Tránsito To Increase Holiday "Operativos"
The Policía de Tránsito (traffic
police) says it will be tough on
drivers during this holiday
season, promising more controls
on the nation's highways, with
more spot checks and more
tickets to offending drivers.
The lights shined on the
Museo de los Niños
(children's museum), as
the traditional lighting
of the face of the
museum took place last
night at 6:30pm.
Thousands braved the
strong winds and light
drizzle to take part in
the annual event, that
included a fireworks
show that lasted 30
minutes. |
President
Arias In Washington, Will Meet
With President Bush Tomorrow
Tomorrow, 6 December, Costa
Rican president, Oscar Arias,
and U.S. president, George W.
Bush, will meet face to face in
a scheduled meeting at the White
House in Washington. The meeting
for the two leaders to meet was
announced some time ago.
Internet Slow? Don't Blame Your
Computer
Internet customers have been
tweaking and tuning their
computer as they experienced a
sloowww internet connection, not
wanting to believe that it is
the state monopolies known as
the ICE and RACSA that are at fault.
Riteve Required To Pay Marchamo,
No Exceptions MOPT Minister Says
Although members of the
Movimiento Libertario (ML) push
hard for the cancellation of the
requirement of the annual
vehicular inspection known as
Riteve to pay the 2007 Marchamo
- vehicle circulation permit -
the Ministerio de Obras Públicas
y Transportes (MOPT) says it
will not take a step backwards.
Court Rejects Canadian Miner
Concession Appeal
Costa Rica's Supreme Court has
rejected an appeal by Canadian
miner Vannessa Ventures Ltd.
against the cancellation of its
gold mining concession, a court
official said on Monday.
Gates advocated
Nicaragua airstrikes
In 1984, Robert
Gates, then the No.
2 CIA official,
advocated U.S.
airstrikes against
Nicaragua's
pro-Cuban government
to reverse what he
described as an
ineffective U.S.
strategy to deal
with communist
advances in Central
America, previously
classified documents
say.
Salvadorans Want Troops Home
from Iraq
In the only Latin American
country with troops in Iraq, El
Salvador s FMLN party (Farabundo
Marti National Liberation Front)
rejected on Monday Salvadorian
President Antonio Saca s
declarations of sending more
troops there, and instead
demanded urgent return of those
still stationed in that country.
Raul Castro: Cuba willing to
strengthen military co-op with
China
Cuba is willing to strengthen
military and other cooperation
with China, the First
Vice-President of the Council of
the State of Cuba and Defense
Minister Raul Castro said here
on Monday while meeting with a
visiting Chinese military
delegation.
Former Paraguayan president
sentenced to 8 years for
corruption
Paraguayan courts on Monday
found former president Luis
Gonzalez Macchi guilty of
corruption, sentencing him to
eight years in prison and a
500,000-U.S.-dollar fine, the
second ruling against him this
year, reports reaching here
said.
Chilean court releases Pinochet
on bail
The fifth appeals court in the
Chilean capital on Monday
granted bail for former leader
Augusto Pinochet Urugarte in the
so-called Caravan of Death case
for the murder of opposition
figures in the 1970s.
VENEZUELA:
Reelected Chávez
Announces 'New Era'
Immediately after
his landslide
victory Sunday,
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chávez
announced the start
of a new socialist
era for the country.
