Today: Italy vs.
Germany 1:00pm local
time on Repretel channel
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The American Colony
Committee Invites All
U.S. Citizens to the
Independence Day Picnic
being held today at the
Cerveceria Costa Rica
from 8:00 a.m. to 12
noon. Proof of
U.S. Citizenship
required.
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Tourists Can Now Make Complaints
At the Airport
Tourists visiting Costa Rican
now will be able to make their
reports of incidents and
complaints at the Juan
Santamaría (San José)
International airport before
leaving the country, as the
Dirección de Migración y
Extranjería will man an airport
office 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.
Ticos take their
soccer seriously.
Alexandre Guimaraes
resigned as Costa Rica's
national soccer coach
due to threats and
pressure from fans and
the press following the
team's poor showing in
the 2006 Germany World
Cup. The Sele lost all
three games in first
round play, finishing at
the bottom of the
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Gasoline
Goes Up; Eggs Come Down
Costa Rica awoke this morning to
a record high in gasoline
prices.
Catholic Bishops Will Only
Support TLC If It Has a Social
Agenda
Costa Rican Catholic Bishops
announced that they will only
support the Tratado Libre de
Comercio (TLC) - Free Trade
Agreement with the United States
- if it includes a
complementary "social agenda"
dedicated to protecting the
poorest sectors of the country.
The Michael Ludwick Hostage
Standoff: His Story In His Own
Words
Last week, Mike Ludwick,
armed to the teeth held his wife
and three children hostage in
their home in Bello Horizonte, in
Escazú.
Groups Unite Against Proposed
Tuna Farm in Golfo Dulce Costa
Rica
Ten Costa Rican organizations
have filed an official
denouncement at the
Environmental Court against the
Environmental Secretariat (SETENA)
and the Department of Water
Resources after a tuna farm
project, proposed by the company
Granjas Atuneras de Golfito S.A.
was approved by both entities.
Guimaraes
Quits
Costa Rica coach Alexandre
Guimaraes has resigned after his
team's poor performances at the
World Cup, after the "Sele" -
the Costa Rican national soccer
team - lost all three games.
Nicaragua Party to Find New
Candidate
Analyst Oscar Rene Vargas said
it would very hard for the
Sandinista Renovating Party to
keep the political room created
by charismatic presidential
candidate Herty Lewites, who
died of a hart attack.
Guatemala: Health Strike
Intensifies
The strike started nearly a
month ago in Roosevelt hospital,
in Guatemala City, intensified
on Monday, when doctors decided
to close the outpatient office
due to a lack of drugs, medical
equipment and supplies.
Panama Canal under Discussion
As a deaf dialogue, the proposal
of modernization of the Panama
Canal Zone is Monday in special
sessions at the National
Assembly, while opposition
groups refuse this initiative.
UK
supports Brazil's bid for UN
Security Council membership
British Foreign Secretary
Margaret Beckett said Monday
that Britain supports Brazil's
bid for UN Security Council
membership.
MERCOSUR Hails Venezuela
Entry
Parliamentarians of Paraguay,
Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil,
members of the Southern Common
Market, greeted Venezuela´s
entry into the bloc, a step
considered to be paramount for
regional unity.
Colombia,
Venezuela to work on
anti-poverty frontier
development plan
Colombia and Venezuela would
jointly undertake a
border-region development
program to fight poverty by
investing in health, education
and security, officials said
Monday.
TRADE:
Caribbean
Considers Wide-Ranging Deal With
U.S.
For the
last three years or so, the
15-nation Caribbean Community
has watched as powerful Latin
American countries like Brazil
and Venezuela successfully
derailed negotiations for the
U.S.-led Free Trade Area of the
Americas (FTAA) to the point
where no one expects an
agreement will ever be reached.
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