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Arias Not Compelled To Appear
Before Commission On Drug
Trafficking, PLN Says
The ruling party - Partido
Liberación Nacional (PLN) -
avoided at all costs that their
leader, president Oscar Arias,
not appear before the Comisión
de Narcotráfico (commission of
drug trafficking) to answer
questions of the alleged ties of
his second vice-president, Kevin
Casa, to drug trafficker, George
Nayor.
Wasted tax dollars!
This recently built
perfect road of about
300 metres, without even
a single pothole,
located at the entrance
ramp to the
circunvalación from the
Autopista General Cañas,
across from the Best
Western Irazö, goes
nowhere and serves no
purpose to anyone. Dare
we ask the question why
it was built in the
first place? |
Yes, There Will Be A Zapote This
Year
The decision is in, Yes, there
will be a fair at Zapote this
year. The final vote came last
night with 11 in favour and 3
against.
Environmental Protection
Essential for Sustainable
Development
Environmental protection is
absolutely necessary when it
comes to sustainable
development, Costa Rican
president Óscar Arias said
yesterday.
Costa Rica to Open Embassies in
India, Singapore
Costa Rica announced that it
plans to open embassies in India
and Singapore, in a move
officials said recognizes the
growing relationship between the
Asian nations and the Central
American country.
Leonardo Paez Wins La Ruta
510 riders registered for La
Ruta De La Conquistadores in
Costa Rica, with 483 of them
actually showing up on the start
line. Presumably some of them
were still in bed - the official
start time was 5.15am, although
the field actually headed out a
few minutes later.
Ortega Declared
President
Former revolutionary
and U.S. nemesis
Daniel Ortega was
declared Nicaragua's
president-elect last
night, cementing a
dramatic comeback
that adds a seventh
leftist leader to a
Latin America at
odds with the Bush
administration.
UN Elects Panama to Security
Council
The UN General assembly ratified
Panama Tuesday, with 164 votes,
to occupy the Latin
American-Caribbean seat on the
Security Council.
Economists Nix Panama
Privatization
Plans to privatize Panamanian
state assets to reduce the 10.5
billion dollar national debt
were greeted with strong
criticism by the nationós
economists and media Tuesday.
US May Deport 30,000 Guatemalans
About 30,000 Guatemalans are in
imminent danger Tuesday of being
deported due to the tightening
of US laws, an immigrant
organization denounced in this
capital.
Venezuela Uncovers Subversion
Plot
Radical sectors from the
Venezuelan opposition revealed
details of subversive plans
implemented Tuesday, to provoke
riots a day after the December 3
presidential elections.
VENEZUELA:
Bloody Prison Riots
Not a Thing of the
Past
Eight inmates were
killed and at least
15 injured Tuesday
in a prison riot in
eastern Venezuela,
said officials.
Rival gangs were
reportedly fighting
for control of the
Puente Ayala
penitentiary, 260 km
east of Caracas.
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