American Medical Foundation's
Clinical Education Program Will
Offer Care To Costa Rica's Poor
A Washington, D.C. - based
medical relief foundation has
been approved by the Costa Rican
government to offer a clinical
education rotation program that
will provide medical care to
those who are not covered by
Costa Rica’s socialized
healthcare system: the poorest
of the poor.
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U.S.
Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kansas,
left), Costa Rican Congressman
Bernal Jimenez (centre), and
U.S. Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-
Florida), right, exchange
business cards during a visit to
the Legislative Assembly in San
José, Monday. A committee of
U.S. representatives was
visiting Costa Rica, the only
country which has not approved
the Free Trade Agreement between
the U.S. and Central America.
[AP Photo/Kent Gilbert]
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Jealousy Behind Crime of
Passion: Husband Shoots Wife
Then Turns Gun on Himself
Police theorize that jealousy
was the motivation behind 42
year old Geovanni González
Cortés to murder "his woman",
Ana Yency Bonilla, 39 years of
age, with three gunshots to the
stomach and then committing
suicide with one bullet in the
mouth.
Baggage Handlers, Street Vendors
and Hustlers at the Airport Could
be Holding Winning Gordo
Navideño
The Big Draw - el Gordo Navideño
- was Sunday night and so far,
compared to previous years when
the offices of the Junta de
Protección Social de San José
(JPS) was jammed with winners
the following day, only 14% has
claimed their prizes so far.
25% of Tico Labour Force With
"Informal" Work
According to the results of the
Estudio Indicadores de la
Situación Ocupacional en
Centroamérica done by the
Organización Internacional del
Trabajo (OIT), 25% of the Costa
Rican labour force works
informally, that is, these
workers work at jobs and for
employers who do not respect the
"Código de Trabajo" - Labour
Code - and thus don't benefit
from job equality and job
security like the rest of the
work force.
Corruption is
Worsening
A full 72% of Costa Ricans
believe that corruption has
become worse in the last three
years. This percentage is
surpassed only by that on
Nicaragua, at 74%,
according to a Transparency
International survey.
  Honduran
Honduran Children Prostituted
Over 10,000 Honduran children
are prostituted daily in bars,
stores and night clubs, director
of Casa Alianza Jose Manuel
Capellin revealed Monday.
Salvadorians Worry about Life
Almost three-fourths of
Salvadorans are concerned about
the rising cost of living has
and crime, according to a poll
by the University Institute of
Public Opinion of Jose Simeon
Cañas Central American
University.
Cuba, China Foster
Cooperation Ties
The Speaker of the Cuban
Parliament, Ricardo Alarcon, and
Lou Gan, member of the Chinese
Communist Party (ChCP) Permanent
Committee Political Bureau, have
agreed that their countries
should further foster their
friendly bonds.
Risk of
Coup in Peru Denounced
Peruvian PNP presidential
candidate of the Nationalist
Party, Ollanta Humala, has
warned of the risk of a coup to
thwart his eventual triumph in
elections next year.
POLITICS-BOLIVIA:
Will
Washington Engage Morales?
After years
of demonising Evo Morales, whose
unprecedented first-round
victory in Bolivia's
presidential elections Sunday
has stunned analysts here, the
administration of U.S. President
George W. Bush must now decide
whether to engage him.
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