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WORLD CUP SOCCER:
10
days to go!
"See La Fanatica" here!
Seguridad Minister Wants To Know
Where Are All the Guns
Ok, where are all the guns? That
is the question that the new
Ministro de Seguridad, Fernando
Berrocal, is asking and has made
a formal complaint to the Fiscal
General, Francisco D´Allanese.
Police in Guácimo set up
roadblocks to look for
the guns stolen from
their police station
during the night. The
inset shows one of
the high calibre guns
stolen from the
Delegación de la Fuerza
Pública en Guácimo
storeroom. [Foto: Diario
Extra]
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Government
Studying Railway Concessions
The new government of Oscar
Arias is studying the
possibility of revitalizing
train service, both passenger
and cargo, with the help of
private business.
ICE Offices To Be Closed 60
Hours Next Week
If you need to visit the offices
of the Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE) - you know
the state telecommunications
monopoly - next week, you better
plan ahead.
Former astronaut wants to bring
space industry to Central
America
Former NASA astronaut and
researcher Franklin Chang-Diaz
wants to bring the space
industry to his native Costa
Rica.
25%of Germans Not Interested in
World Cup
With only 10 days before the
inaugural World Cup match
between hosts Germany and Costa
Rica, some 25 percent of Germans
expressed their lack of interest
in watching the upcoming 64-game
football tournament, according
to an opinion poll released by
the Hamburg-based BAT research
institute.
FTA Worries Honduran Small
Businesses
With the implementation of the
US-sponsored FTA, Honduran
micro, small and mid-sized
business owners are deeply
concerned they will become
non-competitive and be pushed
out of the market for lack of
capital.
Mexican
Remittances Equal Oil Income
Money sent by Mexican emigrants
to their homeland reached 5.19
billion dollars, an amount
similar to that by Mexican oil
profits and more than direct
foreign investment or
international tourism.
Peru calls on OAS to rule on
Venezuela's interference in
election
Peruvian President Alejandro
Toledo asked the Organization of
American States (OAS) on Monday
to give a ruling on Venezuela's
interference in Peru's election,
local media reported.
Bolivian president thanks Chirac
for support for gas
nationalization
Bolivian President Evo Morales
thanked his French counterpart
Jacques Chirac on Monday for his
support for Bolivia's
nationalization of fossil fuel
resources, and invited him to
visit the opening of the
Constituent Assembly, reports
reaching here said.
Argentine president announces
military reforms
Argentine President Nestor
Kirchner on Monday announced
reforms to the national defense
system and to the country's
armed forces.
MEXICO:
Using Rock
to Get Out the Young Vote
"We
all complain. But how many of us
vote? If you don't vote: shut
up. Don't let anyone else decide
for you on July 2." With this
slogan, printed on billboards
and signs with the image of
famous actors, rock stars and
models, the Tu Rock Es Votar
campaign is trying to encourage
young people in Mexico to take
part in the coming presidential
elections.
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