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Many in Costa Rica live in "precarios"
like the one pictured above, in
Villa del Sol, in Tirrases,
where 95 families, made up of
mainly single women and 300
children, live in poverty and
misery.
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The Long Wait For Cellular Lines is Almost Over:
Lines Go On Sale Dec 5
For those who have been waiting
for a cellular telephone line, the wait has gotten shorter, now down to
days, as the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) announced
that Monday December 5, 250.000 new GSM lines will be made available.
Taiwan Entrepreneurs
Encouraged To Invest In Costa
Rican Tourism
Taiwan's tourism and hotel
industries are encouraged to
invest in Costa Rica and to take
advantage of generous subsidies,
Gina Guillen, the
director-general of
international promotion of Costa
Rica, said in Taipei Tuesday.
Alabama Fugitive Captured in
Costa Rica
A former Tallapoosa County
boarding school employee accused
of widespread sexual crimes
against children in Alabama was
arrested Tuesday in Costa Rica,
where he had been working as a
school teacher under a false
name, authorities said Tuesday.
Rottweilers Don't Need A Passport, Said President
Pacheco
"Rottweilers do not need a
passport", were the words of
president Abel Pacheco,
referring to the mortal attack
of a Nicaraguan by two
Rottweilers on November 10 in
Cartago, at the weekly press
conference at Casa Presidencial.
Fish Truck Used to Transport
Cocaine
Following a long and hard
investigation, that included
following the subjects around
for a time, agents of the
Sección de Estupefacientes del
Organismo de Investigación
Judicial (OIJ), detained three
men and a woman for drug
trafficking.
Has The Cold Got To You Yet?
Well, better take out that extra
sweater, because the Instituto
Meteorológico Nacional (IMN)
says that cold winds and rain
will continue at least until the
weekend.
Banco Elca Assets To Be
Auctioned
What ever happened to Banco Elca?
The private bank that the
Consejo Nacional de Supervisión
del Sistema Financiero conociera
un estudio elaborado por la
Superintendencia General de
Entidades Financieras (SUGEF) -
the banking regulator - shut
down last year?
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Gamma: Honduran Death and
Damage
Tropical Storm Gamma caused more
than 30 deaths, thousands of
injuries, and great damage to
farms during its pass through
northern Honduras, local
authorities reported Tuesday.
Operation Miracle Aids Panama
Poor
Happy and emotional, low income
Panamanian families applauded
the launching of Operation
Miracle in Panama, allowing free
ophthalmologic surgery in Cuba
for more than 48 thousand people
beginning next week.
Cuban Rum Sales Up in World
Market
Backed by its quality and
excellent raw materials used
during the distillation and
aging processes, Cuban rums are
gaining ground in the world
market where sales of Havana
Club spirits are growing.
Venezuela-Colombia Blueprint Energy Plan
Presidents Hugo Chavez
(Venezuela) and Alvaro Uribe (Colombia) are meeting Thursday in
Venezuela to lay out plans for energy relationships.
Peruvian Interpol chief fired
for negligence
Peruvian Interpol chief was
fired on Tuesday for negligence
on the night when former
President Alberto Fujimori flew
over Peru on his way to Chile,
local media reported on Tuesday.
GUATEMALA/US:
The Brotherhood of the Traveling Powder
The alert
to the U.S. Border Patrol went out across the state of Texas this past
July -- about 30 suspects who were once part of an elite unit of the
Guatemalan special forces were training drug traffickers in paramilitary
tactics just over the border from McAllen.
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