Sala IV Orders CCSS To Buy
Expensive Medications
The Sala Constitucional
(Constitutional Court) or Sala
IV as it often known as, has
been very busy these past few
weeks. From having to decide on
whether two young girls should
have the right not to be visited
by their grandparents, to the
Zapote annual fair, the Sala IV
touches the lives of every Costa
Rican.
Cleaning up the highway.
Work crews have been
busy this past week
sweeping the and pick up
trash along the side of
the General Cañas (main
road from San José to
the airport) as the
"high" tourist season
begins. |
Red Cross May Take Out "21" With
Court Action
Joining the fight by Junta de
Protección Social de San José
(JPS) to rid the streets of the
"21 de la suerte" lottery game
is the Cruz Roja Costarricense
(Red Cross), who this week is
expected to appeal to the
Constitutional Court to suspend
the game.
Skeptical and Apathetic
While Costa Ricans currently
enjoy the most opportunities
ever of partaking in public
decisions, they do not consider
themselves an integral part of
politics.
Social Investment Erodes
The per capita public social
investment dropped 6.3 percent
during the last three years, the
2006 State of the Nation Report
found.
Keep Brains at Home
President Oscar Arias pointed
out that Costa Rica must export
goods rather than brains, as is
the case elsewhere in Central
America.
Profitable
Environmental Protection
Fifty visitors from Colombia,
Switzerland, Denmark, and the
United States toured Rafael
Serrano’s small coffee farm,
where he showed the visitors how
protecting the environment
improved his plantation and that
accounts for more income.
Inter-American Development Bank
Forgives Most of Nicaragua's
Debt
The Inter-American Development
Bank will forgive between US$700
million and US$900 million
of the US$1.4 billion owed
by Nicaragua, drastically
reducing the country's debt
before former revolutionary
Daniel Ortega takes office.
Anti-Abortion Law Drive in
Nicaragua
A local feminist organization
convened a campaign in this
capital Saturday against a Penal
Code reform, outlawing
therapeutic abortion in
Nicaragua.
Guatemala Thanks Cuban Doctors
Labor
Guatemala's Deputy Public Health
Minister Julio Cesar Valdez
expressed admiration, respect
and gratitude for the work Cuban
physicians are doing in his
country.
Venezuela Engrossed in Electoral
Process
Electoral actions with a view to
the Dec 3 vote gain ground in
the Venezuelan society with a
wide variety of messages,
rallies and the campaign
closures by presidential
runners.
Peru to Sentence 13
Ex Ministers
The Supreme Court in
Peru readies to rule
on the case of 13 ex
ministers from the
Alberto Fujimori
cabinet involved in
the April 5, 1992
self-coup with
sentences ranging
between 12-18 years.
