Largest
Association Being Investigated
by Judicial Officials
The board of directors of the
largest association in the
country is being investigate by
the Fiscalía (prosecutor's
office) after a complaint by the
Unidad de Fraudes del Ministerio
Público, the victim being the
Caja Costarricense de Seguro
Social (CCSS).
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Putting the finishing touches to
the Estadio Nacional, the scene
of the presidential inauguration
next Monday, May 8. Oscar Arias
will officially take over the
office of the president at noon
in front of thousands of guests. |
Tico
Family Fear For Their Lives If
Deported From Canada
For the Lizano Sossa family,
perhaps the only way they can
remain in Canada is to claim
that their fear for their lives
in Costa Rica. For Gerald Lizano,
Fransselle Sossa and their three
children, Kimberly (15), Gerald
(14) and a two year old, the
claim of escaping the death
threats of a drug trafficker may
be their ticket to stay.
Job
Fair A Success; Young With the
Highest Unemployment Rate
Last Friday and Saturday, the
Instituto Nacional de
Aprendizaje (INA) was host to
the first job fair held in
Barrio Don Bosco, where 71
companies offered 2.000 jobs in
various sectors.
Mrs. Bush to Lead U.S.
Delegation to Inauguration
U.S. President George W. Bush
has designated his wife, Laura
Bush, to lead the U.S.
delegation to San José, Costa
Rica, to attend the inauguration
of President Oscar Arias Sanchez
on May 8, the White House said
in a statement on Tuesday.
CAFTA Conference to Showcase
South-of-Border Opportunities
The San Diego World Trade Center
will host "DR-CAFTA 2006," a
conference exploring the
implications of the 2005 Central
American Free Trade Agreement
that removed many trade,
investment and development
barriers between the United
States and the Dominican
Republic, Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Honduras and
Nicaragua.
Choose
Your Favourite
This Friday May 12 will begin
the "La fanática más sexy" (the
most sexy fan) contest, where 32
beautiful models will compete
for prizes.
Colombia arrests 16 drug-money
laundering suspects
Colombia's secret service said
on Tuesday that it had arrested
16 people charged with
laundering drug money totaling
at least 4 million U.S. dollars.
Venezuela pays Spanish
landowners to end land dispute
Venezuela Tuesday paid more than
3 million U.S. dollars to 12
Spanish farmers for resolving a
land dispute caused by President
Hugo Chavez's land
redistribution campaign.
Cuba,
Venezuela support Bolivia's gas
nationalization
Cuba and Venezuela voiced their
support on Tuesday for Bolivia's
decision to nationalize its
energy assets, reports reaching
here said.
Panama
Canal expansion to create many
jobs
The Panama Canal expansion
project could generate between
150,000 and 250,000 new jobs in
the two decades to come, the
Panama Canal Authority (ACP)
said on Tuesday.
Venezuelan
police seize 1.1 tons of
marijuana, 1.5 tons of cocaine
Venezuelan police seized 1.1
tons of marijuana and 1.5 tons
of cocaine in two separate
operations, local media reported
on Tuesday.
MIGRATION-US:
Amid
Solidarity, "Nativists" Grow
More Violent
Even as
millions of people demonstrated
across the U.S. Monday to call
for amnesty for the nation's 11
million undocumented workers,
other events have shed more heat
than light and turned into
boisterous anti-immigrant
gatherings where violence
against immigrants has become a
rallying cry.
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