Proposed Road Network Would Make
Travelling Across Costa Rica A
Breeze
An association of engineers
specializing in road
construction is proposing that
the government develop a road
network that would make it
easier to travel across the
county and without the need to
pass through San José.
Officials of the
Ministerio de Salud
(Health Ministry) in
Costa Rica are on alert
after the death of 17
people in Panama from a
strange disease. Costa
Rican health officials
are keeping close
contact with
Organización
Panamericana de la Salud
(OPS), who are expecting
help today from the
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
in Atlanta.
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Police Director Accused of
Making Death Threats
The director of the Fuerza
Pública (police), Osvalod
Alpizar, continues to be figured
in the case of death threats
received by former police
commander, Alexis Ugalde.
Democracy Closed
Costa Rica´s Legislative
Assembly rejected 24 motions
that would allow those opposed
to the Tratado Libre de
Comericio (TLC) - Free Trade Agreement with
the US - to express their opinions
on that topic, a source from
that body denounced on Thursday.
Investment Experts Point to
Costa Rica Real Estate
With the United States housing
market weakening, financial
gurus are advising their clients
to look at the tiny Central
American country of Costa Rica
to earn returns on real estate
investments.
Incredible: Thieves
Steal Only Tránsito Police
Vehicle in San Ramón
From the incredible but true
department, is the story of how
a thief or group of thieves
decided to divest the policía de
tránsito (traffic police) in San
Ramón (west of San José) of
their only police two vehicle.
The robbery occurred Thursday
monrning outside the home of the
tránsito official assigned to
the vehicle.
News
Follow Up: BoS Employees Yet To
Be Paid
On Wednesday news came that
Nine.com parent L&G is closing
its Costa Rican operation as it
will be merged with its sister
company, VIP management. The
closure is a result of the
recent arrested by United States
officials of gambling executives
in Costa Rica.
Panama Disease Kills 17
The death toll has reached 17,
caused by a strange disease in
Panama that keeps the health
authorities disconcerted and
population alarmed.
Guatemala Social Programs
Slashed
Guatemalan organizations
criticized the cuts in social
expenses for health, housing and
education in the next annual
budget, which is now in the
hands of the Congress of the
Republic for approval.
FSLN Confident over Alliances
The coordinator of the National
Liberation Sandinista Front (FSLN)
Edwin Castro dismissed here that
the electoral strategy of
arranging alliances with old
political enemies could have
negative results for his party.
Guatemalans Demand Ex President
Evidence
Guatemala´s Association for
Justice and Reconciliation made
public a recourse presented to
the Public Ministry to charge ex
dictator Efrain Rios Montt for
the crime of genocide.
Cubans Appreciate
Fidel Book
The historic
significance of the
second edition of
book "One Hundred
Hours with Fidel" by
Ignacio Ramonet,
revised, corrected
and improved by the
interviewer, was
appreciated by Cuban
academics.
ENVIRONMENT-COLOMBIA:
Controversy over
Forestry Law Simmers
On
The implementation
of Colombia's
General Forestry
Law, enacted by the
government in April,
has reopened the
debate on this
legislation as a
result of the
appearance on a
government Internet
site of a regulation
process drawn up by
an international
consultancy in the
industry.
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