Vice President Embarrassed
Costa Rica's second
vice-president and minister for
planning, Kevin Casa, says he is
consternated about his older
brother's ties to drug
trafficker George Nayor and that
is the reason he decided to go
public to explain his position
before the news media hounded
him.
Children dressed as
Native Americans in an
elementary school in
Costa Rica, celebrate
the date marking the
discovery of America by
Christopher Columbus.
This day is celebrated
as the 'Hispanic day',
the 'Columbus Day', or
Indigenous People's Day'
depending on the
recognition of Columbus
and colonization as a
positive or negative
event in history. In
Costa Rica it is
celebrated as the "Dia
de las Culturas". |
Boy With Down Syndrome Wins
Constitutional Court Appeal
The parents of Emanuel Chacón
has to live the degrading
disrespect for Ley 7600,
approved in 1996, that
guarantees a person with
disabilities their rights.
Diebold Brings Functionality to
ATMs
Banking customers in Costa Rica
will soon be able to access
home-banking site functionality
at the automated teller machine
(ATM).
Cellular
Lines Almost Sold Out
Decided to give in to the new
world of the cellular phone?
Well, don't wait too much
longer, because the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) - the state monopoly on
telecommunications - announced
that it has only 15.000 cellular
lines left.
Online Casinos Moving to
Caribbean After U.S. Ban
A looming
U.S. ban on Internet gambling is
already scaring off
London-listed operators, but the
industry will continue to thrive
in the hands of private
operators in locations like
Costa Rica, Antigua and Curacao.
Italian Fugitive Deported
Not all fugitives deported from
Costa Rica are from the United
States.
US Bets on Nicaragua
Polarization
An article by Colonel Oliver
North, profusely published by
the Nicaraguan press, is today
another undoubted US attempt to
divide Nicaragua a few days
before the presidential and
legislative elections.
Thousands Die in Honduran
Disasters
Natural disasters have claimed
over 30,000 lives in Honduras in
the last 25 years, according to
reports published in this
capital Thursday.
Panama Deputy Decries Natives´
Exclusion
The Panamanian indigenous people
suffer serious social, economic,
and political inequalities,
which lead them to poverty and
cause numerous problems, Deputy
Patricio Montezuma asserted on
Thursday.
Guatemala, Day of Indigenous
Resistance
With marches, road blockades and
demands to end poverty,
exploitation and
marginalization, thousands of
Guatemalans commemorated the Day
of Dignity and Resistance of
Indigenous Peoples on Thursday.
Sugar Prices Clashes
Occur in Honduras
Honduras
governmental
authorities Thursday
cracked down on
representatives of
the sugar sector,
giving them an
ultimatum to
immediately lower
sugar prices.
EL SALVADOR-US:
Free Trade Deal a
Menace to Local
Producers
Seven months after
the Central American
free trade treaty
with the United
States came into
effect, small-scale
producers and
economists in El
Salvador say that it
only benefits a few
sectors of society,
to the detriment of
most national
production and
thousands of jobs.
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