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WORLD CUP SOCCER:
08
days to go!
"See La Fanatica" here!
$14 More For A U.S. Visa; New
Appointment Process Announced
The United States Consulate has
announced changes to the process
of obtaining a U.S. visa that
are in effect as of today. Nick
Marning, manager of consular
services at the U.S. Embassy in
San José made the announcement
yesterday in San José.
It now costs us$14 and
a call to Mexico to
stand in this line, as
the United States
Consulate announced
changes for visa
applications.
See story.
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Buses To
Be Outfitted For the Handicapped
Or Taken Off the Streets
The Sala Constitucional de la
Corte Suprema de Justicia or
Sala IV, yesterday rejected a "recurso
amparo" - appeal - by
Cooperativa de Transporte
Remunerado de Personas de
Moravia y Sectores Circunvecinos,
which asked the court to refute
artículo 66 de la Ley de
Igualdad de las Personas
Discapacitadas (ley 7600).
Guised As Potential Employees,
Four Men Shot Guard And Beat Up
Manager to Rob the Place
With the guise of looking for
work, but really looking to rob
the place, four men arrived at
the Gas Tomza, located in
Cartago and within minutes shot
the guard and beat up the
manager and made off with ¢3
million colones (us$5.900).
BUSINESS:
Phantom Fiber Opens Offices in
Costa Rica
Phantom Fiber Corporation, based
in Toronto, Canada, has expanded
its operations with newly
established offices in San José
and New York City.
BUSINESS:
Pineapple Exports Increased
50,1%
During the first four months of
the year Costa Rica has exported
a total of us$2.574 million in
produce. This represents an
increase of 15,3%.
The Latin
America news feeds were not
available this morning.
COLOMBIA:
Uribe Only
Outdone by Abstention
The
polarisation of Colombian
society did not curb the decline
in voter turnout, as Colombians
basically faced the choice of
voting for right-wing President
Álvaro Uribe and his strong-arm
tactics in the armed conflict,
or the leftist Alternative
Democratic Pole (PDA), which is
set to become the
second-strongest political
force, having shoved aside the
Liberal Party.
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