|
Soda Chelles, gone after a mid day fire
in downtown San José. Chelles had been a landmark with it's presence
in the same spot form almost 100 years. |
Chelles, A Landmark Gone
A fire in downtown San José
yesterday morning levelled the building that housed the Soda Chelles
located on Avenida Central on the eastern boundary of the boulevard.
Semana Santa With Less Deaths on the Roads
This year, with the effort of
the Transit Police, less people died on the roads than last year. A
total of eight persons died in traffic accidents compared to 15 in
Semana Santa of 2004.
Toledo For President?
Maybe, As He Announces His Candidacy for the PUSC Nomination
Ricardo Toledo, former Minister
for the Presidency and a close friend of President Abel Pacheco, decided
to stop the "I don't know" and "maybe" and declared his candidacy for
the presidential nominee for the Partido Unidad Social Cristiana (PUSC).
Tourist Finds 50Kg of Coacaine in Limón Beach
A Brasilian tourist, with only
hours in Costa Rica, got the surprise and scare of his life, when he
found a bag lying on the beaches of Puerto Vargas in Limón,
Calderón Goes Home
Wednesday morning the Tribunal Penal de Hacienda rendered it's decision
on the appeal by former president Rafael Angel Calderón and decided to
let the former president trade his jail cell in La Reforma prison for
the comfort of his home.
Osvaldo At Home?
There are unconfirmed reports
that - maybe because of the Holy Holiday - Osvaldo Villalobos has been
allowed to celebrate this time with his loved ones. (And since that
party of investors would be excessively large, he may have been sent
home to his immediate family instead...)
Costa Rica defeats Panama 2-1
Roy Myrie scored the decisive goal in the
final seconds as Costa Rica beat Panama 2-1 on Saturday in a CONCACAF
World Cup qualifying match.
LATIN AMERICA
EU commissioner: talks with Cuban leader "very
effective"
Visiting European Union (EU)
commissioner Louis Michel said here Saturday that his meeting with Cuban
leader Fidel Castro was very effective.
Top Colombian drug trafficker arrested in joint
operation
One of Colombia's top drug
traffickers Wenceslato Caicedo was captured in a joint
Colombian-Ecuadorian operation, said sources of the Colombian government
on Saturday.
Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Spain to hold summit on
ties promotion
Leaders of Brazil, Venezuela,
Colombia and Spain will meet to promote relations in Venezuela's Guayana
on March 29, said the Brazilian Foreign Ministry on Saturday.
Conference on Latin
America´s Pending Issues Opens in Cuba
The conference on Latin America
in the 21st Century opens Sunday in Varadero beach resort with the
attendance of more than 300 outstanding public figures, scientists and
lawmakers from more than 20 countries.
SPECIAL REPORTS
MEXICO:
Murders of Women Not Limited to Ciudad Juárez
A Mexican congressional commission is drawing up a
nationwide map of murders of women, which totalled 625 in just four of
the country's 31 states last year alone -- almost double the number
recorded since 1993 in Ciudad Juárez, which has gained international
notoriety over the past decade.
POLITICS-AMERICAS:
Washington Focuses on Southern ”Axis of Evil”
While U.S. President George W. Bush played nice to
a deeply frustrated Mexican President Vicente Fox at the North American
Summit in Texas Wednesday, U.S. media attention was focused more on
Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld's efforts to sound the alarm against
Latin American troublemakers in his swing through the region this week.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
