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Monday 22 September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
600 Costa Ricans Die
Each Year From Stomach
or Gastric Cancer
Stomach or gastric
Cancer has been a public
health concern in Costa
Rica for more than 40
years. On average, 600
people die each year.
Tibás City Officials
Investigated For
Receiving Free Soccer
Game Tickets
The mayor of Tibás,
Jorge Salasa, and the
president of the Consejo
Municipal (municipal
council), Estrella Pérez,
will soon be facing the
Procuraduría de la Ética
Pública to explain the
receiving of free
tickets to the Selección
(Costa Rican soccer
team) againt El
Salvador.
71
Detained In Police Sweep
Of Jacó
71 foreigners were
detained by authorities
in Jacó for not having
their documents at hand
in a joing police
operation by the
Dirección de
Investigaciones
Especializadas, the
Archivo Policial, the
Fuerza Pública, the
Unidad Canina, the
Policía Turística and
the Policía de Migración.
Costa Rican President
Oscar Arias To Be
Featured at Launch of
Interamerican Peace
Forum
The Organization of
American States ( OAS )
is set to formally
launch the
Inter-American Peace
Forum next Tuesday,
September 23, with a
ceremony that will
feature Nobel Peace
Prize winner and
president of Costa Rica
Oscar Arias Sánchez.
Political Parties May
Not Hold Foreign Bank
Accounts
A commission discussing
electoral reforms has
ratified at that
political parties cannot
open bank accounts
outside of Costa Rica.
New iPhone Charger A
Killer
Apple has said that they
are recalling some of
its iPhone 3G
ultracompact USB adaptor
over concerns that they
are potentially
dangerous as they pose
the risk of
electrocution.
Sandinista Persecution
Of Civil Society Turns
Violent In Nicaragua
GRANADA. Nicaragua
- Nicaragua's civil
unrest took another
dangerous turn over the
weekend when hundreds of
masked supporters of the
Sandinista National
Liberation Front (FSLN),
armed with machetes,
sticks and mortars,
closed off all entrances
to the northern city of
León to prevent an
announced march against
the government of
President Daniel Ortega.
Guatemala to Host Social
Forum
GUATEMALA CITY -
Hundreds of social
organizations will
participate in the Third
Social Forum of the
Americas between the 7th
and 12th of October at
the University of San
Carlos of Guatemala.
Grenade Explosion Kills
2, Injures 19 In Caracas
CARACAS - Two people
were killed and at least
19 others injured on
Sunday in a grenade
explosion in Caracas,
capital of Venezuela,
local media reported.
Fidel Castro: Meeting
With Chavez "Great
Honour"
HAVANA - Former Cuban
leader Fidel Castro said
he felt it "a great
honour" for him to meet
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez in Havana on
Sunday.
OAS Supports Dialogue To
Resolve Bolivian Crisis
BUENOS AIRES - The
Organization of American
States (OAS) on Sunday
reiterated its support
for settling the
Bolivian political
crisis through dialogue,
said reports from
Santiago, the Chilean
capital.
ARGENTINA:
Soup Kitchens Feel
Impact of Rising Food
Prices
"It breaks my
heart because I know
these kids don't have
anything to eat, but I
can’t serve any more
people," says Estela
Esquivel, talking about
children who have been
turned away at
dinnertime from the La
Casita de la Virgen soup
kitchen in La Cava, a
slum neighbourhood on
the north side of the
Argentine capital.
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