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Costa Rica's Wireless
Auction Delayed
The opening of Costa Rica's wireless
telecommunications sector suffers another
dealy, this time to allow for an inquiry
into a possible conflict of interest
involving Irish operator Digicel, with
operationsin Central America, the Caribbean
and Oceania.
For Arias Laura's
Election Is Like A Dream Come True
Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, did not
hide his great joy on the choice of Costa
Ricans on Sunday electing his former
vice-president, Laura Chinchilla, during her
first visit to Casa Presidencial in Zapote,
since leaving her post in 2008.
No Toll Increase, For Now, On The San José -
Caldera Highway
The Ministerio de
Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT) said that
there are no plans to raise toll rates on the
new San José - Caldera highway, as was hinted to
last week, to avoid traffic congestion during
peak hours.
'Pocketing Eucharist'
By Guevara's Girlfriend Was Not Sacrilege,
Catholic Church Says
The girlfriend of Otto Guevara, the
Movimiento Libertario party presidential
candidate, has sparked a scandal within the
Catholic church for pocketing the Eucharist
during Sunday morning's mass by San José
Archbishop Hugo Barrantes Ureña, attended by
the country's presidential candidates
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 ICE Expands Existing
SkyEdge Network as Part of Its Universal
Service Obligation
Gilat Satellite Networks announced that it
has received new orders from the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), for the
deployment of Gilat's VSAT platforms to
provide broadband services to approximately
1,000 new sites.
Jet Luxury Resorts
Goes Green in Costa Rica
In yet another addition to its rapidly
increasing high-end luxury resort roster,
Jet Luxury Resorts has announced its
partnership with the ultimate level of
luxurious ecological lifestyle, Kalia Modern
Eco-Living Estates in Costa Rica.
NatureAir Receives
National Geographic’s Geotourism Award
NatureAir, the world’s first carbon neutral
airline, has been honored for its
reforestation efforts at the second annual
Geotourism Summit in Washington, D.C..
Jail
Provisions For Print Journalists Repealed
Print journalists in
Costa Rica can sleep easier at night with
the latest decision by the Sala Tercera de
Apelaciones which repealed Section 7 of the
Ley de Imprenta, meaning print journalists
cannot go to jail if convicted of libel and
slander in the exercise of their profession.
Costa
Rica's "First Lady" To Be Speaks Out On
Historic Role
José María Rico, the husband of
president-elect, Laura Chinchilla, assures
that they he and his son will face the
challenge of living with the president, as a
family and that for them she will continue
to be a wife and an excellent mother.
UNDER
THE SUN
Mystery
of Slow Drivers On San José - Caldera Highway
Solved |
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/ Central America
NICARAGUA
Nicaragua: No Quorum to Examine Amnesty Draft
MANAGUA - Nicaraguan progressive forces passed today the first test against conservative opposition, when session was suspended for lack of quorum to examine a polemic amnesty project to free corrupt officials.
NICARAGUA
Could Honduras Crisis Prompt A Power Grab In Nicaragua?
MANAGUA - As Honduras begins to return to normal under democratically elected President Porfirio Lobo, who took office Jan. 27, the political crisis sparked by last summer’s military ouster of President Manuel Zelaya appears to be fading into history as another chapter in Central America's tumultuous past.
PANAMA
Insecurity Hurts
Panamanian Society
PANAMA - Insecurity and violence are hurting
negatively the Panamanian society that saw
71 homicides committed in January and 13 so
far in February, warns on Tuesday El Siglo
daily.
PANAMA
Panama's Copa Airlines Plans $250M In Capital Spending In 2010
PANAMA - Panama-based airline Copa Holding SA (CPA) will invest $250 million in capital expenditures in 2010 as part of its expansion plans after weathering last year's crisis. |
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/ Special Reports
COSTA
RICA: Chinchilla to Join Club of
Women Presidents
Laura
Chinchilla of the governing
National Liberation Party (PLN)
will be the first female
president of Costa Rica and the
ninth in the history of Latin
America. Chinchilla, who won a
landslide victory in Sunday's
elections in this Central
American country, thus follows
in the footsteps of former
President Isabel Perón
(1974-1976) and current
President Cristina Fernández of
Argentina, Violeta Chamorro
(1990-1997) in Nicaragua, Mireya
Moscoso (1999-2004) in Panama
and President Michelle Bachelet
of Chile. |
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The Apple iPad
Steve Jobs, founder of
Apple this week
introduced the iPad, a
handheld tablet that is
a larger version of the
iPhone without the
telephony feature.
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