Ticos Live Better Today Than 16
Years Ago, Study Reveals
In the last sixteen years Costa
Ricans have been able to
increase their income and
purchasing power. Most Costa
Rican homes now include
appliances like microwave ovens,
televisions and washing
machines.
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The Poás Volcano National Park
is set to re-open today after a
week of being closed. However,
the park will not be open to the
public until tomorrow as park
officials today test their
evacuation plans. The volcano
become active last Friday after
being dormant for 12 years, and
continued to erupt until
Tuesday.Geologist Carlos
Murillo, (L) and ,Geologist
Rodolfo van der Laat, right,
carry equipment to monitor the
volcano for seismic activity.
The Poás ises 2,708 meters.
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CAFTA
Will Benefit U.S., Trejos Tells
UA
Costa Ricans like chicken legs,
while United States residents
tend to eat more chicken
breasts. The Central American
Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) or
Tratado Libre de Comercio (TLC)
as it is known locally, will
make it easier for both
countries to get the cuts of
chicken meat they want.
Surfing
Accident Paralyzes Student
Larry Busch was injured in Costa
Rica when he was tossed into the
surf and fell head-first into
shallow water behind a breaker,
a friend says.
Gasoline Goes Up Tomorrow
Be sure to fill the gasoline
tank today, because as of
midnight tonight, the price goes
up at the pumps.
Private
Security Chief Caught With Pants
Down With Minors
Six thousand colones (us$11.80)
is it all it would cost a forty
five year old head of a security
company to have sexual relations
with a minor. The young women
would also allow to be massaged
and photographed.
Nicaragua: Lowest Wages in
Central America
Nicaraguan workers are the worst
paid across Central America,
according to a report issued
Thursday in Managua by the
national human rights center.
Farmers, Indigenous Protest in
Guatemala
Thousands of farmers and
indigenous people marched to
Guatemala City Central Park on
Thursday to demand their right
to the land and a cessation of
mining concessions.
Colombia, Cuba Boost Relations
Colombian Foreign Minister
Carolina Barco, who is scheduled
to arrive in Havana Friday,
praised bilateral relations with
Cuba, saying there are strong
links and good understanding
between the two countries.
Mexican,
US, Canadian leaders meet in
Mexico
Mexican President Vicente Fox
welcomed U.S. President George
W. Bush and Canada's Prime
Minister Stephen Harper in
Chichen Itza, a Maya
archeological site in eastern
Mexico on Thursday.
COLOMBIA:
Displaced
Families Return, to Create
‘Peace Community'
With a
mixture of fear, joy and sorrow
and a deep desire to once again
work the land, 17 rural families
displaced by paramilitary
violence in civil war-torn
Colombia have returned to the
lion's den to create a new
"peace community".
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