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Costa Rica's Vice President
Lineth Saborio addresses the
2005 World Summit during the
60th General Assembly of the
United Nations in New York
Firday. World leaders prepared
to adopt modest reforms of the
United Nations on Friday after a
three-day summit that made
little progress on fighting
poverty and terrorism, boosting
security or protecting human
rights. |
Fuerza Pública
Make Good On Promise To Sexual Abusers
The Fuerza Pública is keeping
it's promise to intensify their
campaign in their search for
tweunty of the most wanted
sexual abusers in the country.
And with aim, they now have
three of the twenty in their
possession.
TLC? Yes and No.
That seems to be the
recommendation by the Comisíon
de Notables to president Abel
Pacheco yesterday, whose report
on the Tratado de Libre Comercio
(TLC) - free trade agreement
with the United States - which
was due yesterday and expected
to give some concrete advise to
the government.
Unions Vow Protests and Strikes
Against the TLC
Now that the report on the
Tratado Libre de Comercio (TLC)
- free trade agreement with the
United States - by the Comisión
de Notables is in, union leaders
are getting ready for strikes
and protests.
Space
Technology Here
Former NASA astronaut Franklin
Chang is planning the production
of space technology in his home
country, Costa Rica.
Stalemate for China and Costa
Rica (1:1)
The first action in Group A of
the FIFA U-17 World Championship
Peru 2005 saw China and Costa
Rica take a share of the spoils
in Trujillo 1:1. An entertaining
first half brought numerous
chances for both teams, only for
the momentum to subside somewhat
in the second 45 minutes. The
red card for China's Gu Cao ten
minutes from time was one of few
talking points.
LATIN AMERICA

Nicaraguan Political Sectors
Resume Dialogue
The initiative of National
Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN)
leader Daniel Ortega to resume
the tripartite dialogue next
week gained strength among
different political sectors in
Nicaragua Friday.
Unity between Central American
Gang Members Confirmed
The Honduran Istmania Pineda,
nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
2005, asserted Friday that gangs
Mara-Salvatrucha and Mara-18
were working together, supported
by organized crime and
drug-trafficking.
Venezuela deploys more troops
along Colombian border
Venezuela will deploy more
troops in the southwestern state
of Apure bordering Colombia,
Venezuelan Army Commander Raul
Baduel announced Friday.
Two die in
light jet crash in Brazil
A light airplane crashed Friday
in the outskirts of Rio De
Janeiro, killing the pilot and
co-pilot aboard, said the Civil
Aviation Department of Brazil.
SPECIAL
REPORTS

POLITICS:
Chávez Issues Challenge for a
More Democratic U.N.
Venezuela's President Hugo
Chávez criticised the United
Nations General Assembly, the
North and the United States, and
denounced the U.N. World
Summit's outcome document as
"unlawful".
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