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WORLD CUP SOCCER:
06
days to go!
"See La Fanatica" here!
Law Student Makes Constitutional
Appeal To Stop Arias' Support of
the Free Trade Agreement
If law student, Luis Roberto
Zamora Bolaños has his way and
the Sala Constitucional de la
Corte Suprema de Justicia (Constituional
Court) agrees with him,
president Oscar Arias Sánchez
will have to abstain from
supporting the Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - free trade
agreement with the United
States.
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Guaimi indians Aurelia
Garcia and her daughter
Analeida, 6, of Panama,
ask for money on the
streets of Alajuela,
Costa Rica. Garcia said
she has little hope for
her daughter's future,
because the government
doesn't help the
indigenous community.
Indigenous children in
Central America and
Mexico live in
precarious conditions
and the authorities
aren't doing enough to
change it, according to
Juan Jose Ortiz,
assessor for Latin
America and the
Caribbean on indigenous
issues for UNICEF.
[Foto: AP Photo/Kent
Gilbert]
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Education Problems Recognized
Lack of resources, family
problems and lack of interest in
school classes have caused 53
percent of 17-year-old Costa
Rican students to drop out,
Costa Rican Education Minister
Leonardo Garnier admitted
Friday.
Couple
Were Major Dealers in Crack
Who says crime doesn't pay. At
least for while it lasts. That
was the case of a married
couple, detained by police on
Thursday, for selling up to ¢1
million colones (us$2.000) of
crack daily in the areas of
Barrio Cuba and Hatillo Centre,
in San José.
Four Men Sent to Five Years Jail
For Stealing Three Cows
The Tribunal de Juicio de San
Carlos sentenced four men each
five years in prison for
stealing and butchering three
dairy cows. And, in addition to
the prison, the man will be
required to pay the cost of the
legal process.
Going to
World Cup? ICE Says To Take Your
Cellular Phone With You
The state monopoly on
telecommunications, the
Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE), wants to
make sure that Costa Ricans
going to the 2006 World Cup
games don't lose their calls, by
offering the "roaming costa rica"
service to its clients who
deposit at least us$50 before
leaving Costa Rica.
Court Hands Out 360 Years
Sentence For Killing Police
Officer
Killing a police officer in
Costa Rica has a high price, as
the Tribunal de Juicio de Limón
decided to give three men a
total of 360 years behind bars,
found guilty of the murder of a
police officer while being
pursued.
New Protests in Nicaragua
Workers, students and civil
society members will stage a
protest next week in this
capital, demanding a government
respond to social problems
affecting Nicaraguans.
Panama to Host Avian Flu Meeting
Representatives
of international bodies and 21
Central American ministers of
Agriculture, Health and
Environment will gather in
Panama City June 6-8 to discuss
regional preparations against
avian flu.
Central America Ministers Meet
on Energy
Chancellors and Energy Ministers
from SICA (Central American
Integration System) and the
MesoAmerican Energy Initiative
began meeting Friday in the El
Cacique resort in the Dominican
Republic.
Humala for Latin America Power
Bloc
Sure of winning elections on
Sunday, Union por el Peru (UPP)
presidential hopeful, Ollanta
Humala, has pleaded for Latin
American integration.
Open
Letter on Cuba Sent to EU
Ministers
An open letter, signed by
European organizations, unions,
academics and legislators, is
being circulated in Europe to
denounce the European Union´s
“common” position against Cuba
to be reviewed this month.
RIGHTS-COLOMBIA:
Some Hits,
Some Misses on Int'l Report
Cards
The
Colombian government was able to
soften an International Labour
Organisation (ILO) sanction
proposed to address the
country's continued situation of
impunity regarding the murder of
dozens of trade unionists and
workers, but it bore the full
brunt of another multilateral
body's harsh criticism of the
toll that the country's armed
conflict is taking on children.
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