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MOPT presents bidding rules for US$345mn TREM project
Costa Rica’s transport and public works ministry (MOPT) has presented a draft of the bidding rules for the country’s metropolitan electric train (TREM) concession, connecting capital San José to Heredia province. MOPT will launch the tender by end-October and will receive bids in February or March 2010, TREM concession project manager Juan Sauma told BNamericas. [...]
Gap Adventures Honoured
The latest and best efforts at cultural preservation, environmental conservation, and community-building through tourism are recognized in Travel + Leisure’s 2009 Global Vision Awards. CEO and Founder Bruce Poon Tip of Gap Adventures, the world’s leading small group adventure tour operator, was one of 17 organisations recognised for efforts to promote voluntourism. Through the company’s [...]
Chavez’s ‘Blitzkrieg’
Hugo Chavez is currently conducting a political and financial “blitzkrieg” in countries such as Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Bolivia, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Peru and Colombia. So far, country responses to his aggressive efforts have been rather languid, with the exception of Honduras, where a rapid civic and military reaction has checked the progress of his offensive. [...]
Women in Costa Rica Receive Business Management Training
by Ana Laura Cárdenas Since last August, about 50 women from four communities in the district of Desamparados, San Jose, Costa Rica, have received Business management training with a gender perspective for women’s entrepreneurship. The training is funded by the National Program of Support to Small and Medium Enterprise (PRONAMYPE), of the Banco Popular, in [...]
Costa Rica Offers Historic Carbon Offsetting Program
The National Chamber of Ecotourism (CANAECO) and the National Fund for Forestry Financing (FONAFIFO) have announced a historic agreement that will allow Costa Rica to offer travelers the option of traveling to a carbon neutral destination. The agreement, announced during the First International Planet, People, Peace Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica, will have an [...]
‘Happy Life Years’; Costa Rica Outscores U.S.
Quality-of-life in nations is measured using an index of ‘Happy Life Years’, developed at Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Netherlands. This index combines average appreciation of life with average length of life. Costa Rica is on top with 66.7 and Zimbabwe at the bottom with only 12.5 happy life years. The USA rank in the [...]
Panama, Costa Rica sign cooperation agreement
PANAMA CITY, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) — Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli and his Costa Rican counterpart Oscar Arias on Thursday signed a bilateral cooperation agreement to boost ties. The two leaders pledged to deepen and expand political and social dialogue on bilateral and international issues of mutual interest, the commercial ties, and cultural exchanges to achieve [...]
Schoolchildren in Costa Rica Learn About Biodiversity
TALAMANCA, Costa Rica — Humane Society International is conducting a series of environmental education workshops in the rural region of Talamanca in Costa Rica. The workshops for schoolchildren will begin Oct. 26 and be held at 10 schools. The program is part of HSI’s environmentally friendly cacao production program, which is funded by the U.S. [...]
Costa Rica Allocates $15 Million to Repair Bridges
SAN JOSE – The Costa Rica government announced that it is allocating $15 million for the reparation of 10 bridges, two days after a tragedy that took five lives and sparked a barrage of criticism against Public Works and Transportation Minister Karla Gonzalez. The money will come from a $65 million World Bank loan approved [...]
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