The 38 congressional deputies known to be in favor of ratification of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the United States voted yesterday to put three bills on the so-called fast track procedure that could speed a vote. The new procedure was inaugurated last year to avoid a few congressmen blocking passage of time-sensitive bills […]
A federal Grand Jury in Miami has indicted Edgar Valverde, ex-general manager of the Costa Rican operation of the international telecommunications company, Alcatel, on 10 counts including bribery and money laundering, reported the leading daily newspaper La Nacion today.
The jury accused Valverde of bribing Costa Rican officials to obtain a multimillion dollar contract for cell phone […]
3/21/7
Happy Spring! There’s been a small delay in the plans, about 3 days, we hope. The guys have been making placas, as they are called, for the footings, and are finishing that today. They are hoping to start on Thursday, next week.
We are having the highest, and the lowest, tides of the year this week. […]
I started this one, and got interrupted. So it’s just a short one.
3/14/7
The house is started! The first day they marked out where the house and pool would be, then used some perling and roofing to make themselves a shop, out of the way. Yesterday they started bending rebar for the footings. They are going […]
Before we get to the soccer game played Saturday, it might be good to set the scene, because nothing underscores sports as show biz like the so-called “Classic,” the regular season games between Alajuela and Saprissa. Each is awaited with the same anticipation here as the Academy Awards in Hollywood. Sportswriters burn up tons of […]
Medical products have become the second largest export from Costa Rica, behind microprocessors and related computer items, reported the English-language weekly The Tico Times last Friday. And the latest such factory to open here is the breast implant firm opened last week by the California-based Allergan firm.
In a bylined story in the print edition […]
It just ain’t fair!
While Saturday’s “classic” soccer game between Saprissa and Alajuela got all the hype, Sunday’s game between Perez Zeledon and Cartago was, according to La Nacion veteran sportwriter Roberto Garcia, “the best played game I’ve seen in recent years.”
And it had more impact on the standings, since Cartago, the leader in its group of […]
Karen Cope is hardly a household name, due to her choice of sport: professional volleyball. But the San Jose-born 20-year-old is gaining a name in Sweden with her team, Angelhomls.
Although she only arrived in Sweden last December, her team has already offered to extend her contract for two more years. She returns to her native […]
Some 35 Taiwanese companies are programmed to visit Costa Rica next week to seek business partners in their enterprises, reported the Costa Rica’s leading daily, La Nación.
The Tawanese embassy told the newspaper that the firms were in the fields of computer accessories, telecommunications, home decor, office furniture, security equipment, farm and food packing equipment and tools […]
Florida ICE & Farm, a multinational based in the United States, has bought several businesses of Sabmiller, the distributor in Costa Rica for Pepsi Cola and seveal other lesser known soft drinks, reported the daily Al Dia today.
Florida has a near-monopoly on beer sales in Costa Rica.
This places Florida in a commanding position in […]
