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Police Corruption
Leaves Feeling of Insecurity
Costa Ricans are mistrusting of their police
and for good reason, as more cases of police
officials tied to acts of corruption and
crimes, like the case of the 12 Fueza
Pública officials detained on Wednesday,
come to light.
Electricity
Rate Decrease To Be Decided Today
A San José court will today decide if the
approved 7.2% reduction in electricity rates
will go ahead of be cancelled, following a
court filing by the Instituto Nacional de
Electricidad (ICE) against the Autoridad
Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP).
Registro Nacional
Hikes Fees
A permit for a "salida de vehiculos" (exit
for a vehicle) used to cost a total of ¢317
colones only several months ago, the cost is
now ¢5.320 colones, with the hike of fees by
the Registro Nacional.
Aureos Capital Backs Costa Rican Healthcare
Facility
Aureos Capital’s Emerge Central America
Growth Fund (EMERGE) has invested in Pacific
Plaza Health and Living (“PPHL), a
state-of-the-art private healthcare complex,
designed to serve the growing middle class
in Costa Rica and attract healthcare
tourists from abroad.
Four Held In Ticket Fraud
Scandal
Four people are
being held in connection with counterfeit
tickets for Saturday's World Cup qualifier
between Costa Rica and Mexico, after police officials reported seizing about 550
fake tickets, prompting football officials
to reissue new tickets for the match
tomorrow.
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The afternoon cloud formation gives the illusion of the formation of new mountains over Escazú. The foto was taken from Plaza Rohrmoser in Pavas. Click here to enlarge.
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40% Of Venezuela Affected By
New Blackout
Caracas - Up to 40
percent of Venezuela was plunged into
darkness for at least 15 minutes on Thursday
as the country continues to address
electricity supply problems.
Colombians Reject Military Bases
Caracas - The
fact of establishing US military bases is
rejected by the Colombian people, who have
joined the waves of protests against those
military enclaves, Deputy to the Democratic
Pole in North Santander Ramon Tamara
asserted on Thursday.
Chile: Bachelet hits Record 72 Percent
Popularity
Santiago, Chile - Chilean
president Michelle Bachelet reached a
historic 72 percent approval in a survey
conducted by the Center of Public Studies (CEP),
but the presidential candidate for
Concertacion, Eduardo Frei, marches second
with 39 points.
Bolivia, Brazil Agree on Textile Exports
La Paz - Bolivian textile exporters and Brazilian businesspeople have agreed to do business, as a first step to consolidate the Brazilian market as destination for Bolivian products. |
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URUGUAY: A Chance to
Leave Poverty Behind
Nilda Barboza gets
up at 3:00 AM every
day to make it on
time to her new job
in an upscale
neighbourhood in the
Uruguayan capital
from her home in an
outlying area. But
she does so with a
sense of pride, for
being one of tens of
thousands of people
who is no longer
among the ranks of
the poor, thanks to
a government
anti-poverty
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Rocking Time
Often when planning a trip,
you can do a little too much
of well – planning. Ruining
your vacation like pulp
ruins a glass of OJ. Its not
juice. Researching where to
stay and what beaches to
visit, you strip your
travels of any spontaneity
and uncertainty.
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Could Costa Rica
Overthrow Its President?
The
Honduran legislature
decided last week
decided that that the
president as unfit to
govern and Sunday
morning a group of
soldiers took Manuel
Zelaya by force and put
on a plane headed for
Costa Rica, in a coup
d'etat since the Cold
War. Zelaya said he was
kidnapped by Honduran
military officers, who
dragged him from his
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