Canadian Immigration Use
Children As "Fish Hooks" To
Detain Illegal Ticos
This morning's headline in Costa
Rica's daily Spanish language
newspapers tells of the story of
how the Canadian Immigration
service is using a couple's
children as hooks in an unusual
move designed to net an illegal
immigrant couple, immigration
officials in Toronto went to a
school and threatened to take
away two young sisters if their
parents didn't turn themselves
in.
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Undated picture released by the
hotel shows the Hotel Holiday
Inn in Heidelberg-Walldorf,
southern Germany. The national
soccer team of Costa Rica will
stay in the hotel during the
2006 Soccer World Cup in
Germany. The 2006 soccer World
Cup in Germany is due to run
from June 9 to July 9, 2006. [AP
Photo/Holiday Inn] |
May 1 -
A Day of Protests
The Legislative Assembly will be
in full dress for May 1, one of
the many Costa Rican traditions,
that will see President Abel
Pacheco give his final speech as
president and see move in the 57
new deputies that will make the
legislative sessions for the
next four years.
Costa
Rica Celebrated in Memphis
Residents of Tennessee don't
have to go far get a taste of
Costa Rica this year, as the
"Memphis in May" celebrations
honour Costa Rica this year.
Costa
Rica Finally Has A "First Lady"!
Since president-elect, Oscar
Arias Sanchez, is a bachelor and
there is no wife to take on the
role of first lady, tthe
president-elect appointed two
women.
TicaBus
Accident Leaves Two Dead
An accident Saturday involving a
TicaBus in Chinandega,
Nicaragua, has left two dead,
more than a dozen injured and
the driver of the bus, Costa
Rican Gilberto Azofeifa Flores,
in a Nicaraguan jail.
Transit
Officials Forced To Patrol On
Foot
A report in the Spanish daily
newspaper La Nación says that
the Policía de Tránsito patrol
the nation's highways on foot,
since six out of every ten
patrol cars are in the shop with
some problem or other.
Mexico, Hard Workers Situation
Denounced
Mexican working class currently
lives a crucial moment to define
its future and build the 21st
century's agenda, the Center of
Reflection and Work Action
considered on Sunday.
l collective hiring, work
justice and the right to social
security.
ALBA
Has Three Nations
The Bolivarian Alternative for
the Americas (ALBA), a project
for the integration of Latin
American and Caribbean peoples
promoted by Cuba and Venezuela,
has today the active
participation of a third
country: Bolivia.
Silvio
Delights Dominican Audience
Just a few singers in the world
may share with a more than a
thousand-voices chorus, knowing
by heart all his songs, a
privilege the Cuban song-writer
Silvio Rodriguez enjoyed
Saturday in the Dominican
Republic' National Theater.
Cuban
Province Attracts Tourists
Cuban eastern Granma province
offers a particular choice for
travelers from all over the
world, giving the chance of
interacting with its well
preserved nature and local
history.
Mexico to
step up protection for migrants
to US
The Mexican Red Cross (CRM) and
the National Migration Agency (INM)
will boost their help for
Mexicans on their journey to the
United States, Mexico's Interior
Ministry said in a statement on
Sunday.
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