Foreign
Minister Tovar Says There 99
Good Reasons Why Ticos Have
Access To The San Juan River
During his last press
conference, Ministro de
Relaciones Exteriores (Foreign
Minister), Roberto Tovar Faja,
spelled out 99 fundamental
reasons why Costa Rica has the
right to navigate the río San
Juan, the river that divides the
two country.
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Costa Rican striker Victor
Nunez, (right) fights for
control of the ball with an
unidentified player during a
practice game of Costa Rica's
national soccer team against the
under 21 team in Santa Ana,
Wednesday. Costa Rica will play
Germany in the opening game of
the 2006 Germany World Cup and
are under pressure to make a
good showing.
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Domestic Violence Bill Rejected
By Constitutional Court
It's been more than five years
and it has been before
legislators five times with the
last round that saw it pass
first reading and then didn't
make it to the Legislature floor
for second reading. This last
round saw the "domestic
violence" bill sent to the
Constitutional Court, which
yesterday declared the bill
"unconstitutional".
San José Vehicular Restrictions
And Commuter Train Will
Continue, Incoming Ministers Say
The new government of Oscar
Arias, which will be sworn in on
May 8, says that it will
continue with the vehicular
restrictions in San José for the
next two months at least, while
it studies the results. The
restrictions are scheduled to
end on May 8.
10.000
TDMA Cell Lines Will Be Made
Available Next Week
Cellular telephone users in
Costa Rica know well the
difference between a TDMA and
GSM line. Well, not the
technical differences, but the
differences in coverage in
certain areas in the country.
Costa
Rica Players To Be Abstinent
During World Cup
Costa Rica's national soccer
team will live a chaste regime
during the soccer World Cup in
Germany, while the Brazilians
travel with their wives and
girlfriends, said the Costa Rica
Football Federation (Fedefutbol)
on Wednesday.
Nicaraguan Docs Starve for
Decent Salary
Three Nicaraguan doctors
ratified they would continue the
pro-salary hunger strike they
started Tuesday, although the
Executive has not signalled if
it will meet their complaints.
Panama
to Host Communications
Conference
Panama will host the first
Inter-Parliamentary Conference
on the Right to Communication,
Eradication of Poverty, and
Development, May 3 and 4.
Honduran Prez Bashes Economic
Model
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya
held the economic model
responsible for the poverty
gripping the nation today, and
said it only benefited small
groups of power.
Madrazo
Says Mexico Upside Down
Alliance for Mexico opposition
candidate Roberto Madrazo
asserted the country was upside
down because it lost direction
during the government of the
National Action Party (PAN).
Panama Canal Referendum in Five
Steps
The manager of the Panama Canal
Authority (ACP), Alberto Aleman
Zubieta, told journalists
Tuesday that the first of five
steps to achieve a national
referendum on planned widening
of the Canal has been presented.
MEXICO:
Network to
Track Down Pedophile Priests
Some 40
Catholic priests fleeing charges
of child abuse in the United
States are reportedly living in
Mexico. But they are being
tracked down by an international
organisation that will also
encourage abuse victims in this
country to step forward and seek
help and justice.
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