August 28, 2008
Spanish pulping plant fined
Uruguayan authorities on Aug. 19 temporarily barred the National Cellulose Company of Spain, or ENCE, from operating amid an investigation into the company´s illegal logging in native protected ...
Impact beats Nicaraguan team in CONCACAF Champions League
M ONTREAL — The Montreal Impact got the victory, but their CONCACAF Champion League series with Real Esteli FC is far from over. Joey Gjertsen scored in the 42nd minute as the Montreal Impact d...
August 27, 2008
Costa Ricans Want Money Taiwan Donated For Housing
The residents claim that the money went to lobbyists instead. "The money was diverted and must be returned to us, the poor," street vendor Maximiliano Esquivel told reporters after the appeal was fil...
Doing business in Latin America is full of opportunities
For many years, doing business in Latin America was like doing business in Russia. Businesses were state-owned, poorly managed and somewhat corrupt. Since there was little incentive to do more than w...
Russian arrested in Costa Rica on 1990s real estate fraud charges
Interpol and Costa Rican authorities have arrested a Russian national wanted at home on fraud charges in Costa Rica's capital of San Jose , the local Interpol bureau said on Wednesday.
August 26, 2008
Nicaragua Selected To Host CATHIE In 2009
The Central America Tourism & Hotel Investment Exchange (CATHIE) will be held March 24-26, 2009, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel & Convention Center in Managua, Nicaragua. Hosted by BHN, CATHIE f...
ECI Telecom Selected As Supplier for Network Expansion in Costa Rica
Posted on: Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 03:00 CDT ECI Telecom, a global provider of networking infrastructure solutions, today announced that Radiografica Costarricense S.A. (RACSA), telecom provider for...
August 25, 2008
Food supply exceeds demand in Latin America
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Monday that harvests in Latin America and the Caribbean surpassed consumption demand by 40 percent. The regional FAO office said Monday ...
Costa Rican Invention Will Allow Astronauts To Make Coffee In Outer Space
Thanks to an ingenuity of a group of students of the ngenieria en Mantenimiento Industrial del Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica , astronauts can soon be brewing coffee in outer space.
Live Nation extends concert deals in Latin America
Concert company Live Nation said Thursday it has agreed to an exclusive five-year deal with entertainment firms CIE and Time for Fun to extend its reach into Latin America.Terms were not disclosed.CIE...







