Oscar Fonseca, president of the Tribunales Supremo
de Elecciones, denies any instances of fraud having
been encountered during the manual vote count of the
Feb. 5 presidential elections Costa Rican electoral
officials began counting votes by hand last week, in
a laborious effort to determine the winner of one of
the country's closest presidential races in history
between candidates Oscar Arias and Ottón Solís.
Gasoline Price Goes Up, Soon to Come Down
Again
Gasoline prices are becoming like a rollercoaster, as
the Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo (Recope)
informs that it will be making a request to lower gasoline
prices, a day ahead of an increase. The reason? the price
of crude oil on international markets has been dropping.
This morning Costa Ricans woke up to new gasoline
prices, a hike of ¢31 colones for a litre of super, ¢30
for regular and ¢16 for diesel.
This is the second increase in gasoline prices by
Recope this year, not counting the 3% automatic increase
on the tax on gasoline products.
Recope did not specify the reduction amount it will
ask the Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos
(ARESEP).
Inflation Loses Momentum
Several indicators show that inflation in Costa Rica
is de-accelerating.
According to economists Felix Delgado and Luis Mesalles,
this trend is prompted by the fact that oil prices
tended to stability in the latter part of 2005.
They explained that the current situation is that
prices continue increasing, but at slower rate than
they did before. In January, the index increased
1.17 percent.
Delgado pointed out that if oil prices do not undergo
upward flares, like they did last year, inflation
will be lower in 2006 than in 2005, when it surpassed
14 percent.
The Central Bank had set an 11 percent inflation
as the goal for this year; however, president Francisco
Gutierrez chose to analyze the current data before
making any statements on the behavior of inflation.
“Christopher Howard’s
Relocation/Retirement Tour to Be on the NBC Today Show”
Because of Costa Rica’s growing popularity as a
retirement destination for Baby Boomers, the NBC Today
Show will be sending a report a camera crew to Costa
Rica this month.
They will be filming from February 22nd through the
24th.
First they will interview an American couple that
moved here and started a business in Tamarindo. On
Friday the 23rd they will shoot the Association of
resident’s of Costa Rica’s monthly seminar.
Then on Saturday they will spend the entire day filming
Christopher Howard’s Relocation/retirement Tour.
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New Costa Rica
Destination Showcases
at Miami Boat Show
In just three months, Costa Rica's Bahia Escondida reports
more than us$22 million in sales, mostly to South Florida
buyers.
Home to mega yacht pleasure cruisers and fishing enthusiasts,
Bahia Escondida announced today that its residential
phase one is 90% sold out and remaining residential
and marina slip opportunities will be showcased at the
Miami International Boat Show February 16-20 at booth
#2510. >> Read
more
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Oscar Fonseca, president of the Tribunales Supremo
de Elecciones, denies any instances of fraud having
been encountered during the manual vote count of the
Feb. 5 presidential elections Costa Rican electoral
officials began counting votes by hand last week, in
a laborious effort to determine the winner of one of
the country's closest presidential races in history
between candidates Oscar Arias and Ottón Solís.
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