San José, Costa Rica - Saturday 03 July 2004

1.415.265 Hits in June!

 

Marlon Brando, the Hollywood legendary actor who is renowned for his role in "The Godfather," has died at the age of 80.  "I am myself," he once declared, "and if I have to hit my head against a brick wall to remain true to myself, I will do it." Click for larger image!

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT July 4th celebrations are being held this year on Saturday July 3 at the Cerveceria de Costa Rica grounds in Belen.

56% Say Solís Should Quit
With the refusal of Comptroller Alex Solís Fallas refusal to resign after a 40 of 48 legislators voted to send him a letter to resign his post, the Attorney General is said to have begun a study of the documents to determine if an investigation is warranted into the Solís affairs.
 

Consumer Price Index Up
The consumer price index for the month of June rose to 1.07% up from .067 for the month of June in 2003, accordin to the Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INEC).
 

Battle Lines Drawn for Banana Wars 2
Remember the banana war? Perhaps you thought the European Union had settled its differences with Latin America, whose growers kicked up such a fuss about import tariffs during the 1990s. 
 

News Briefs
Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) announced yesterday that 2.6 million Costa Ricans will be eligible to vote in the 2006 presidential elections to be held 5 February 2004, of which 332.481 will be elgibile to vote for the first time.



 

Families dispute identity of Peru massacre victims Peru will give relatives on Monday the exhumed remains of men killed by state security forces in a notorious 1986 prison massacre, but human rights lawyers said the reconciliation process was undermined by a failure to properly identify victims. Colombia Given IMF Approval to Widen Budget Deficit   Colombia received International Monetary Fund approval to boost spending on healthcare and education this year as long as the social programs are financed by state asset sales. US poll forecasts victory of Chavez in referendum Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will win the recall referendum on his rule in August, said a US poll published by the local daily El Universal on Friday.   International News from the New York Times

SPECIAL REPORTS: CUBA-AFRICA: Decades of Assistance and Cooperation Dozens of countries in Africa benefit from medical or other assistance programmes from Cuba, and in four decades this socialist island nation has helped train around 30,000 young people from that continent in a number of specialties. Medical assistance, which began in 1963 when Cuba sent health brigades to Algeria, has been extended to more than 20 nations, 16 of which are included in the Integral Health Programme, which also encompasses seven countries in Latin America and two in Asia. THE TAKE: DON'T ASK “What is ecotourism?” The interesting thing about ecotourism is that very few people know how to answer that question. The large part of the problem is that ecotourism means different things to different people. To some, Pirates of the Caribbean might suit well for an ecotourist adventure. To others, eating tree bark while photographing squirrels is a much better alternative. “People, the fickle creatures that we are, went to all the trouble to build cities only later to find ourselves wanting to leave them.”

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