WE'LL BE BACK ON MONDAY
We wish you, our readers, the best
for Semana Santa or Holy Week which runs through to Sunday. Most Costa
Rica and everyone who lives in Costa Rica takes this time off. We will
be back on Monday March 28.
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Bus fares go up today and gasoline
tomorrow, just in time for Semana Santa, a time many travel to see
friends and family or to the beaches for extended holiday. |
Former President Calderón Appeal Preventive
Detention Extension
The lawyer for former president Rafael
Angel Calderón says that since 90% of the evidence in the case against
his client is already in the hands of the Fiscales (prosecutors) there
is no reason to keep the former president in preventive detention.
Bus Fares and Gasoline Go
Up
Today, just in time for the Semana Santa
holidays, bus fares go up and tomorrow gasoline prices take a hike.
LATIN AMERICA
Nicaraguan ex-minister calls Rumsfeld "evil"
Former Interior Minister of Nicaragua Tomas
Borge on Tuesday described as "evil" US Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld who charged Nicaragua of selling missiles to Palestinians and
the Spanish separatist group ETA.
Latin American leaders to hold summit with
Spanish PM
Presidents of Venezuela, Brazil and
Colombia will hold a summit with Spain's prime minister on March 29 in
Venezuela to boost relations, a senior Venezuelan official said on
Tuesday.
Brazilian president begins
limited cabinet reshuffle
Brazilian President Luiz I. Lulada Silva
appointed Tuesday two instead of the expected 10 new ministers,
postponing the long-awaited cabinet reshuffle.
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