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Free Trade Deal In The Home
Stretch
The Comisión de Asuntos
Internacionales of the Asamblea
Legislativa has begun the final
stretch in the discussions over
the Tratado de Libre Comercio
(TLC) - free trade agreement
with the United States (CAFTA).
Costa Rican boy
participates in the
Desfile de Boyeros
- the annual
traditional ox-cart
parade - in San José
over the weekend. |
Traffic Accident Kills Entire
Family
With the death of three family
members in a traffic accidents
on the Bernardo Soto highway
near San Ramón, November has
been the worst month for traffic
fatalities, according to the
Polícia de Tránsito.
Red Cross With No Money For
Gasoline
The daily newspaper La Nación
reports that the Cruz Roja (Red
Cross) is in the red and some
detachments, like the Cruz Roja
de Barranca de Puntarenas,
doesn't have money to buy
gasoline.
National Surf Champion Isaac
Vega Finishes First in Pinilla
Classic
At the end of the first day of
the second date of the Circuito
Nacional de Surf (CNS) in Playa
Avellanas, Costa Rica’s 2005-06
National Surf Champion Isaac
Vega moved into the
Quarterfinals of the Pinilla
Classic.
Labour Recommends
Shorter Year End
Vacation
Public sector should
have a shorter
holiday season and
back to work as
possible is the
recommendation by
the Ministerio de
Trabajo to the
Presidencia
(president's
office), giving
public employees
only 11 days holiday
vacation
time.
Megaships May
Displace Boats in
Lake Nicaragua
If planners in
Nicaragua's capital
get their way in the
next month, the
southern portion of
Ometepe Island in
Lake Nicaragua could
be transformed from
a placid tourist
spot to a global
transportation route
plied by ships
spanning the length
of five soccer
fields.
Colombia hits drug plantation
eradication target
Colombia has attained its 2006
target of eliminating 40,000
hectares of drug plantations,
Luis Alfonso Hoyos, director of
the Presidential Agency for
Social Action said on Sunday.
Argentina seeks Gorbachev's help
over dispute with Uruguay
Argentina is considering asking
for former Soviet leader Mikhail
Gorbachev's help to resolve its
dispute with Uruguay over the
planned construction of two
paper mills on the Uruguay
River, local media reported on
Sunday.
Venezuelan president says Castro
recovering, mentally sharp
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
said on Saturday that Cuban
leader Fidel Castro is
recovering and mentally sharp.
Left-winger Correa wins Ecuador
presidency
Leftist candidate Rafael Correa
claimed victory in Sunday's
presidential runoff in Ecuador
after three exit polls and a
quick count of votes showed he
was enjoying a comfortable
majority in the race.
RIGHTS-EL SALVADOR:
Home, Deadly Home
The man attacked his
wife, as he had done
many times in the
past, but this time
he went further than
ever before: he beat
her almost to death,
then killed their
son, and finally
committed suicide.
No matter how
tragic, it was just
another everyday
case of domestic
violence, which
claims the lives of
nearly 300
Salvadoran women
every year.
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