Arias
Declared President-Elect,
Insists on Free Trade Deal
The
Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE)
de Costa Rica "officially"
declared former president and
Nobel peace prize winner, Oscar
Arias, winner of the February 5
elections and president-elect.
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Costa Rican President-elect
Oscar Arias is congratulated by
supporters after the Tibunale
Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) -
Supreme Elections Court -
officially announced him as the
winner of the presidential
elections
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"Marea
Roja" Inundates San José
As promised, yesterday taxi
drivers took over the streets of
downtown San José and other
small communities to pressure
legislators into passing the law
that would eliminate the "porteo".
Costa
Rica's Politics of Change
An analysis of Oscar Arias’
presidential victory by COHA
Senior Research Fellow Frank
Kendrick, Ph.D.
Canadian
Couple Attacked by Gun-Toting
Bandit
A relaxing holiday in Costa Rica
turned into a terrifying
adventure for a Saskatchewan
couple who ran into a gang of
gun-toting bandits on the
highway.
Aritz Aranburu Wins Open Copa
Mango Playa Nosara
The fifth date of Costa Rica’s
Circuito Nacional de Surf
(CNS)—and the last of three Copa
Mango contests—was completed
this past weekend in nearly
always excellent conditions that
ranged from 3 to 7 feet in Playa
Nosara.
Gasoline
Prices Going Up Again
Here we go again, another change
in the price of gasoline is
around the corner, this time an
increase.
Venezuela protests against US
policies
Venezuela's government and civil
society Tuesday began a week of
conferences and demonstrations
protesting the U.S.-led war in
Iraq and the U.S. hostility
towards other nations, official
sources said.
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Fujimori's ex-ministers face
trial in Peru
Thirteen former Peruvian cabinet
ministers will be tried for
their alleged part in
ex-president Alberto Fujimori's
1992 "self-coup", the Supreme
Court announced Monday.
Buenos
Aires mayor ousted over deadly
nightclub fire
Buenos Aires lawmakers ousted
the mayor on Tuesday, citing his
failure to enforce safety codes
that might have prevented a
nightclub fire that killed 194
people in 2004.
INT'L WOMEN'S DAY:
Mexican
Rape Victims Denied Right to
Abortion
A
woman or girl is raped every
four minutes on average in
Mexico. But if they get
pregnant, there is no guarantee
that their right to an abortion
as rape victims will be
recognised, due to
administrative hurdles and
outright obstruction by
authorities, says a new report
released Tuesday.
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