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Costa Rican presidential
candidate for the Movimiento
Libertario (ML) party, Otto
Guevara, speaks about his
party's plans during an
interview in San José. Guevara
was in third place in recent
polls with approximately 15% of
the intended vote in the
presidential elections to be
held on Feb. 5.
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Police Continue To Track
Sexual Abusers
The battle against sexual
abusers has continued in the new
year, as the Dirección de
Investigaciones Especializadas
(DIE) - a specialized police
unit - arrested fugitive from
justice number 3 of the year.
Guatemala To Take Costa Rica
To Court Over Ice Cream
Following a stalemate in
reaching an agreement, the
government of Guatemala has
decided to take Costa Rica to a
Central American tribunal to
settle the dispute, that for
years has barred the entry of
Helados Sarita to Costa Rica.
Palmares Festival Begins Today,
Transit Police Will Continue
"Zero Tolerance" Against
Drinking and Driving
Heading out to Palmares? Have
fun, but don't drink and drive.
That is the message by the
Policía de Tránsito, that will
have more than 120 officers on
duty to during the festivities,
that will also keep an eye on
public transport.
All 13
Passengers Survice Small Plane
Crash
Thirteen passengers of a Nature
Air lived the miracle of a
crash, when their small aircraft
went down in the area of Puerto
Jiménez, in the southern zone.
Costa Rica Aims At World Cup
In Second Round
Costa Rica coach Alexandre
Guimaraes said that his goal is
to qualify for the second round
of the 2006 Germany World Cup
soccer finals, in an interview
Tuesday.
Panamanian agriculture
minister resigns over trade deal
row
Panamanian Agriculture Minister
Laurentino Cortizo told a press
conference on Tuesday he had
resigned because he could not
accept President Martin Torrijos
Espino's approach to free trade
talks between Panama and the
United States.
Venezuela mulls buying
warplanes from Russia
Venezuela is considering buying
Russian fighter planes to
replace the ageing F-16s it
bought from the United States,
President Hugo Chavez said on
Tuesday.
Pinochet waits for court review
after bail granted
Former Chilean military leader
Augusto Pinochet was granted 10
million pesos (about 19,200 U.S.
dollars) bail on Monday, but he
remains under house arrest as
another court ratifies the
decision.
Fox
Strains Bolivia-Mex Relations
Mexico and Bolivia, two of the
Latin American countries with
most issues in common, are
witnessing upset relations
Wednesday after Mexican
President Vicente Fox´s unusual
statements against Bolivia.
COLOMBIA:
Conflict
to Heat Up Ahead of Elections,
Say Analysts
Analysts
expect the four-decade armed
conflict between the Colombian
state security forces and
insurgent groups to intensify
over the next five months in the
run-up to the May 28 elections,
in which rightwing President
Álvaro Uribe stands a good
chance of winning a second
four-year term.
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