|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At exactly 6 p. m., 3.000 lights were turned on at
the Museo de los Niños to announce the seasonal
festivities. Hundreds were on hand to witness the
yearly tradition.
[Foto:
Eddy
Rojas / LA NACIÓN]
|
|
| NEWS |
updated by 8:00 a.m. CST each day
Massive Layoffs
at ICE
The
employess' union of the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), denounced
the layoff of 600 ICE employees.
>more
Alleged
Swindler Bids to Stay in Canada
A
former Costa Rican bureaucrat who fled to
Canada to avoid embezzlement charges could be
deported tomorrow if a judge in Toronto
rejects his last appeal.
>more
Large Group of
Ilegals Detained
Fifty
seven persons were detained by the Fuerza
Publica in the north zone of Costa Rica in an
operative to curb the mass influx of illegals
coming into Costa Rica for the coffee harvest
season.
>more
Justice in
Costa Rica Killing Cost Victim's Family $100K
The
mother of Shannon Martin, a Kansas University
student murdered in Costa Rica, says the
campaign to find and prosecute her daughter's
killers has left her more than $100,000 in
debt.
>more
Venezuelan oil
company confirms crude-production recovery
Venezuelan
state-run petroleum company PDVSA confirmed on
Tuesday the current crude production stands at
3.2 million barrels per day (bpd), recovering
from a record low of 250,000 bpd in the
December 2002-January 2003 period.
>more
Brazilian president
begins tour to Arab countries for closer ties
Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva departed on Tuesday for
the Middle East in order to forge new
political alliances, open markets for Brazil's
exports and attract foreign investments.
>more
US ends registration
program for foreigners
The US Department of
Homeland Security said Monday that it was
ending a program introduced after the Sept. 11
attacks that requires men and boys, mostly
from the Middle East, to register with the
government while they are in the United
States.
>more
|
|
|
SPECIAL
REPORTS:
DRUGS-COLOMBIA: |
The Other
Face of the
Narco-Traffickers
Aleida Cuarán, 36, was sentenced to
eight years in a Colombian prison on
Jan. 24, 2001. She remembers the exact
date, and with a frank gaze states
matter-of-factly that she is serving
time ''for drug trafficking.''
Aleida Cuarán, 36, was sentenced to
eight years in a Colombian prison on
Jan. 24, 2001. She remembers the exact
date, and with a frank gaze states
matter-of-factly that she is serving
time ''for drug trafficking.''
>more
|
|
|
|
|
