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French striker Djibril Cisse
heads the ball during a training
session at Lamentin Stadium near
Fort-de-France, Martinique,
Tuesda.. France's soccer team
will play a friendly game
against Costa Rica,
scheduled tonight, to raise
funds for the families of
victims of the West Caribbean
Airways plane crash in Venezuela
on Aug. 16. (AP Photo/Francois
Mori) |
Nicaragua Wants Guanacaste
Back
The decision by Costa Rica to
send the dispute over right to
navigate the San Juan to the
International Court has now
Nicaragua's foreign minister,
Normal Caldera, saying that his
country will ask that Costa Rica
give back Guanacaste.
Health Officials Concerned
Over Increase in Malaria
The Ministerio de Salud (Health
Ministry) is pleased with it's
efforts to combat Dengue that
affected more than 31.000 people
this year, and responsible for
two deaths. However, it is
worried of the increase in the
cases of Malaria.
Gas Prices
Down, Bus Fares Go Up
The price of gasoline dropped as
of midnight last night; ¢46
colones for the price of a litre
of super and ¢27 colones for a
litre of regular.
Cuban Prisoner in the US
Confident of Exoneration
A member of the "Cuban Five,"
who are imprisoned in the US,
sent a message to a Costa Rican
Solidarity-with-Cuba
organization expressing his
confidence in the men eventually
winning their freedom.
"Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing!"
"Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing!"® (LLGF)
the award-winning fishing
seminar series, announces its
third annual Costa Rica special
event.
Fatal
Romantic Interlude
Being romantic cost a 21 year
old man his life when his
vehicle fell into the cliff,
dropping some 90 metres and
instantly killing him.
Miracolously his companion
survived the fall, she receiving
only bruises and scratches in
the accident.
 
Fox, Mouthpiece for Bush, Say
Mexicans
President Vicente Fox acted as
puppet for US ventriloquist
President George W Bush at the
Summit of the Americas,
according to 75 percent of
Mexicans interviewed by ¿El
cristal con que se mira¿
newspaper.
Seaquake Reported Off
Nicaraguan Pacific Coast
The Institute of Territorial
Studies of Nicaragua reported a
quake of 4.1 degrees (Richter
scale) off the Pacific coast,
Tuesday afternoon, but it
claimed neither victims nor
losses.
Chilean court refuses to
release Peru's ex-president
Fujimori on bail
Chile's Supreme Court said on
Tuesday it had refused bail to
former Peruvian President
Alberto Fujimori as Peru began
to try to extradite him.
Bush Sours Panama
Although he was there hardly 19
hours and departed without
signing anything, US President
George W. Bush left some big
issues in Panama for Martin
Torrijos´ government.
UN Pleads
World for Help in Guatemala
The United Nations World Food
Program (WFP) called for the
world Tuesday to increase
assistance to the 285,000
victims of hurricane Stan in
Guatemala.
LATIN
AMERICA:
Only a Few
Reap the Benefits of Growth in
Agriculture
Latin
America and the Caribbean are
demanding that the world's rich
countries dismantle their
protectionist systems of farm
subsidies as they seek to
sustain and expand on the
success enjoyed by farm exports
in the region, which have,
however, failed to provide
significant benefits for the
broader population.
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