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"La
Fanatica" here!
Constitutional Court Says "NO"
To Gay Marriages
A majority of the justices of
the Sala Constitucional or Sala
IV as it is commonly known,
rejected the possibility of gay
marriages, saying that Article
14, section 6, of the Código de
Familia (Family Code) does not
violate Article 28 of the
Constitución Política (Political
Constitution) that allows equal
rights.
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U.S. Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales speaks
at a joint news
conference with Deborah
Platt Majoras, Federal
Trade Commission
Chairman (left) and
Costa Rica's Fiscal
General. Francisco
Dall'Anese (right),
on mass marketing fraud
at the Department of
Justice in Washington. [Foto:
Yuri Gripas/Reuters] |
Most Common "Tico" Names
The great devotion to the Virgen
de los Ángeles, the patron saint
of Costa Rica, is reflected by
many Costa Ricans when naming
their children. And as such,
María de los Ángeles is the most
common women's followed by María
Isabel.
Starwood
Plans Costa Rica Hotel
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has
reached an agreement with
Genesis, a Costa Rican-based
development firm, to build a new
St. Regis Resort and Residences
in Costa Rica.
Rainy Season In Full Swing!
The rainy season is in full
swing in Costa Rica and that
means rain for the next six
straight months. The rainy
season begins May usually ends
by Mid November, every year,
with no exceptions.
FIBA Americas - Costa Rica Into
Finals
Costa Rica defeated Belize 2-0
to qualify for the COCABA
Championship's finals and secure
a place in the upcoming
Centrobasket tournament.
Central America, WFP agree on
strategies to cope with
hurricanes
Representatives of the World
Food Program (WFP) and the
Central American nations agreed
Tuesday in El Salvador on joint
strategies to face the coming
hurricane season, reports
reaching here said.
Chile asks court to silence
former Peruvian president
Fujimori
Chilean President Michelle
Bachelet said on Tuesday that
her government had sent an
official request to the Supreme
Court asking it to silence
former Peruvian President
Alberto Fujimori to avoid
creating problems between Chile
and Peru.
Bolivia rebuts Bush's
accusations of undermining
democracy
The Bolivian government on
Tuesday rebutted U.S. President
George W. Bush's criticism that
Bolivia is eroding democracy,
according to reports from La
Paz, capital of Bolivia.
Chavez, Ahmadinejad offer mutual
support
Venezuela's President Hugo
Chavez and Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offered
their mutual support in a phone
conference on Monday night,
Venezuela's Communications
Ministry said in a statement on
Tuesday.
Venezuela
quits G3 trade bloc
Venezuela has officially
withdrawn from the G3 trade
group, a regional economic bloc
consisting of Venezuela,
Colombia and Mexico, the Foreign
Ministry said on Tuesday.
RIGHTS-CHILE:
Consuming
Female Generosity
Consumer
habits and time use are
particularly apt indicators of
society's gender inequities,
according to Chilean experts who
also criticised public and
private-enterprise policies for
undermining the status of women.
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