Beauty Salon Front for Brothel
A beauty salon was the front for a prostitution ring run by two foreigners who would supply male, female and transvestite prostitutes to clients for about ¢20.000 colones (us$42) for an hour, according to information by the Viceministra de Seguridad Pública (MSP), Ana Helena Chacón.

Weekday Holidays To Move to Mondays
The Legislative Assembly approved in second debate a law that would pass holiday days that occur during the week to the following Monday.

Legal Action Give Temporary Protection to Sea Turtles
By admitting a suit filed by environmental organizations to protect the leatherback turtle, the Constitutional Court or Sala IV of the Costa Rica Supreme Court has granted an injunction against construction projects in the Marino las Baulas National Park.

ICE Considers Foreign Markets for Cariblanco Bonds
Costa Rica's state company, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) is considering auctioning bonds on foreign markets to finance its US$170 million dollars 82MW Cariblanco hydroelectric project, Cariblanco implementation manager José Miguel Mena told BNamericas.

Havana Historian Fulfills Busy Agenda in Costa Rica
Havana City Historian Eusebio Leal Spengler finished a visit to Costa Rica on Wednesday that was considered by the local press as "an embrace between two nations and two brother peoples."

CNFL Installs Elster Electricity's EnergyAxis System with Two-Way Communications
Elster Electricity, LLC announces that La Compania Nacional de Fuerza y Luz S.A. (CNFL) has installed Elster's EnergyAxis® System with intelligent two-way communications.

Costa Rica Draws But Keeps Contention
Costa Rica drew 0-0 with Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday to remain in contention in the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying.

Korean Technical Cooperation
South Korean experts will lend Costa Rica support in bio-technology and computer science projects, according to official sources.


LATIN AMERICA

3,000 international figures sign manifesto against US anti-Cuba measures
About 3,000 international figures have signed a manifesto repudiating the US action against Cuba in the United Nations Human Rights Commission, Cuban press said Wednesday.

Brazil, Paraguay to work on border disputes
Brazilian and Paraguayan government officials will meet in Asuncion on Thursday to resolve the recent disputes caused by smuggling and illegal immigration along their borders.

Venezuela, Spain sign cooperation deals
Venezuela and Spain signed several deals on political, commercial and defense cooperation Wednesday, marking a new phase of their ties which had been chilled by Spain's alleged support of the 2002 coup against Venezuelan President Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias.

Mexico willing to host meeting between Colombian gov't, guerrillas
Mexico is willing to host a peace meeting between the Colombian government and the rebel National Liberation Army (ELN), said a government spokesman Wednesday.


SPECIAL REPORTS

RIGHTS-BRAZIL:
No End to Violence Against Indigenous People
Killings of indigenous leaders in Brazil that have largely gone unpunished, a rise in suicide rates among the Guaraní ethnic group, and the slow pace at which the official demarcation of indigenous reserves is moving ahead raise concerns about the future of Brazil's Indians, warns a new Amnesty International report.

ENVIRONMENT-LATAM:
Protecting Birds by Hunting Them - With Binoculars
The chance to see a yellow-shouldered Amazon parrot (Amazona barbadensis) can be motive enough for birdwatchers, who, binoculars in hand, are on a mission to identify the greatest possible number of avian species -- to learn about their habitats, behaviours and the threats they face.
 

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