
in Panama is working to prepare the
structures for the change of administration
for July 1st.
American Design Duo Launches Arts and Culture Magazine in Nicaragua
Managua - Nicaragua's culture, arts and music scene is the focus of a new magazine launched by two American designers living in the country's capital, Managua.
El Salvador Victory Praised
San Salvador - The victory
achieved in the recent elections is the
result of the Salvadoran people''s struggle,
and it was Shafik Handal''s dream, asserted
Tania Bichkova, widow of Farabundo Marti
National Liberation Front (FMLN) leader.
Honduras Hails Cuba Solidarity
San
Pedro Sula, Honduras - Honduras' Minister of Foreign Affairs
Patricia Rodas voiced her gratitude for
Cuba''s cooperation and solidarity with the
Latin American and Caribbean peoples. |
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Colombia's Government Seeks A Stable,
Competitive Peso
BOGOTA (Dow Jones)--The Colombian government seeks a
stable and competitive foreign exchange rate,
according to President Alvaro Uribe, following the
Colombian peso's appreciation of 26% in the past
three months.
Zulia, Venezuela for Chavez Rally
Caracas - Members of the United Socialist
Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and other allied political
organizations will rally Thursday in the state of
Zulia in support of President Hugo Chavez.
New Evidence on Bolivia Terrorism
La Paz - The Bolivian parliamentary commission probing the case of terrorism in Santa Cruz continues Thursday questioning new suspects of the Telecommunications Cooperative (Cotas) and the Federation of Stockbreeders(Fegasacruz).
Chile Becomes New Member of CEJA Under OAS
Santiago - Chilean Justice
Minister Carlos Maldonado has been chosen as a new
member of the Directive Council of the Center of
Justice Researches for the Americas (CEJA) under the
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LATIN AMERICA:
Cuba Wants
Integration Without
OAS
For decades, Fidel
Castro has been the
most vociferous
opponent of an
eventual return by
Cuba to the
Organisation of
American States
(OAS), which he has
referred to as a
"colonial ministry,"
"odious,"
"shameless" and
"rotten." "The OAS
was the accomplice
to all of the crimes
committed against
Cuba," he also
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4 Kms Does Not A 6 Lane Highway Make
After some 30 years of
planning, start and stop
and then start again,
last week the expansion
of the autopista
Fernando Prospero and
the highway to Caldera,
was officially
inaugurated, although
there still remains
entire sections of first
phase of the highway to
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