Archive for September 14th, 2006

Costa Rica Rekindles Relations with Egypt

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul yesterday announced that their countries will resume diplomatic relations, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry.

The two ministers are […]

Controversy Brews Over ICE’s New President

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

By Blake Schmidt, Tico Times Staff
A press conference at the San José headquarters of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) became heated yesterday when an ICE employees’ union leader took the microphone to criticize the naming of the institute’s new president.
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Diesel fuel price is cut by regulator because international prices are dropping

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

Diesel fuel is going from 383 colons a liter to 364 colons or about 70 U.S. cents. This is a 5 percent reduction.
The price of liquid natural gas, which many Costa Ricans use to cook, also is dropping 10.5 colons a liter or 115 colons per 8.5 liter tank.
The reductions, […]

Independence eve is the day with the most ceremonies

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

Today is the day before the Día de Independencia, but it is the day with the most ceremony. The parades are Friday.
Somewhere between San José and Liberia today school children are carrying the torch of liberty that began its trek Sept. 1 in Guatemala. The torch passed into Costa Rica […]

Telecommunications institute will get a new executive president today

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

The executive president of the telecommunications giant Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, Jorge Gutiérrez, has resigned after just four months on the job. The  resignation — said to be for health reasons — takes effect Friday.
He becomes the first member of the Arias administration to leave.
President Óscar Arias Sánchez quickly named […]

Libertarians are in accord with Arias on some measures

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

The Arias administration has a lot in common with the policies of the Movimiento Libertario, according to  Rodrigo Arias, the minister of the Presidencia.
Arias had lunch Tuesday with Otto Guevara, the former lawmaker and presidential candidate who continues to be the president of the Libertario party. Óscar Arias Sánchez, the […]

Sala IV tells credit firm to delete defender’s data

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Sala IV constitution court has ordered a credit bureau to delete information about a pubic defender because the woman is afraid organized crime will use the data to threaten her and her family.
The action was brought last November by Karina Redondo Gómez and was decided Friday by the court […]