CAFTA
Today In Force in Honduras &
Nicaragua While Costa Rica
Continues To Dawdle
The Central America Free Trade
Agreement (CAFTA-DR) now has
been ratified by all signatories
countries - Honduras, Guatemala,
Nicaragua, El Salvador and the
Dominican Republic - except
Costa Rica.
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Huber Oreamuno from Costa Rica
pitches Friday March 31st 2006,
during the Latinamerican Special
Olimpic Games, held in San
Salvador, El Salvador . [Foto:
AP Photo/Luis Romero]
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Arias
Officially Named Winner of
Presidential Elections
The Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE) granted Oscar
Arias Sánchez official
credentials as winner of the
February 5 presidential
elections.
Experts
Investigating Mysterious Monkey
Deaths
Biologists and veterinarians are
baffled by the death of more
than 3,000 monkeys of various
species at a remote national
park in southwestern Costa Rica.
Labour
Ministry Wants to Suspend
Foreign Domestic Worker Permits
A recommendation by the
Ministerio de Trabajo y
Seguridad Social (MTSS) to the
Dirección Nacional de Migración
y Extranjería (immigration
service) last March 23 would
effectively suspend all work
permits for foreign maids or "domesticas"
as they are called in Spanish.
Costa
Rica Coach Laments Lack of
Warm-up Time
With just over two months to go
before Costa Rica play the
opening game of the 2006 World
Cup against hosts Germany,
national team coach Alexandre
Gimaraes wishes he had more time
to prepare with his players.
General
Cañas Highway Closed Tonight For
Bridge Construction
The Consejo Nacional de Vialidad
and Productos de Concreto
announced the closure of the
General Cañas highway - the main
route to and from the airport
and San José - in front of the
Real Cariari mall beginning at
8pm tonight (April 1) until 6am
Sunday morning.
Honduras Sues EU for Banana
Access
Honduran Industry and Trade
Ministry Elizabeth Azcona
released Friday that her
government will sue the European
Union (EU) before the World
Trade Organization (WTO) for
imposing drastic measures on
banana exports.
Guatemala Fighting Organized
Crime
The new anti-organized crime law
in Guatemala has earned broad
criticism due to loopholes in
its wording, reduced penalties
for serious crimes and
authorization of special
privileges for law enforcement
officers.
Colombia Envoys Parley with Cuba
President Fidel Castro received
Colombian Foreign Minister
Carolina Barco and a group of
high level policymakers at the
Revolution Palace, according to
an official note.
In
Ecuador, Final Battle against
FTA
The Ecuadorian Popular Movement
was preparing Friday for the
"final battle" against the free
trade agreement the government
intends to sign with the US,
announced Paulina Munoz, popular
activist and coordinator of the
campaign "Ecuador Decides".
Maya
Priests “Cleanse” Cancun of Bush
Evils
People in Cancun, Mexico, where
tight security has been in force
for the last two days, are
breathing a clearer air Friday,
after five Maya priests cleansed
the city of “evils in US
President George W Bush.”
NORTH AMERICA:
Reiterating Unfulfilled Promises
When
Presidents Vicente Fox of Mexico
and George W. Bush of the United
States met in 2001, they
promised to advance, along with
Canada, towards the creation of
a North American economic
community. But they have not
done so. On Friday they
reiterated their pledge.
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