Archive for October 11th, 2005

Nicaragua Approves CAFTA

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

Is Costa Rica saving the best for last? Yesterday, the Nicaraguan congress approved CAFTA with a vote of 49-37. Meanwhile, Pacheco has yet to send the pact for discussion, and will possibly send it sometime after October 20th, when he returns from Spain.
The pact will take effect on January 1, 2006 among […]

147 Cruise Ships to Dock in Limon

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

The Coral Princess Halmilton was the first of 147 ships that will arrive in Limon this season. Each ship normally has between 1500 and 2000 passengers.

Golfito Mayor Opens Maritime Zone Corruption Investigation

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

Max Vilchez is accusing a municipal worker in Golfito of asking for a $15,000 bribe in exchange for approval of a use permit for a beach front property in Playa Zancudo. The mayor, Aida Soto has asked the city council to open an investigation into the matter, but since they did not she has […]

Water Strike Uncertain

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

The government and the water workers had a 2 hour meeting yesterday, but according to the union leader Walter Navarro the strike is still on. Users yesterday were able to pay their bills, even though water offices were empty of workers.
The Minister of Labor, Fernando Trejos, stated that the government had offered a […]

Riots At Immigration!

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

A new idea didn’t work out so well for the new Immigration Director Johnny Marín. Yesterday, a new system was implemented where officials only take care of 500 passport requests per day. The idea is that on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 500 people will get appointments to request their passport, which will be […]