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Education in Crisis, Child
Poverty Increased, UNICEF
Reports Says
According to a United Nations
Children's Fund (UNICEF) report
on Costa Rica, the country is
moving slowly on the subject of
children, especially in the area
of education and poverty.
Gringo-Tico Has Newspaper As
Only Resort To Fight ICE For
Unmade Calls
Charles Francis Boeger Meir,
described as the "gringo-tico"
in the local Spanish press, says
he has exhausted his patience
and is tired of paying the
Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) - the state
monopoly on telecommunications -
for calls he has not made.
Costa
Rica's Exit Leaves El Salvador
With Lone Embassy in Jerusalem
Jerusalem, once the home to
embassies of 12 Latin American
countries and The Netherlands,
now hosts only El Salvador
following the announcement by
Costa Rica's president, Oscar
Arias, that he is fulfilling an
election pledge and moving out
of the Holy city.
HP Expanding Call Centre
in Costa Rica
Hewlett-Packard plans to expand
its work force in San José. But
it's not talking about the
capital of Silicon Valley.
Recope Asks For Gasoline Price
Reduction
Good news for drivers, gasoline
prices are coming down following
a wave of increases that brought
the cost of a litre of super
gasoline to nearly ˘600 colones.
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