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WORLD CUP SOCCER:
11
days to go!
"See La Fanatica" here!
Supreme Court Reprimands OIJ For
Indiscriminate Road Blocks
The Sala III de la Corte Suprema
reprimanded the Organismo de
Investigación Judicial (OIJ) for
setting up raids without a
specific objective with the
intent of "seeing what they can
catch".
Thousands of Colombians
gathered at the Museo de
los Niños in San José to
vote in the Colombian
presidential elections
and watch the results that saw Alvardo Uribe
re-elected to a second
term.
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Colombia President Alvaro Uribe
Re-elected in a Landslide
Law-and-order President Alvaro
Uribe was re-elected in a
landslide Sunday in Colombia's
most peaceful elections in more
than a decade.
Nicaragua Complains About Border
'Militarization' by Costa Rica
Nicaragua on Saturday objected
to supposed plans by neighboring
Costa Rica to "militarize" the
border between the two nations.
Costa Rica abolished its army in
1948.
Buses To Have Handicapped Ramps
Beginning Today
Beginning today all buses used
for public transport, that
includes school buses and buses
used for tourism, must be
outfitted for the handicapped,
according to Ley 7600 de
Igualdad de Oportunidades.
WORLD CUP SOCCER:
Ukraine Trashes Costa Rica
With only 11 days to go before
the opening game of the 2006
World Cup, the Costa Rican
national team was thrashed 4-0
by the Ukraine by fellow World
Cup qualifiers in a friendly on
Sunday.
Be Wary of
Fake Colones and U.S. Bills
Colombian "masters" in
falsifying currency have control
of the business in Costa Rica,
according to experts of the
Ministerio de Seguridad, and are
responsible for producing almost
undetectable fake Colones and
U.S. bills.
Guerrillas attack bus on
Colombian election day
A group of guerrillas attacked
and burned a bus in the eastern
province of Arauca early on
Sunday, the day when nearly 26.7
million Colombians are expected
to vote for their new president,
the local Caracol radio
reported.
Chilean court adds more charges
to Pinochet's cases
Santiago's Sixth Appeals Court
on Friday added five more
charges to the former dictator
Augusto Pinochet's charge sheet.
Garcia takes lead in opinion
polls ahead of Peru's
presidential runoff
Peru's former president Alan
Garcia took the lead in the
latest opinion polls, with nine
days to go to the June 4
presidential election runoff
against the nationalist
candidate Ollanta Humala, local
media said on Friday.
Mexican president arrives in Los
Angeles
Mexican President Vicente Fox
arrived here Friday afternoon in
advance of a planned visit with
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa to discuss tourism
and trade-- but not immigration.
OECD calls
on Central America to build
common strategy
The Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development
(OECD) has urged Central America
to develop a common strategy to
boost economic integration.
MIGRATION-US:
Reform
Draws Applause and Criticism
from Mexico
Mexican
President Vicente Fox may be
premature in celebrating U.S.
Senate approval of legislative
reform that would grant legal
status to around seven million
immigrants, warn activists and
academics critical of the bill's
scope.
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