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Thousands Were Out to Protest
Thousands of public employees
will have their salary docked
for participating in yesterday's
peaceful protest on the Corte
Suprema de Justicia, in downtown
San José. An estimated 7.000
braved the cold and rainy
morning to have their voices
heard by the "ladrones"
(thieves) inside the court
building.
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An estimated seven
thousand public
employees braved the
cold and rain to protest
in front of the Corte
Suprema de Justicia, in
downtown San José,
yesterday calling the "ladrones"
- the magistrates - to
show their face
following a recent court
decision that eliminates
a number of collective
benefits.
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Arias calls on High Commissioner
Guterres
President Oscar Arias and UN
High Commissioner for Refugees
António Guterres met in Geneva
Wednesday and held talks on
refugee protection and regional
developments in Latin America.
INS Aims To Stop Car Thieves
If the Instituto Nacional de
Seguros (INS) has its way it
will end the party enjoyed by
car thieves that are using a
loophole in the system to
defraud the state monopoly on
insurance for millions of
colones each year. The INS is
looking for a solution to a
growing problem.
Banks See
Profits Up 36% in First Quarter
The Costa Rican banking
industry's first quarter profits
increased 36.1% to ˘32.5 billion
colones (US$63.7 million)
compared to the same period last
year, according to figures from
local financial sector regulator
Sugef.
WORLD CUP SOCCER:
Opening Game Tomorrow;
Government Offices and Banks
Closed Until 1pm
Millions of Costa Ricans at home
and abroad will join some 20
million Germans glued to their
television sets tomorrow for the
opening game of the 2006 World
Cup.
No Pact of Silence over Panama
Genocide
The US invasion of Panama on Dec
20, 1989, is a historic event
over which there will not be any
shroud of silence, Panama
Ambassador to Spain Humberto
Lopez Tirone said Tuesday.
Serious AIDS Concern in
Guatemala
Between 60,000 and 80,000 people
could be infected by HIV in
Guatemala, declared Victor Hugo
Lopez, coordinator of the “More
Rights and More Prevention”
campaign on Tuesday at the
launch of the drive.
Honduras on Green Alert from
Rains
Four Honduran departments have
remained under the green alert,
after the National Meteorology
Service confirmed rains will
continue until Thursday.
Guatemala to Penalize Tax
Evasion
The Guatemalan Congress has
finally passed a law to punish
tax evasion, which will result
in increased State income of 135
million dollars annually.
Literacy
Vital to Change in Bolivia
Education Minister Felix Patzi
affirmed Wednesday that the
literacy campaign to free
Bolivia from this scourge by
2009 is crucial for the current
process of changes to succeed.
MIGRATION-US:
The Myth
of Low-Wage Warfare
How
could it be that an influx of
less-educated workers from poor
countries would not
significantly harm low-income
U.S. workers?
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Costa
Rica vs.
Germany
