Tax
Plan Unconstitutional, Court
Declares
The Plan Fiscal had many foreign
residents living in Costa Ria
worried, as well as the average
Costa Ricans who would be facing
higher taxes, and the rich, with
the promise that the tax reform
would take a bigger bite from
them.
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Edgar Serrano holds a water
sample from the Zurqui River on
the edge of Braullio Carrillo
National park on World Water Day
east of San José, Wednesday,
March 22, 2006. Costa Rica's
tropical rain forests in provide
ample water for the government
to provide potable water to more
than 95% of the population. [AP
Photo/Kent Gilbert]
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Two
Arrested For Defrauding Bank
Customers
The Sección de Fraudes, del
Organismo de Investigación
Judicial (OIJ) was able to put
an end to a fraud at at the
Banco Nacional, when an employee
was able to divert up to
¢1.600.000 colones (us$3.200)
from client accounts.
25% of
Mango Production Lost
The climatological conditions
during the first three months of
the year, with wind and rain in
January and February, have
caused the premature dropping of
fruit in the cultivation of
mango.
Crucitas Construction Designs
Could be Ready in April
Final design work for
construction of the Crucitas
gold project in Costa Rica,
operated by Canadian company
Vannessa Ventures , could be
ready in April.
Saprissa Loses 2-0 to Mexico's
Toluca
Carlos Esquivel scored twice to
give Toluca a 2-0 victory over
defending champion, Costa Rica's
Deportivo Saprissa on Wednesday
in the first leg of the CONCACAF
Champions Cup semifinals.
Salvadorans to Gov: End
Discrimination
Indigenous communities in El
Salvador called for the
government to meet their demands
for better attention to end the
discrimination to which they are
subjected.
Latin
Bin Laden to Enjoy US Custody
Notorious terrorist Luis Posada
Carriles accused, among many
crimes, of blowing up a Cuban
commercial airplane, will remain
in US custody for an
undetermined period, despite
pleas for his extradition.
Brazil
to give priority to ties with
China: President
Brazil would maintain its
current policy of giving
priority to developing its ties
with China, no matter who the
next Brazilian president was,
President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva told outgoing Chinese
ambassador Jiang Yuande on
Wednesday.
Chile
calls on Bolivia to restart
diplomatic ties
Chile has appealed to
neighboring Bolivia to
reestablish diplomatic ties
without demanding that Chile
first restore the nation's
access to the Pacific Ocean.
Costa Rica
Seeks to Shut Its Doors to
Illegal Migrants From Nicaragua
Crime and joblessness have long
been part of the tough Leon XIII
neighborhood north of Costa
Rica's capital, San José, where
residents such as Alexandra
Martinez do their best to steer
clear of broken pavement and
street-corner drug dealers.
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