Pacheco
Leaving Arias A Government With
No Money
Yesterday, president-elect Oscar
Arias and president Abel Pacheco
met for the first time since
Arias was declared winner of the
February 5 elections, as a first
step in the transition of
government.
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Rescue work isn't limited to
just saving humans. In the above
foto captured by fotographer
Róger Córdoba, rescue workers
from the firm Provida rescued a
suicidal dog - a zaguate (street
dog) - that apparently attempted
suicide by throwing itself off
the Los Anonos bridge, the
bridge on the old road to Escazú
west of La Sabana. The dog,
according to witnesses, was
perched on a rock 250 metres
below bridge for a couple of
days.
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Mentally
Ill Son Makes "Picadillo" of His
Mother
Yesterday afternoon the
residents of Buenos Aires de
Puntarenas were shocked to learn
of the gruesome acts of a 39
year old man who killed and
dismembered his 63 year old
mother with a machete, making "picadillo"
(mince meat) of her.
Volcán
Poás Quietens Down, Park Closed
Until Thursday
Since Friday the quiet and
docile volcán Poás made its
presence felt with a series of
eruptions - 14 in total - that
forced the closure of the
national park and kept experts
busy.
Investors Want Money From
Canadian Firm
CBC News. Some residents
of Trinity Bay, N.L., say they
have a lot of questions about an
Edmonton company.
Costa
Rican Trade Expert to Speak at
Walton College
Alberto Trejos, dean of INCAE
Business School in San José and
researcher in international
trade and development economics,
will speak to students, faculty
and the public at Donald W.
Reynolds Center for Enterprise
Development at the University of
Arkansas.
Panama
To Host Anti-terror Conference
Ministers and experts from
Central American nations,
Colombia, Mexico, Dominican
Republic and Panama will attend
in Panama City the Ministerial
Conference on International
Cooperation against Terrorism
and Transnational Organized
Crime, scheduled for April 4-7.
Latin
America Meets to Cope with Youth
Gangs
Representatives from police and
security organizations from
Latin America and Spain started
a seminar in the city of Old
Guatemala Monday to analyze the
problem of local gangs (maras).
Ecuador
Suspicious over FTA
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
that Ecuador is negotiating with
the US is a source of concern
for many people, who are
demanding clarity on this deal.
Brazilian
finance minister resigns amid
corruption scandal
Brazil's Finance Minister
Antonio Palocci handed in his
resignation on Monday following
a renewed flare up of corruption
allegations that have dogged him
for months, government officials
announced.
BIODIVERSITY:
Creating a Network Against
Biopiracy
Two patents
granted in the United States
between 2000 and 2002 and
another for which an application
has been filed have put "maca",
a high altitude Andean plant
that is used by indigenous
people in Peru, at the centre of
a new battle against biopiracy,
which involves the construction
of an international network
against the misappropriation of
traditional knowledge.
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