Archive for May 22nd, 2009
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Costa Rican Health Minister Maria Luisa Avila confirmed on Thursday six new cases of the A/H1N1 flu, bringing the country’s total to 26.
Avila said that this six patients were not among the pervious reports of possible cases of the H1N1 flu due to the detection limitations. However, she said that now the Costa Rican Institute of Nutrition and Health Investigation and Research (Inciensa) has more capacity to analyze the samples.
“From these six new cases, four were from the transmission chain of a girl in Heredia city, who infected her three brothers and the doctor who assisted her,” Avila said. (more…)
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Costa Rica’s economy will contract 1.8 percent in 2009, hit by the recession in its main trading partner the United States, the central bank said on Thursday.
Costa Rica was forecast to grow 2.2 percent this year but Central Bank President Francisco de Paula Gutierrez told reporters the impact of the U.S. downturn was now deeper than expected.
Politically stable Costa Rica, part of the U.S.-Central America free-trade area, depends mainly on tourism, bananas and electronic exports.
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
The National Oil Refinery (RECOPE) recorded a 15.28 percent decrease in fuel consumption in the first four months of 2009 in comparison with the same period in 2008, according to a communiqué released this week.
Last year, RECOPE reported the sale of 6,848,936 barrels of crude oil between the months of January and April. In 2009, the refinery sold 5,802,152 barrels in the same months.
The first quarter drop represents a continuing shift away from the use of crude oil in Costa Rica. From 2007 to 2008, RECOPE reported a 1.5 percent drop in sales 18.4 million barrels to 18.1 million.
Several factors could be at play for the decline of oil consumption, but RECOPE seems to believe that it is the conscious choice of Costa Rica’s citizens.
Costa Ricans have shown a clear desire for a cleaner future and a tendency toward smaller consumption of oil, the press release noted.
More than 80 percent of Costa Rica’s energy is generated by renewable sources. The nation has pledged to be the first carbon neutral country by 2021.
The International Energy Agency estimates crude oil consumption will decrease 83.2 million barrels every day in 2009.
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Being the capital and the largest city of naturally rich Costa Rica, San Jose has grown to be a bustling and expansive metropolitan area ever since its foundation in 1737. It has been deemed to be one of the most cosmopolitan and diverse cities in the whole of Central America. It is also a very developed city, and holds about one million people. In addition to this, it is home to the Juan Santamaria International Airport, which continues to be the main entry point for most tourists and foreigners who come into this wonderful country. It is about a 20-minute drive to the busiest part of the city, downtown San Jose.
Costa Rica is recognized all over the world for being a politically and socially stable country. Aside from that, it boasts of having the greatest area of protected land and water resources by percentage, owing to the utmost value it puts on the preservation of its natural resources. It also has some of the best beaches in the world, and the warmth and hospitality of its people can hardly be surpassed. As such, the capital city of San Jose is central to it all, and as a consequence of this, San Jose and Costa Rica in general has been the choice holiday sanctuary and retirement haven for individuals and families the world over. (more…)
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