Canada's Ambassador To Costa
Rica Being Pressured To Quit
A report on Canada's private
national television network, CTV,
says that the newly elected
Conservative (Tories are their
are known in Canada) government
is pressuring five Liberal
appointed diplomats to quit
their post, including Mario
Laguë, Canada's ambassador to
Costa Rica.
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When will the Ministerio de
Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT)
put an end this dangerous
practice of selling goods in
between vehicles at the pay
stations and other points along
Costa Rica's busiest roads?
Anything from sunglasses, to
cellular phone accessories to
fresh strawberries are being
sold at roadsides and without a
word from Transit officials.
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Costa Rica
Negotiating Double Tax Avoidance
Agreements
As Costa Rica prepares for its
controversial switch from a
territorial tax system to one
where it will collect tax on
worldwide income, it has emerged
that the country's authorities
have begun negotiations with
several countries to avoid the
double taxation of income.
Constitutional Court Upholds
Right to Voluntary Sterilization
The Sala Constitucional or Sala
IV as it also referred to,
supports the righ of a patient
of the Caja Costarricense de
Seguro Social (CCSS) to submit
herself to voluntary
sterilization as a method of
family planning.
Cable
Theft Left Airport Without Radar
Stealing cable in Costa Rica has
become a profitable enterprise
for some and a headache for
police and utility companies.
Thieves steal telephone and
electrical cable for their
copper content and with time
have become more sophisticated
in their craft.
Palau
Festival Leaves Park Filled With
Trash
The Parque de la Paz was filled
with happiness and joy over the
weekend with the presence of
Luis Palau and a host of Latin
music starts. Reports say that
several hundred thousand came
out on the two nights - Friday
and Saturday - for the event.
El Salvador's ruling alliance
shows slight lead in elections
Initial
results showed that El
Salvador's ruling alliance has
gathered 39.4 percent of the
votes in parliamentary
elections, slightly ahead of the
main opposition with 39.1
percent, the electoral court
said Monday in the capital San
Salvador.
Chile's
new president says to reform
pensions, open nurseries
Chile will promote democracy and
give priorities to pension
reform, free health care and
building of nursery schools,
newly inaugurated President
Michelle Bachelet told reporters
on Monday.
President's parties win
Colombian congressional
elections
The biggest winners in
Colombia's weekend congressional
elections were the parties
supporting incumbent President
Alvaro Uribe in his bid for
re-election in May, local media
reported on Monday.
Andean
Community hopes to begin free
trade talks with EU
The Andean Community hopes to
kick off free trade talks with
the European Union (EU) at the
EU, Latin America and the
Caribbean Summit scheduled for
May 12-13 in Vienna, bloc's
Secretary-General Allan Wagner
Tizon said on Monday.
ENVIRONMENT:
Brazil
Still Has Doubts on Labelling of
Transgenic Products
The third
meeting of the parties to the
global biosafety treaty kicked
off Monday in this southern
Brazilian city on a certain note
of mystery: the 800 negotiators
and observers from 116 countries
still have no idea what the host
country's position is on the
most controversial issue to be
negotiated at this gathering:
the labelling of transgenic
products.
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