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Costa Rica's Paola Ramirez, left,
kicks the ball over Argentina's Ileana Leyendeker during their
match in the 2005 IV Women's Volleyball Panamerican Cup in Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic on Friday. Argentina won, 3-0. (AP
Photo/Miguel Gomez) |
Dobbins Family Faces Wait After
Find
The family of missing Melbourne
man Brendan Dobbins were last
night facing an agonizing wait
after remains were found close
to where their son vanished in
Costa Rica three months ago.
Congress At Its Lowest in 15
Years
From May 1, 2004, through April
30, 2005, the Legislative
Assembly of Costa Rica passed
only 28 laws, the lowest
production in the last 15 years.
Inflation Up for 20 months;
Exports Grow at a Slow Pace
Starting in September 2003, the
increase of prices in Costa Rica
has accelerated and has not
stopped so far.
Arias
Fails in Washington
The 1986 Nobel Peace Award and
Ex-President of Costa Rica Dr.
Oscar Arias was warmly welcomed
to Washington but received cold
responses to his lobbying for
the U.S.-Central America Free
Trade Agreement (CAFTA).
LATIN AMERICA
Situation returns to normal in
Bolivia as new president
appointed
The situation in Bolivia is
returning to normal after the
appointment of former Supreme
Court President Eduardo
Rodriguez as a caretaker
president, reports from Bolivia
said Saturday.
US dismisses Ecuadorian request
to limit ex-president's actions
The US Embassy in Ecuador
rejected the government's
request to limit actions of
former Ecuadorian President
Lucio Gutierrez, saying he is a
tourist in the United States,
the local daily El Expreso
reported Saturday.
Death toll
rises to 35 in Colombian flood
At least 35 people have died in
floods and mudslides caused by
winter weather in Colombia since
April, the local press reported
Saturday.
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