Tico Chickens Get Green Light To
Honduras
After 73 days, the Government of
Honduras, gave the the green
light for Costa Rican chickens
to cross its borders, said an
official of the Ministerio de
Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG).
Some of the poorest of
Costa Rica who live in "precarios"
or shantytowns like the
one in Viejo Carpentier
outise of Alajuela look
forward to the
government announcement
yesterday that they
would begin giving
houses to those living
extreme poverty in a
program to eradicate
shantytowns, one of the
campaign promises of
President Oscar Arias. {Foto:
Kent Gilbert] |
Legislator Tinoco Is "My
Nightmare"
The woman who as sexually
harassed by Legislative Assembly
deputy Federico Tinoco has kept
her identify hidden from the
public, but not he story. Last
night, the first seven minutes
of air time of Teletica's 7pm
newscast was used to allow the
woman, shading her identity from
the cameras, to tell he story.
Costa Rica
Rejects Negotiator
Costa Rica notified the other
Central American nations and the
European Union (EU) that it
rejects the appointment of the
Nicaraguan Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Norman Caldera, as
chief negotiator for the isthmus
in an eventual free trade
agreement with the EU.
Nicaraguan Embassy Moves
Beginning Monday, September 4,
the Nicaraguan embassy in Costa
Rica will be moved from its
present location in Barrio
California to Curridabat.
Braulio Carrillo Closed Sat &
Sun Morning
If planning to travel to the
Caribbean coast, plan ahead,
because the the Braulio Carrillo
highway will be closed this
morning (Saturday) and Sunday.
The MOPT is taking the time to
paint lanes on the roadway, work
that started in Heredia some
weeks ago.
Venezuela, Colombia to jointly
contain border violence
Venezuelan Defense Minister Raul
Isaias and his Colombian
counterpart Juan Manuel Santos
met on Friday to discuss
measures aimed at containing the
violence in their shared border.
Police arrest 28 suspects
involved in Brazil's biggest
bank robbery
Brazilian Federal Police on
Friday arrested 28 suspects
allegedly involved in the
biggest bank robbery in the
country's history.
Cuban newspaper:
Non-Aligned Movement
has an unfinished
agenda
The Non-Aligned
Movement (NAM) has
an unfinished agenda
with many unresolved
key issues, a Cuban
official newspaper
said on Friday.
Chavez to call a referendum in
2010 on ending term limits
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
on Friday said he would call a
referendum in 2010 on ending the
presidential term limits if he
wins another six-year term in
December's election..
Ecuador receives
international aid
for volcano victims
Several countries
and international
organizations have
provided assistance
to the thousands of
people affected by
the Tungurahua
volcano eruption in
Ecuador.
SOUTH AMERICA:
Getting Real About
Underage Drug
Consumption
Out-of-control drug
abuse among South
American youth --
myth or reality?
Could societal
perception have
blown the phenomenon
way out of
proportion? Have we
zeroed in on this
one issue at the
expense of efforts
to address the
broader context of
social problems like
poverty and
marginalisation?
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