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One Down, Two More To Lose
The
headlines in this mornings
Spanish language newspaper La
Nación reads "Caída Honrosa"
the Al Día "Respondones"
and the Diario Extra with "Buen
Fugeo".
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Great shot of Paulo
César Wanchope scoring
one of the two goals for
the Costa Rican national
team. Though the Tios
lost 4-2 yesterday,
there is still hope of
qualifying to the next
round of World Cup play. |
Costa Ricans Believe They Now
Have a Leader
Costa Ricas new president, Oscar
Arias, who took office on May
8th, has already shown his
ability to build consensus,
thereby improving the prospects
for good governability
conditions.
Public Employees Were Off the
Job For the Game
An estimated 34.000 of the
170.000 public sector employees
took the time off the job
yesterday to watch the opening
of the 2006 World Cup. The
government gave the employees
time off between 7:00am and
1:00pm.
Blaze Started in Appliance
Storeroom
The blaze that threatened
tragedy and devoured the top two
floors of a building in downtown
San José Thursday night started
in an appliance storeroom,
officials say. The
Styfani-Infilang building
located on Calle 4 and Avenida
Central, across from the Banco
Central de Costa Rica, became
the scene of the biggest fire
for this year when flames and
smoke poured from the building
around 5:30pm.
Gasoline
Prices Fueled Inflation
The hikes in the prices of fuels
and electricity accelerated
inflation in May.
17,000 Foreigners Rejected
During the first five months
this year, Costa Rican law
enforcement agencies prevented
17,071 aliens from illegally
entering the country.
Government
Vehicles On The Blink
Of the 5.000 vehicles registered
to the Poder Ejecutivo, one half
of them do not have the required
"revisión tecnica" - the annual
vehicular inspection - and there
is no doubt that many of them
are on the streets daily.
AIDS Authority Warns Central
America
Elizabeth Rodriguez, HIV/AIDS
coordinator for Central America,
alerted Friday of the dramatic
regional situation of the mortal
virus and outlined a series of
measures to fight it.
Mexican Elections: Dirty War
Zooms
The influence peddling scandal
affecting government
presidential candidate Felipe
Calderon forecasts a nastier war
within the election race.
Remittances for Guatemalans Rise
Money remittances to Guatemalan
families increased to 361
million dollars in May, an
unprecedented high for one month
and very fundamental since
one-third of the total
population lives from them.
Ecuador Trapped in Legal Void
Ecuador is suffering a judicial
vacuum as powerful corrupt
sectors, with conservative
support, manipulate the courts.
Uruguay Defends Cuban Physicians
Prominent Uruguayan writer Tomas
de Mattos expressed his
rejection Friday of what he
described as pressure by
Uruguayan doctors so that poor
patients cannot receive free
treatment in Cuba.
Venezuela,
Spain Form Aluminium Venture
Venezuelan Basic Industry and
Mining Ministry and Spanish
System Fuss will create a joint
venture for processing aluminium
by-products, the Bolivarian News
Agency announced Friday.
CUBA-US:
New
Squeeze on Family Remittances
An
increased tax on remittances
sent to Cuba in dollars will
bolster the flow of foreign
exchange into state coffers, but
will create further difficulties
for the hundreds of thousands of
families who are divided between
Cuba and the United States.
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