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Arias Says Castro Like Pinochet
Costa Rica's president, Oscar
Arias, on Friday compared Cuba's
leader Fidel Castro to the late
Chilean dictator
Augusto Pinochet, an ideological
foe, saying each was "savage,
brutal and bloody" in his own
way.
The Avenida Central in
downtown San José, was
packed with people with
their last minute
Christmas shopping. The
same is expected today
and Sunday,as retailers
make last minute offers
to clear their stores of
merchandise. |
Plasma Made in Costa Rica
After five months of hard work
at the plant created by former
NASA astronaut Franklin Chang
near Liberia, plasma, the fourth
state of matter, was produced.
Colombian Guerilla Leader
Extradited
A Colombian rebel suspected of
involvement in dozens of murders
and running a drugs for arms
operation has been extradited to
Colombia from Costa Rica, a
court spokeswoman in Costa Rica
said on Friday.
5.000 Limón Residents Still
Without Water
The blaze at the chemical plant
in Moín, Limón, on December 12,
is still affecting some 5.000
areas residents who are and will
continue to be without drinking
water for the next month.
Happy
Hanukkah
The four thousand or more Jews
in Costa Rica tonight end the
celebration of Chanukah, the
most important Jewish holiday of
the year.
10 Million
Illegal Euros
The Spanish magazine Interviu
disclosed that 10 million euros
–which supposedly belong to Juan
Roca, a businessman from
Marbella, Spain, whose
activities are not too clear -
entered Costa Rica disguised in
boxes containing tin cans of
olive oil, which were unloaded
at the Caribbean Port of Limon.
Nicaragua Celebrates Fidel
Birthday
Solidarity with Cuba became
music during the celebration in
Nicaragua of Fidel Castro s 80th
birthday, with the participation
of singer and songwriter Carlos
Mejias Godoy and other renowned
local artists.
Cuban Independence Breeds
Democracy
Authentic Cuban democracy is a
result of this country's
independence, Ricardo Alarcon,
president of the National
People's Power Assembly, said on
Friday.
Bolivia, Mining+Oil+Gas
Development
The Bolivian government expects
that mining will become an
important factor for national
development, as a complement to
the hydrocarbon sector, judging
by top official declarations
released Friday in La Paz.
Colombia
Okays New FARC Talks
The Colombian government
authorized France, Spain and
Switzerland to hold new talks
with FARC (Colombian
Revolutionary Armed Forces) to
achieve a humanitarian agreement
for exchange of prisoners.
VENEZUELA:
Poverty
Stats Also Politicised
The
debate on poverty statistics in
Venezuela has not escaped the
political polarisation that
continues to reign in this
country. While supporters of
President Hugo Chávez say the
figures on education, health and
poverty clearly show that
progress has been made in recent
years, the opposition argues
that the government's statistics
are not reliable.
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