Body of Man Killed at Miami
International Arrives in Costa
Rica For Burial
The body of Rigoberto Alpizar,
shot dead by U.S. air marshals
in Florida last week after he
allegedly said he had a bomb
arrived yesterday in his native
Costa Rica, where funeral
services were held in
Cariari de Guapiles, 110
kilometres east of San José.
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The casket of Rigoberto Alpizar
is seen as Carlos Alpizar, his
father, left to right, Flory
Alpizar, his sister, Carlos
Alpizar Jr., his brother, U.S.
citizens Anne Buechner, his
wife, Stephanie Martin, his
mother-in law, and Rolando
Alpizar, his brother, look on
(boy is not indentified) during
the funeral of Rigoberto Alpizar
in Cariari de Guapiles, 110
kilometres east of San José,
Tuesday. [AP Photo/Kent Gilbert]
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Gas Prices Major Contributor
to Pacheco's Low Popularity,
Vice President Says
According to Costa Rica's
vice-president, Lineth Saborío.
the low popularity of president
Abel Pacheco and the government
is directly related to the high
cost of gasoline, caused by the
high prices of crude oil on
world markets.
Tax on
Luxury Vehicle Imports Cut in
Half
During the coming week, the
price of "luxury" cars will
decrease as the import tax goes
from 30% to 15%. The Ministerio
de Hacienda (Revenue Ministry)
said yesterday that the
government decree is ready but
had no date for it's
publication.
Cold Front Will Last A Couple
of More Days
What happened to summer? The
sunshine and hot weather of the
last week in the Central Valley
was overtaken by cold winds and
rain, since Monday.
Millions
To Support Technology Sector
The Multilateral Investment Fund
(MIF) will provide us$4,226,600
in grants and financing for a
program to promote
entrepreneurship and support the
creation of small and
medium-size technological
enterprises in Costa Rica, the
Inter-American Development Bank
announced today.
The Hormone of Love
"The hormone best known for its
role in inducing labor may
influence our ability to bond
with others, according to
researchers at the University of
California, San Francisco.
 
Energy Summit Takes Place in
Mexico
Mexico, Central America, the
Dominican Republic and Colombia
held a summit in Cancun to
analyze the so-called
Mesoamerican Energy Initiative
and committed to progress in
integration.
Colombian Rebel Chief
Convicted of Killing US
Activists
Briceno, chief of the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia (FARC), was convicted
of co-masterminding the
kidnapping and killing of three
US activists in 1999, a
Colombian court said Tuesday.
Human Rights Elusive in
Guatemala
Official willingness to advance
human rights in Guatemala in
accordance with the peace
agreement is poor, concluded UN
High Commissioner for Human
Rights in Guatemala Anders
Kompass.
Fujimori Extradition Files
Approved
The Peruvian Supreme Court´s
Provisional Criminal Court has
submitted the first files on the
extradition of ex President
Alberto Fujimori to a joint
committee of the Justice and the
Foreign Affairs ministries,
which is looking into them
Wednesday.
Terrorist
Maneuver Unveiled in Venezuela
Venezuelan deputies denounced
Tuesday a maneuver to grant
Cuban-origin terrorist, Luis
Posada Carriles, the character
of political refugee in the US,
supported by a Venezuelan
imprisoned for the failed coup.
MEXICO:
Free Trade Only One Factor in
Rural Plight, Says Study
A study
sponsored by the regional United
Nations agency ECLAC suggests
that anti-globalisation and
rural activists are wrong to
blame NAFTA for most of the ills
that afflict the Mexican
countryside.
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