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Arias Says He Has the Support of
the Vatican For the Approval of
the TLC
President Oscar Arias, in a
press conference Monday, assures
that the secretary of the
Vatican, Angelo Sodano,
expressed him the support of the
Vatican in his government's
plans to ratify the Tratado de
Libre Comercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement with the United
States.
Polish soccer fans stand
in line under the Costa
Rican (L) and Polish (R)
flags to get their faces
painted before the World
Cup 2006 soccer match
between Poland and Costa
Rica in Hanover, this
mornng. [Foto: Andrea
Comas] |
Women Have
More Work Opportunities, Poll
Reveals
More and more businesses are
trusting the talent and capacity
of women in the work place,
including given them jobs in
"traditional" male positions.
Canadian Continues Battle To Get
His Vehicle Out of Impound
It's been almost a year and Ray
Neufeld still has to get his
Dodge Durango out of impound
following its confiscation by
the Policía Fiscal (tax police)
in the Juan Santamaría (San Jos)
airport parking lot.
BAC San José to go Downmarket
Costa Rica's private bank, BAC
San José, will start going
downmarket in the second half of
this year, Gerardo Corrales,
executive VP of financial group
Grupo Financiero BAC San José,
told BNamericas.
Arias Happy With Sele's Game
President Oscar Arias said on
Monday that he was happy with
the game played by the sele -
national soccer team - but
unhappy with its early exit from
the World Cup.
WORLD
CUP SOCCER
Costa Rica and Poland to Play
for Pride
Their bags are packed and
tickets booked, but Poland and
Costa Rica have one more match
to play on today (Tuesday)
before heading home from the
World Cup.
Nicaragua, Poor Attendance to
Electoral Revision
Without noticing the official
results of the electoral
verification carried out the
last two weekends in Nicaragua,
the generalized opinion Monday
is that attendance of voters was
poor.
Mafia Land Grabs Worry
Guatemala
Drug Trafficking and people
smuggling organizations have
purchased vast properties in
strategic places in Guatemala to
facilitate their illegal
activities, admitted Vice
President Eduardo Stein.
Guatemala Denounces Tax
Evasion
More than 400 million dollars a
year are left to be collected by
Guatemala because of enterprises
which take advantage of the
maquila law to evade taxes,
civil society organizations said
Monday.
Panama: Chavez Visit Will Be
Historic
Panamanian non-governmental
organization leaders, teachers
and union members stated
Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez´ next visit to Panama
will be historic.
Colombia
delivers drug suspects to U.S.,
Puerto Rico
Colombia has handed over 10
suspected Colombian drug
traffickers to the United States
and Puerto Rico, Colombia's
National Police told reporters
on Monday.
ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL:
Preserving
the Amazon While Paving Jungle
Road
A decisive
factor for the future of
Brazil's Amazon jungle region
will be the degree of success of
a challenge assumed by the
government: to pave a road that
connects Brazil's main
soybean-growing region with a
river port, while avoiding the
massive deforestation caused by
earlier projects.
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