President Refutes Discrimination
Against Nicas
Outgoing Costa Rican president,
Abel Pacheco, assured a group of
demonstrators, mostly
Nicaraguans, outside Casa
Presidencial (Presidential
House) yesterday that in his
country there is no
discrimination against
immigrants.
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Nicaraguan
immigrants carry a banner
reading 'IMMIGRANTS DEMAND
RESPECT OF OUR HUMAN RIGHTS'
during a protest against
restrictive immigration laws
outside Casa Presidencial in San
Joseé. Between 500,000 and
1,000,000 Nicaraguans live and
work in Costa Rica according to
government studies.
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Tico
Passport For Only $100!
Need a Tico passport? Got a
us$100? That is the presumption
by Costa Rican immigration
officials who have begun an
investigation into what they
believe is a growing black
market for Costa Rican
passports.
Train
Accident Kills Woman
Ana López Centeno did not hear
the train whistle and in an
instant became the first
fatality since the train began
operations last October. The
forty-five year old woman was
run over by the train in front
of her place of work, at Cococo
computer store in La Sabana.
Announcing The 2006 La Ruta de
Los Conquistadores
The highly successful '05's La
Ruta de Los Conquistadores has
just passed; despite this the
14th edition has been announced
without delay for November
3-4-5, 2006.
Pineapple Farm Prices Decreased
40%
Two years ago the grower price
for gold pineapples was at us$
0.42 per kg. Today it has
supposedly decreased to us$0.25
per kg. The pineapple sector
fears that the situation will
deteriorate between May and
June.
GSM
Cellular Coverage To Improve,
ICE Says
Having problems with your
cellular reception within office
buildings? Well, the fix is on
the way.
Colombian govt restarts talks
with 2nd largest rebel group
The Colombian government and the
National Liberation Army (ELN),
the country's second largest
rebel group, restarted
closed-door talks in Havana on
Tuesday.
Venezuela Reporters Back
Revolution
The 1st National Meeting of
Bolivarian Journalists will be
held next month, with the
recovery of the National
Journalists College among its
key topics.
Reports Find Strong Economic
Growth in Latin America,
Caribbean
Latin American and Caribbean
economies are performing
strongly and the region’s
governments should continue to
implement sound macroeconomic
policies and reforms to sustain
and strengthen economic growth,
according to Anoop Singh, the
director of the Western
Hemisphere Department at the
International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Deal signed for offshore
Nicaragua exploration
MKJ Exploraciones, a unit of
Louisiana-based MKJ Xploration,
has signed two offshore oil and
gas E&P deals with the
government of Nicaragua.
Guatemala
Talks with Rank and File
Reactivation of the farming
economy will be the first issue
at negotiating tables from
Wednesday between the Guatemalan
Executive and social groups,
after hot nationwide protests.
COLOMBIA-US:
Trade Deal
Threatens to Derail the War on
Drugs
For
25 years, Victor Murillo has
grown rice on a five-acre
(2-hectare) plot in Colombia's
central farm belt. But with a
new trade pact with the United
States threatening his
livelihood, he's tempted to
switch to a new crop: the tall,
stalky coca plant that yields
cocaine.
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