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A Costa Rican man waves a U.S.
flag during a march to support
the proposed free trade pact
between Costa Rica and the
United States, in San José
yesterday. More than 5.000
attended the demonstration for
the TLC, far short of the 20.000
that attended the against
protest last week.
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"Si al TLC" Trade Supporters Demonstrate
Last week more than 20.000 took
to the streets of San José to
protest against the Tratado
Libre de Comercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement with the United
States. Yesterday, pro TLC
demonstrators took their turn.
Costa Rica's Trade Deficit Grows
As CAFTA Looms
While Costa Rica’s legislature
agonizes over ratification of
CAFTA (the Central American Free
Trade Area), the country's trade
deficit for the first 10 months
of the year rose to us$2.13
billion from us$1.97 billion for
the whole of 2004 despite a 10%
rise in exports during the same
period to us$5.83 billion.
Costa Rica Extradites Two Czech Criminals
Two Czech criminals who escaped before punishment to Costa Rica have
ended up in prison after almost two years at large as the men were
extradited from Costa Rica to the Czech Republic, although Costa Rica
does not have an agreement on extradition of criminals with the Czech
Republic.
Man
Sentenced to 12 Years For Abuse
of Young Boys
With the pretext of offering
them a coca-cola, American
Jeremy James Gavlas, will spend
the next 12 years in a Costa
Rican prison, found guilty of
corruption and sexual abuse of
minors. James is to also
compensate each one of his six
victims ˘1 million colones.
Surf Tourism Doubles To Costa Rica In The Last 3 Years and Spent $273
Million in 2004
Antonio Pilurzu, President of Costa Rica’s Federation of Surf (FS)
announced yesterday that the number of tourists that visited the country
in 2004 with the specific purpose of riding waves increased by more than
double in the last three years. Costa Ricas Federation of Surf estimates
an increase of 100 percent in the next 3 years
Unbelievable, But True. No Gasoline To Transport Prisoner, Nicaraguan
Officials Claim
Costa Rican police officer, Diego Ortiz Ortiz, will have to wait a
little longer for his trial to commence, when it was postponed yesterday
because Nicaraguan jail authorities say they do not have the gasoline
required to transport Ortiz the 163 kilometres to the court house in
Juigalpa, from San Carlos, Nicaragua.
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Colombia seizes property of
paramilitary commander
implicated in drug-trafficking
Colombian attorney general's
office seized property worth 20
billion Colombian pesos (8
million US dollars) from a
paramilitary chief implicated in
drug trafficking, said a
Judicial police officer
Thursday.
Pinochet charged over disappearance of dissidents
Former Chilean dictator Augusto
Pinochet was charged Thursday
over the disappearance of
dissidents under his regime and
placed under house arrest, hours
after he made bail on charges of
corruption and tax evasion filed
only a day earlier.
Brazilian president rejects
corruption allegations
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva said on Thursday
the wave of corruption charges
against his government was part
of the atmosphere surrounding
the country's forthcoming
election campaign.
Salvador FMLN Demands Social Budget
The opposition El Salvadoran
party, FMLN-Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, has conditioned
its approval of the budget on increases in wages and pensions and return
to the national currency.
NOVEMBER 25
International Day Against Violence Against Women
At some moment in their lives, over half of all Latin American women
have been the object of violent acts in their homes. Another 33% have
been victims of sexual abuse between the ages of 16 and 49, and at least
45% have been threatened, insulted or had their personal possessions
destroyed.
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