Only Chile surpasses
Costa Rica in the most recent democratic development
index in Latin America, which the German
Konrad Adenahuer Foundation publishes every year.
Notwithstanding its positive position, the grade for
the country dropped as compared to last year. Chile
achieved a 10.435 average, while Costa Rica got 8.510,
as compared to 8.633 in 2004.
Uruguay is third, followed by Panama and Mexico, while
Venezuela and Guatemala are next to last and last,
respectively.
The democratic development index is based on data
on the basic conditions for democracy, observance of
political rights and civil liberties, political efficiency,
and the effective use of power in the government.
Baxter Opens International Finance Office
in Costa Rica
Healthcare company Baxtel American Services
(BAS) inaugurated a financial transactions center
in Costa Rica for its
offices in the United States and Puerto Rico yesterday,
according to the company.
The office, which is part of the U.S. corporation Baxter International, was
built with an investment of $1 million, according to a statement released by
the Coalition of Costa Rican Initiatives and Development (CINDE).
Information for Families of Hurricane
Victims
The following information first appeared in the
Sept. 6 edition of The Tico Times Daily Page.
The Costa Rican consulate for the U.S. city of New
Orleans advises Costa Ricans seeking to track down
friends or family in the areas affected by Hurricane
Katrina to call its office in the United States at
(001) (504) 638-1095, or e-mail consulcrno@hot mail.com
or consulcrno@bel lsouth.net with the complete name,
birth date and, if possible, the location where the
family member lives.
U.S. citizens concerned about family members in the
area can access resources such as the Red Cross Web
site, www.redcross.org , which has links to a list
of survivors and a missing person registry – or
call 1-877-568-3317 for information on missing family
members. The Red Cross site also lists ways to donate
money to rescue efforts.
The New Orleans-area newspaper The Times-Picayune has
information on its Web site, www.nola.com. A third site
for finding family members is www.familylinks.icrc.org/katrina/search
. For Spanish, go to www.katrina- survivor.com/es/.
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