Archive for September 7th, 2005

Train Delayed to End of September

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

Yesterday, Miguel Carabaguíaz, Executive President of INCOFER, confirmed that train service will not start by September 15th, because some details need to be ironed out.
They have not settled the rates with ARESEP, or determined how and where the rates can be charged. Options are to charge 300 colones per trip, to sell monthly, […]

US Pressure Costa Rica with Aid

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

If Costa Rica remains a member of the Internacional Criminal Court, the USA will apply sanctions as specified in the 2002 ASPA law. This law prohibits military assistance to countries that are members of the court, and at the end of 2004 other types of assistance were included.
According to the Wikipedia, The Internacional Criminal […]

Costa Rica Faces Classification

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

Tonight Costa Rica can practically wrap up the classification for the World Cup with a win at home over Trinidad. That would give them a 6 point advantage over Trinidad and if Guatemala is unable to tie or beat the high flying USA side, a six point advantage over the Guatemalans too.
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62 Gas Stations to Sell Ethanol

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

As of November 15th, RECOPE will supply stations in Guanacaste and Puntarenas with regular gasoline that has 10% ethanol. Earlier this year, RECOPE implemented a pilot plan with 30 vehicles, under the supervision of Brazilian experts.
For 6 months the cars were closely monitored, and it was determined that they suffered no damage and that […]

Super Gas Consumption Falls 11%

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

But overall consumption rose 3%, since Diesel rose by 8.5% and regular by 6.14%.
Consumption for August rose, leading critics to claim that the energy savings plan implemented by the government had failed. The plan’s administrator, Energy and Environment Minister Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, said that the results had to be analyzed more carefully and over […]