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Martha
Hernández
Esquivel
began
her day
very
badly
yesterday,
but was
lucky to
be alive
despite
the
spectacular
on the
autopista
Próspero
Fernández,
near the
Sabana
park
Wednesday
morning.
Hernández,
a
handicapped
driver,
told
Transit
authorities
she was
cut off,
forcing
her to
lose
control
the
vehicle.
[Foto:
Adolfo
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Nicaraguan Insurer
Disappointed With INS
Looking to expand, the Instituto
Nacional de Seguros (INS), set its sights to
the north, looking to buy 100% of the shares
of the Seguros América de Nicaragua.
Costa Rica to Join
Petrocaribe
Costa Rica is getting ready to join
Petrocaribe during the Petrocaribe summit to
be held next month, member of Costa Rican
Parliament Angel Rodriguez announced on
Wednesday.
Gasoline
Prices Drop Tomorrow
Best hold off filling up the tank of the old
jalopy today as the price of gasoline drops
at the stroke of midnight tonight.
Costa Rica
Cuts Coffee Harvest Forecast
Costa Rica will harvest 1.59 million 60-kg bags of coffee in the 2008/09
season, 15.4 percent less than was produced
in the previous cycle, the national coffee
institute Icafe said.
Minor Calvo
Could Be On Probation Come Monday
Catholic church priest, Minor Calvo (Mínor
de Jesús Calvo Aguilar) may soon get his
freedom after spending five years behind
bars at the Unidad de Admisión de San
Sebastián (San Jose jail), expecting today
to get the good news of his approval of
conditional release.
ICE, SUTEL
Feud Continues
The feud between the Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE), the sole provider of
telecommunications and the Superintendencia
de Telecomunicaciones (SUTEL), telecom
regulator, continues.
Banco Nacional
Warns Customers Not To Lend Their Bank
Account
The Banco Nacional (BN) is asking its
customers not to lend their accounts to
others, even for a fee, as this practice
could land you in a judicial nightmare and
being blacklisted by the national banking
system.
Government In Search
of Cabinet Minister; Low Salary And Short
Term Is A Deterrent For Many
Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, is
having a difficult time filling the cabinet
post open left open in March by the
controversy surrounding Roberto Dobles,
minister for the Ministerio de Ambiente,
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Central America Summit in Nicaragua
Managua -
Central American presidents are scheduled to
meet on Wednesday in Nicaragua to discuss
migration, a trade agreement with the
European Union (EU) and other key regional
issues.
No A H1N1 Cases in Nicaragua
Managua - Nicaragua is so far the only country
with zero A H1N1 flu cases in Central
America,
Nicaraguan Health Minister
Guillermo Gonzalez said Wednesday.
Petrocaribe: New Airport for Honduras
Tegucigalpa - Honduran President Manuel Zelaya supervised the work on the new
international airport that is being built in
Valle de Comayagua, with funds from the
integrationist project Petrocaribe.
El Salvador, Venezuela to Boost Ties
Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered setting up a commission dealing with future joint cooperation projects with El Salvador. Chavez gave his orders after meeting Tuesday night in Caracas with El Salvador's president-elect Mauricio Funes.
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Private Venezuelan Media on the Carpet
Caracas - Venezuelan Comptroller of the Republic Clodosbaldo Russian asserted on Tuesday that private media in that nation are behaving like political parties.
Bolivia, US for Mending Diplomatic Ties
La Paz - Bolivia and the United States on Wednesday will try to mend their diplomatic relations, almost severed since September 2008, with a visit by a top-level US delegation led by Thommas Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Fourth Case of A H1N1 Flu in Cuba
Havana - The Cuban Public Health Ministry on Wednesday has confirmed the fourth Influenza A(H1N1) case on the island nation, Granma newspaper reported.
Floods Kill 45 People in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro - Heavy
rains and ensuing floods, which have been
affecting several Brazilian states in the
past month, have caused a total of 45 deaths
so far, according to a report released on
Wednesday by the country's National Civil
Defense Secretariat.
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SOUTH AMERICA:
Rich in Biodiversity,
Lagging in Protection
\South America is the
only region that has not
submitted a report of
its actions in the last
year to implement the
Convention on Biological
Diversity, although it
accounts for 40 percent
of the world’s plant and
animal species and the
deadline was Mar. 30.
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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
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Why ICE Is Stalling 3G
ICE, the Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad and the only
provider of cellular service in
Costa Rica has been falling
behind in installing the next
generation of cellular network
known as 3G. |
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