Gays In Costa Rica Want Equality
Groups in Costa Rica are asking Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, to help them create more equality among gays, lesbians, bisexual and trans-genders.

Increase in Women Drunk Drivers Worry Tránsito Officials
Women drunk drivers are also a problem for the Policía de Tránsito (traffic police) as they report that on average three women walk home and fined ¢26.000 colones, resulting from being caught in their net of nightly operatives against drunk driving.

U.S. Ambassador Described as Head of TLC Yes Movement
 The United States ambassador to Costa Rica, Mark Langdale, is being described by oppositors to the Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) - free trade agreement with the United States, Central America and the Dominican Republic, as a leader in the movement in favour of the trade deal.

A Moving Month
May has been a shaking month. According to the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (Ovsicori) nine earthquakes have shaken and rattled the country.

Couple Sentenced To 25 Years For Neglect of Infant
The Tribunal de Juicio de San José yesterday sentenced a couple to 25 years prison for causing the death of their two month old child.

Mudslide in Cartago Claims Three Lives
The rainy season is not only rain and more rain, but also of floods and mudslides. Yesterday, a little girl and two women were buried alive by a mudslide that swept away the vehicle their were riding in, in Tierra Blanca, Cartago.