Only 1 in 10 Use Pedestrian
Overpasses
The statistics are amazing. Only
1 out of 10 people use the
overhead passes, that contribute
to the blood spilled on the main
highways each day.
Canadian John Hall has
become a local celebrity
in the international
press as he speaks about
John Mark Karr, who
faces a Colorado warrant
for the 1996 murder of
6-year-old JonBenet
Ramsey, who lived with
his family while
teaching English for two
months in 2004 in San
José. His story was
first published here at
ICR. |
Costa Rica To Present Evidence
Over San Juan Dispute With
Nicaragua; Arias To Speak At UN;
and Peruvians Need Visa to Visit
Costa Rica
The Ministro de Relaciones
Exteriores, Bruno Stagno,
confirmed that the vice
chancellor, Édgar Ugalde Álvarez,
will be travelling today to the
International Court at the Hauge
to present evidence of its
dispute with Nicaragua.
Hello? Hello? Helllooo?
Heeelllooo???
Sounds familiar? subscribers to
the Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) GSM cellular
network are constantly finding
it more and more frustrating in
completing calls, calls with no
one there and simply "call
failed".
Poder Judicial Employees Abused
By Superiors
Within the halls of justice not
everyone believes that there is
justice, as a study reveals that
inside the Poder Judicial there
are some 1.400 employees who are
suffering resulting from
"psychological abuse" by their
superiors.
Gas Turbine Made Here
Agilis Group, a US firm of
aeronautical engineering, is
starting operations at Ultra
Park, La Aurora, in Heredia,
Costa Rica.
What's
One,Ttwo or Three Centimetres
More Worth?
Ticos Worried About The Size of
Their Penis. Accodirng to a
report in the daily Spanish
newspaper Al Día, ¢1 million to
¢1.5 million colones (us$2.000
to us$3.000). That is the
average cost of the enlargement
of the penis, an operation that
has become of increasing to
intest to many Costa Rican men.
Nicaragua Fracas over Drug
Pardons
The Nicaraguan National Police
Anti-Drug Office criticized the
Judicial Power on Thursday for
apparent corruption because of
successive pardons to notorious
drug-traffickers.
Nicaragua Nixes Spanish Electric
Corp
Nicaragua s Finance Ministry (Contraloria
General de la Republica)
Thursday annulled the contract
with the Spanish Consortium
Union Fenosa, blamed for the
severe energy crisis in the
country.
Kidnappings Worry Honduran
President
President Manuel Zelaya voiced
concern over the wave of
kidnappings Thursday, while the
opposition kept Honduran
security policy under fire
concerning 18 abductions this
year.
Frei Betto: Cuban
Sovereignty Essential
Brazilian friar Frei Betto,
emblematic figure of liberation
theology, said Thursday he will
defend Cuban sovereignty with
those who fight for socialism.
10 presidential
candidates to vie
for Venezuelan
presidency
Ten candidates,
including incumbent
President Hugo
Chavez, will compete
for the next
presidency of
Venezuela in the
presidential vote on
Dec. 3 this year,
the National
Election Council (CNE)
said in a statement.
ECUADOR:
The Manta Base - A
Key Component of
Plan Colombia?
Reports that
Colombian pilots are
operating out of a
U.S. military base
in Ecuador have
caused an uproar
among the country's
leftwing and
indigenous groups,
which are staunchly
opposed to their
country's
involvement in the
armed conflict in
neighbouring
Colombia.
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