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"No Soy Un Amargado!"
Says The Man Responsible For the
Kibosh on Zapote
Jorge Muñoz Somarribas, the man
who put the "kibosh" on the
Zapote fair told the daily
Spanish language Diario Extra
that he is not an "amargado" - a
bitter man.
Fans of the Club Sport
Cartaginés clashed with
fans of the Club
Deportivo Saprissa as
police had to intervene
when the situation
become violent. Saprissa
beat out Cartago 3-0 at
a game played at the
Eladio Rosabal Cordero
stadium, in Heredia. [Foto:
Róger Córdoba] |
Makeshift
Submarine With Cocaine Seized
U.S. Coast Guards, working with
the Costa Rican Servicio de
Guardacostas (coast guard) and
Colombian national police,
seized a makeshift submarine
carrying 3.5 tons of cocaine in
the Pacific Ocean off Isla
del Coco (Coco Island) on
Sunday.
"Dry"
Season Could Be A Hot One
According to weather experts,
this "dry" season could be one
of the hottest in the last
number of years. Farmers will be
most affected, as the experts
say that the areas of Guanacaste
and the Central Valley will see
less rain than normal for the
season and more flooding in the
Limón province.
Quintuplets Doing Fine, But in
Delicate Condition
The quintuplets born yesterday
at the Hospital México to a
woman identified only by her
last name, Vílchez Villalobos, a
resident of Heredia, are in
delicate condition, according to
Dr. Mario González Quijano.
Motorcyclists Must Become
Visible To Be Safe on the Roads
No one can deny that there are
more motorcycles on the streets
of San José than ever before and
more and more places where they
can be bought. And with that
comes more deaths.
Nicaragua Eliminates Last
Exception to Strict
Anti-Abortion Law
Hopes among women’s groups in
Nicaragua that President Enrique
Bolaños would stop one of the
most restrictive abortion laws
in Latin America from taking
effect have been dashed, as the
president signed it into law
late Friday.
Nicaragua: Protests against
Drinkable Water Rates
The
Nicaraguan Movimiento Comunal
and Red Nacional de Defensa del
Consumidor (National Network of
Consumers) Sunday warned strong
protests are about to happen in
case announced increase on
drinkable water rate
materializes.
Bolivia Shapes New State
The approval of a debate
regulation has challenged the
Bolivian Constituent Assembly to
shape a new multinational State
without exclusions amid the
threat of regional authorities
to divide the country.
Petroecuador: Oil Price Drop
Limited
Galo Chiriboga, president of
state oil company Petroecuador,
termed transitory the drop in
the price of oil in 2006 and
discarded a national alarm for
that drop.
Venezuela:
Presidential Race Targets
Undecided
Venezuelan presidential
candidates focus their drives on
the undecided 14 days short to
the ballots.
COLOMBIA:
Arrests of
Lawmakers with Paramilitary Ties
Rock Government
The
arrests of several Colombian
lawmakers for their links to
extreme-right paramilitary
militias have given further
credence to reports by human
rights organisations "of how
deeply embedded the
paramilitaries are in the local
and regional public
institutions," Carlos Rodríguez,
assistant director of the
Colombian Commission of Jurists
(CCJ), told IPS.
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