Costa Rica Demands US
Explanation
The Costa Rican Legisalture
demanded an explanation from the
United States Friday on the
death of a man of Costa Rican
origin, which has shocked the
nation.
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Carlos Alpizar, Jr., left, and
Carlos Alpizar, right, brother
and father of Rigoberto Alpizar,
look at an old photo of
Rigoberto during an interview at
their home in Rio Claro de
Golfito, Costa Rica, Thursday.
Rigoberto was killed by US a
federal air marshal after claims
of a bomb. The American Airlines
jetliner that was boarding for
take off at Miami International
Airport. [AP Photo/Freddy
Parrales]
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World Cup Soccer:
Germany Hosts Costa Rica
The World Cup draw was kind to
defending champion Brazil and
host Germany. It really hurt
Argentina.
Traffic
Accident Stalls Internet
Had problems accessing the
internet this morning? The
Radiofrafica Costarricense S.A (RACSA)
says that a truck hit a fibre
optic cable near the RACSA
installations in downtown San
José on Friday, causing an
interruption in internet
service.
Majority of Ticos Fear
Corruption to Increase in the
Next Three Years
According to Transparencia
Internacional (TI), 55% of Costa
Rican fear that corruption will
increase during the next three
years, while only 15% expect a
reduction in corruption. TI says
that politicians, customs agents
and tax collectors are the worst
qualified and are thought to be
the most corrupt.
Road
Paving Will Only Last One
Winter, Constructor Says
The construction company with
the contract to pave the Atenas
- Orotina - Caldera highwway,
Meco, says that the work will
only last one winter. A Meco
representative told the Spanish
language newspaper Diario Extra,
that the surface paving -
plugging up the holes - is not
what the road needs and won't
last.
 
Corruption Reaches Panama
Congress
Panama ex President Mireya
Moscoso tops a group of ten
legislators solicited for
investigation by the Attorney
General´s Office on charges of
corruption.
Guatemala Tackles Organized
Crime
Guatemalan Interior Minister
Carlos Vielmann supports
appointing "faceless" judges to
battle organized crime in
Guatemala.
Fidel Castro Praises the
Caribbean
Cuban President Fidel Castro
said he is leaving Barbados with
more affection and love for the
Caribbean islands and its
excellent leaders.
Chavez:
MERCOSUR, New Time Shield
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
asserted that the Southern
Common Market "constitutes the
shield of our new time," to
defend regional identity and
unity against neoliberal
policies.
POLITICS:
Caribbean
Embraces Cuba, Chastises U.S.
The summit
was the second in three years,
and for Cuban President Fidel
Castro, dressed in a business
suit rather than his usual olive
fatigues, it was the ideal
opportunity to salute the
Caribbean Community for its
"unflinching" opposition to the
decades-old United States trade
embargo against the only
Communist state in this
hemisphere.
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