More Than 35.000 Foreigners to Vote in the 2006 Presidential Elections
More than 35.168 who obtained their Costa Rican citizenship will be able to cast their vote in the 2006 presidential elections, according to the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE).

Shark Finning in Costa Rica…More of the Same
Shark finning and the illegal landings by foreign vessels at private docks have returned to Costa Rica.

Mid Day Shootout Leaves Two Dead
An exchange of gunfire left one assailant and bodyguard dead in a mid-day shootout in Zapote, near Casa Presidencial.

Australian Student Missing In Costa Rica
Police in Costa Rica are searching for a University of Florida exchange student from Australia who went missing four days ago during a spring break trip.

LATIN AMERICA

11 countries to participate in Panama Canal defense drills
Eleven countries will participate in the defense and protection exercises of the Panama Canal (Panamax) scheduled for August, the National Maritime Service (SMN) of Panama announced here on Monday.

Colombian president to visit Japan, China
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will visit Japan and China in April with a delegation of entrepreneurs to promote trade relations with the two Asian countries, said Luis Plata, chairman of the Fund for the Promotion of Exports of Colombia (Proexport), on Monday.

Argentine president expresses support to Bolivian counterpart
Argentine President Nestor Kirchner held a telephone conversation on Monday with his Bolivian counterpart Carlos Mesa to express his solidarity with and offer support to Mesa in the crisis that jolts the neighboring country.

Cuba presents document on US maneuvers in relation to human rights
Cuba on Monday presented a document denouncing the maneuvers of the United States in condemning this Caribbean country at the Geneva Human Rights Commission (HRC).