Happy Father's Day!
Father's Day is a day of commemoration and celebration of Dad. It is a day to not only honor your father, but all men who have acted as a father figure in your life - whether as Stepfathers, Uncles, Grandfathers, or "Big Brothers."

Emergency Room System in Collapse
Costa Rica is experiencing a collapse in hospil emergency rooms. The crisis has forced some hospitals to stop receiving patients, like the situation at the hospital San Juan de Dios in downtown San José, who will receive only life threatening emergencies.

San José to Have Street Names? The Municipality is Studying the Idea
Do you know the Toyota on Paseo Colóm? From there it's two hundred metres to the north,  then 50 west "the fifth house from the corner, with the black fence and large palm tree".

Taiwan Blamed for "Finning"
A report from the Government of Japan discloses that some 120 boats from Taiwan engage in "finning" sharks in Central America, including Costa Rica, Mexico and, more recently, in Pakistan and India.

New Wildlife Reserve
Costa Rica boasts of another wildlife reserve to protect green macaws, jaguars, manatees, and other species, some of them threatened with extinction.


LATIN AMERICA

Nicaragua president rejects OAS proposal on political crisis
Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolaños on Saturday rejected a proposal of the Organization of American States (OAS) on the country's current political crisis sparked by constitutional reforms.

Hundreds of paramilitaries to lay down arms in Colombia
About 400 paramilitaries from the right-wing United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) have decided to lay down their arms within the framework of peace talks with the government, local media reported on Saturday.

New commander takes charge of Chilean navy
Rodolfo Codina Diaz was sworn in Saturday as commander of the Chilean navy to replace Miguel Angel Vergara.