(RTTNews) – A Costa Rican diplomat who was abducted in the Venezuelan capital city of Caracas earlier this week has been released unharmed by his captors, Venezuelan officials said Tuesday. In a Twitter message posted Tuesday, Venezuelan Interior Minister Tarek El Aissami said the release of Guillermo Cholele, the abducted Costa Rican diplomat, was the [...]
Gabriela Llobet is the Director General for the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency, CINDE. Gabriela joined CINDE in July 2007. Prior to joining CINDE, she worked with INTEL for approximately 3 years as the Corporate Affairs Manager for INTEL Costa Rica. Previous to that, she was appointed by the Government of Costa Rica as Viceminister [...]
San José, Costa Rica (PRWEB) March 13, 2012 Addressing the ICANN Public Meeting in San Jose, Costa Rica’s 49th President, Laura Chinchilla said, “The Internet is the hope of an integrated world without frontiers, a common world without controlling owners, a world of opportunities and equality. This is a utopia that we have been dreaming [...]
Costa Rica’s Congress last night gave initial approval to an overhaul of the tax system aimed at paring a fiscal deficit equal to more than 5 percent of gross domestic product. The legislation now awaits a Supreme Court ruling on opposition allegations that its fast-track treatment by lawmakers was unconstitutional. The tribunal takes an average 18 months [...]
Saint Patrick’s Day is an annual feast day that celebrates the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on 17 of March. Legend has it that St. Patrick became the patron saint of Ireland for, among other things, raising the dead and driving snakes out of Ireland. In the [...]
(CNN) – Venezuelan voters hoping for an end to Hugo Chavez’s presidency head to the polls Sunday to pick a candidate to compete against him. The five opposition candidates vying for a spot on the ballot have agreed on one thing: supporting whoever wins the primary. The unified front could be a key weapon in the [...]
Brazil’s government adopting measures aimed at producing the first sustainable World Cup in history. By Nelza Oliveira for Infosurhoy.com RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Brazil wants 2014 to be the year the World Cup goes green. The road to a sustainable soccer competition begins with the 12 stadiums of the host cities. In order to [...]
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The PGA Tour is ready to tee-off in Latin America. The golf organization announced the creation of PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, a new professional tour in the southern hemisphere consisting of 11 events across seven Latin American nations. The league will provide Latin American golfers with a pipeline to the Nationwide [...]
Pavulonia a multipurpose tree of Chinese origin, is able to capture 50% of carbon dioxide, used to feed livestock, wood provides only 9 years, nourishing the earth’s crust and shade to avoid the loss of weight gained by high temperatures. In Colombia, cut down nearly 600,000 hectares of forest per year (the same number of forested soccer), [...]
Central America has tremendous opportunities in developing green energy. From biofuels to hydro and wind to thermal there is a lot these central American countries can provide. Honduras’ first wind power plant began operations amid an ongoing energy crisis that has prompted frequent power outages across the country. The state power utility, ENEE, launched the [...]
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