|
San José, Costa Rica -
Wednesday 23 February 2005 |
|
|
|
The Truth
Slowly Emerging in the
ICE-Alcatel Scandal
Lies and more lies, that was the
feeling of prosecutors
investigating those involved in
the ICE-Alcatel scandal. And
now, one by one, the lies are
falling. And the liars? Well,
they are coming clean against
the evidence that is slowing
showing the truth.
 more
Delgado
Trial Began Yesterday, One Day
Late
The trial of priest Enrique
Delgado finally got underway
Tuesday morning following a
delay of one day when the
defense attorney had asked the
court for one more day time.
more
Early
Morning Gunfight in
Desamaparados
An
intense gun fight erupted in the
early hours of Tuesday morning
in an area called Las Tablas in
San Rafael Abajo de Desamparados,
south of San José, when more
than 100 police officers from
the Delta 3 and Unidad
Intervencion Policial (UIP) -
riot squad - took action to
control the situation.
more
PANI Calls
For "Madam" Client List
The Patronato Nacional de la
Infancia (PANI) - child welfare
agency- yesterday asked the
Ministerio Público to release
the names of clients of Sinaí
Monge, who was sentenced on
Monday for "proxenetismo
agravado" - the pimping of
underage prostitutes.
more
Costa
Rican Family Fights Deportation,
Even Against All Odds
Marvin and Marina
Gonzalez came from Costa Rica to
the United States as tourists,
but they were intent on making a
new home for their 5-year-old
daughter, Marie. more
|
|
|
|
Chilean
interior minister lobbies for
Haiti support to OAS candidacy
Chilean Interior Minister Jose
Insulza traveled to Haiti on
Tuesday to seek the country's
support to his bid to secretary
general of the Organization of
American States (OAS).
more
Cuba
Develops Project to Reduce
Organic Pollutants
Cuba has developed a program to
reduce or eliminate persistent
organic pollutants POPs, even
though the Island has low levels
of this substance, according to
local reports on Wednesday.
more
Mexico's
Fox Gives Priority to Relations
with Guatemala
President Vicente Fox asserted
his country prioritized
relations with Guatemala, which
he considered a neighboring and
friend nation, while receiving
his counterpart Oscar Berger.
more
|
|
INTERNATIONAL |
 |
|
|
|
|
The average Tico makes far less than
$700 per month.
Do you really think that Ticos pay the
same amount for property here as gringos do?
Think about it. Maybe you
don't have to overpay. Find out.
Click here!
|
|
|
SPECIAL
REPORTS |
 |
| |
Regular
Reports from the Region |
|
TRADE-AMERICAS:
The
'Green' Promises of CAFTA
The ''green'' provisos of the
free trade treaty between the
United States, five Central
American countries and the
Dominican Republic say the
parties will act in ''good
faith'' and will create an
Environmental Affairs Council,
an arbitration group and perhaps
a secretariat.
Now these promises are being
used as artillery by the
treaty's defenders and
detractors alike.
Saying the trade treaty is pro-
or anti-environment is a
battlehorse for those debating
the eventual ratification this
year by the parliaments of the
Latin American countries
involved (Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua and Dominican
Republic) and the U.S. Congress.
Approval by these legislative
bodies is essential for the
entry into force of CAFTA
(Central American Free Trade
Agreement), signed by the
parties in early 2004. more
|
|
|
Costa Rica Spanish Language Online Newspapers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free receiving of international calls and no limit or charge on local minutes! |
