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BIG GAME TOMORROW: COSTA
RICA vs ECUADOR
It's do or die for the
Ticos. Game starts at
7:00am Local Time!
FIFA Groups & Standings
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Heredia
Industrial Park Centre of
Meningitis Investigation
The "zona franca" (free zone)
Global Park, located in Heredia,
is once again the centre of
investigation by the Ministerio
de Salud (Health Ministry).
During the next coming weeks,
Salud officials will be
examining the 8.500 workers of
the industrial park.
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President Oscar Arias
Sánchez, visited the
Galería Ufizzi, in
Florence, Italy,
yesterday. The Commander
in Chief will have an
audience with Pape
Benedict XVI tomorrow,
as well as Italian
president Giorgio
Napolitano and will
receive the prize “Un
Bosco per Kyoto” from
the Accademia Kronos in
Rome, in recognition for
Costa Rica's support for
environmental
protection. [Foto: EFE]
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Search Results in Find of Third
Body
Search teams recovered on
Tuesday the body of a third
Kansas teenager who died along
with two others in a weekend
swimming accident off Costa
Rica's Pacific Coast.
New "Regulador" Appointed
Following a short and easy
discussion, Legislative Deputies
chose Fernando Herrero as the
new chief of the Autoridad
Reguladora de los Servicios
Públicos (Aresep) by a vote of
30 in favour and 21 against.
Puma Terrorizes Heredia
Residents
Though he is heard and some have
seen it, the Bomberos
(firefighters) and Cruz Roja
(Red Cross) have not been able
to capture it, the feline that
is prowling the residential area
known as Ave del paraíso en los
Ángeles de San Rafael de Heredia.
WORD
CUP SOCCER
Ticos
to be more Aggressive Against
Ecuador
Costa Rica will have to play a
more attacking game when they
meet Ecuador in their second
match of World Cup Group A in
Hamburg on Thursday. They cannot
afford a second defeat after
losing to hosts 4-2 Germany in
the tournament's opener.
Ortega: US Trying to Polarize
Nicaragua
Nicaraguan presidential
candidate Daniel Ortega accused
the government of the United
States of trying to divide
Nicaraguan society pro and
contra Sandinistas, instead of
contributing to the
reconciliation in the country.
Panama Pushes Canal Increase
Abroad
Without ruling out important
internal debates, the issue of a
Panama Canal extension received
a new government boost in an
international tour to promote
it.
No
Blood in Honduran Hospitals
Honduran Human Rights Regional
Official Wilfredo Castellanos
reacted with surprise and dismay
Tuesday after blood service to
local hospitals was suspended
due to the millions owed by the
Health Ministry to the Red
Cross.
Guatemala Doctors on Strike
Doctors from the Roosevelt
hospital, in the Guatemalan
capital, have been on strike for
five days demanding wage
increases and medical supplies.
Venezuela Up for UN Security
Council
Venezuela ratified its candidacy
for the UN Security Council on
Tuesday and announced that its
participation in this body will
serve the interests of peace,
understanding and sovereignty of
peoples.
Colombian courts charge some 150
soldiers with embezzlement
Colombian military courts began
on Monday to charge 147 soldiers
with the embezzlement of 14.7
million U.S. dollars which was
confiscated from guerillas in a
2003 military operation, army
officials said.
Chile vows
to eradicate child labor by 2010
The Chilean government plans to
abolish the employment of
laborers under 15 by 2010 and
establish rules to protect
workers aged between 15 and 18,
Labor Minister Osvaldo Andrade
said on Monday.
DEVELOPMENT-LATAM:
Influx of
Dollars, Exodus of People
The
social effects of remittances
from migrant workers and the
growing business of microfinance
may not lend themselves as
easily to news headlines as
their economic or financial
impacts, but that does not make
them any less significant.
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