Students Charge: Costa Rica
Represses
Costa Rica is applying a
strategy of systematic and
indiscriminate violence against
those who object to Tratado
Libre de Comercio (TLC) - (the
free trade agreement with United
States - the Student
Alternative Movement denounced
Friday.
Colombian
president,
Álvaro Uribe,
(left) and Costa
Rica president,
Óscar Arias,
(right),
discuss mutual
concerns during
the annual
Circulo de
Montevideo
conference, this
year being held
in Costa Rica. |
TLC
Document Will Be Available For
Sale
To ensure that all Costa Ricans
are fully aware of the contents
of the Tratado de Libre Comercio
(TLC)- free trade agreement with
the United States - the Imprenta
Nacional (national printer) is
making the entire trade ageement
available to the public.
President Arias Does Have A
Girlfriend Despite Past Denials
Costa Rica president, Oscar
Arías Sanchez, has a girlfriend
and she is not from show
business as everyone had
speculated, rather, she is a 45
year old housewife who has won
the hear of the "jefe".
"Tico Tarzan" Tames Crocodile
A dog is usually described as a
man's best friend, but in Costa
Rica a man has become best mates
with a huge 16.5 foot crocodile
weighing almost 1,000lbs.
SOCCER: Costa Rica's 'Cobra'
Poised to Strike For F.C. Tokyo
For decades coffee was the
biggest Costa Rican export to
Japan. Costa Rica's most famous
sportsman arrived in Tokyo with
his well-worn passport late last
month to ink a one-year deal
with J.League outfit F.C. Tokyo.
Nicaraguans Protest Organic Law
Around half a thousand people
demanded here the abolition of a
law approved at the end of 2006
by the National Assembly for
what they say is a violation of
constitutional rights.
Jose Marti Art Show in Guatemala
The painting exhibition "Jose
Marti, Our America," was
inaugurated at Guatemala s
Metropolitan Cultural Center, in
honor of the Cuban National Hero
s 154th birth anniversary.
586 Honduran Women assassinated
in Four Years
NGO Women Research
Center-Honduras (CEM-H) assured
that during the last four years
at least 586 women have been
assassinated in this country.
Cheated
Guatemalans Want Money Back
Dozens of fraud victims of
officials at the now-closed
Trade Bank of Guatemala continue
demanding their money at
protests in front of the
Guatemalan Congress.
Lula: Bolivia Right to
Nationalize
President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva declared to a Davos Forum
panel Friday that Bolivia is
perfectly within its right to
nationalize its natural
resources and Brazil should pay
a fair price for the gas it
buys.
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