Immigration Step Up Efforts to Battle Illegals in Costa Rica
The battle to stop illegal foreigners from entering costa Rica is a job that never ends and it the last several years the efforts by Costa Rican immigration officals has been intensified.

INA Inaugurates Conservational English Program
With the presence of President Abel Pacheco and the president of the Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje (INA), Róger Carvajal, the Conversational English program was opened to some 1.5a00 students.

Reprimand for Political Donations
Private donations to Costa Rican political campaigns have been excessive and they are linked to corruption, drug-trafficking, abuse of power, and practices that go against public interest.

World Bank Approves $8M Grant To Combat HIV/AIDS in Central America
The World Bank on Tuesday announced that it has approved a us$8 million grant to combat HIV/AIDS in the Central American nations of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, the State Department's Washington File reports.

Costa Rican Ambassador Calls for a Strong Region Free From Impunity
The strengthening of the inter-American system “will continue to be a core objective of Costa Rica’s foreign policy efforts,” Costa Rican Ambassador Javier Sancho Bonilla, the new Permanent Representative of his country to the Organization of American States (OAS), said today.

EU's Proposed New Tariff for Bananas Faces Opposition
Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala and Panama have requested arbitration at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on the level of duty proposed by the European Union (EU) in the new tariff-only system for the EU’s import regime for bananas.

LATIN AMERICA

Venezuela not US enemy: Chavez
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ruled out Thursday that his country is an "enemy" of the United States, but reiterated his criticism against Washington which he said "attacks whoever it wants."

Chilean Tax Authority Asks to Remove Pinochet's Immunity
The Internal Tax Service (SII) of Chile asked the court Thursday to remove the immunity of former dictator Augusto Pinochet so that he can be charged with tax evasion for secret accounts in the United States.

Fidel Castro: Human Race Needs Values to Survive
Cuba's President Fidel Castro has asserted that the human race must have values to survive and warned that it has never been as endangered as it is now.

Mexican Authorities Reject US Border Vigilantes
As part of the "Minuteman Project", over 1,000 US armed racist civilians will carry out an authentic man hunt along 90 km border shared by Arizona and Sonora, further straining US-Mexican ties.


SPECIAL REPORTS

Collapse of the US Dollar: too Close or too Far?
Most US citizens, and many millions of others around the world, have about as much idea of what a collapse in the value of the US dollar might really mean, as they have about how the dangers of global warming might affect human life.

TRADE-EU:
New Banana Battle Looms
The European Union says that although it ”regrets” the decision of Latin American banana producers to challenge its proposed new tariff, it will defend its proposals.

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