Identity Theft, Could You
Already Be A Victim?
A concern for many North
Americans has now come to Costa
Rica: Identity Theft.
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Five months pregnant, Alva
Vargas Valdelomar, threw herself
down a 20 metre (65 foot) ravine
in a suicide attempt, as Cruz
Roja (Red Cross) personnel
faught with the woman to rescue
her. Ecomonic desperation - her
husband out of work and not able
to feed her other five children
- led the 31 year old woman to
her decision to end it all,
throwing herself down the ravine
in Pavas. The woman was in
stable condition in hospital
last night [Foto: Iván Meza
Kawas/Diario Extra]
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There
Is No Meningitis Epidemic,
Health Official Say
During the last couple of weeks
many have become worried at the
current cases of meningitis that
has already taken two lives and
has five more in hospital,
mostly concentrated in Heredia.
Taxi
Drivers Slow To Increase Fares
Users of taxi services yesterday
got a pleasant surprise, many
taxis have not yet adjusted
their taxi meters to reflect the
fare increase that came into
effect yesterday.
Starbucks Expanding Coffee
Supply As Stores Grow
Rapid store expansion is driving
Starbucks to buy more coffee
from Central America while
increasingly looking for new
suppliers in places like Peru
and Indonesia, a company
official said on Thursday.
Los
Angeles Galaxy Manager Dies in
Costa Rica
The president and general
manager of U.S. Major League
Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy
has died while on a flight back
from a match in Costa Rica,
local emergency services said.
Honduras Hails Cuban Healers
Honduras president Manuel Zelaya
said that the presence of Cuban
physicians in his country is a
great example of solidarity with
his people.
Chomsky
Slams US Troops in DR
The outstanding linguist US Noam
Chomsky criticized his nation´s
military presence in the
southern Dominican Republic
coast, asserting any country
should never admit foreign
troops in its soil.
US and
Bolivia at Odds before Talks
Relations between Bolivia and
the USA oscillate today between
dialog and tension on the eve of
a bilateral high level date
which thus far has not solved
serious political problems
between both countries.
Venezuela Decries US Support to
Secession
Venezuela´s Fifth Republic
Movement (MVR) is gathering data
on the involvement of the US
Embassy in a regional separatist
plot.
Colombia
urged to modify demobilization
law
The United Nations on Thursday
urged Colombia to recognize the
rights of victims of the
country's decades-long guerrilla
war by reforming the Justice and
Peace Law, under which the
paramilitary group Self-Defense
Forces of Colombia (AUC) is
demobilizing.
AGRICULTURE:
Social
Movements Call for "New Agrarian
Reform"
Rural social movements are
calling for a "new agrarian
reform based on food
sovereignty," that would
incorporate a range of sectors,
including peasant farmers,
women, and ethnic minorities, in
order to build an effective, and
more just, development model.
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