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New Law Will Send Men To Jail
For Insulting Women
With a vote of 45 in favour and
3 against, at 5:40pm Thursday, the
"Ley de penalización de
violencia contra las mujeres”
was approved in second reading.
Two reports by
the Ministerio
de Seguridad
Pública reveal
the incursion of
Nicaraguan navy
boats into Costa
Rican waters.
Earlier this
week a Costa
Rican fishing
boat was boarded
by Nicaraguan
authorities who
say the boat was
in their
territory, while
Costa Rican
officials say
otherwise.
The boat and its
crew were
released within
hours of their
detention. |
New Road To Caldera Stalled
Again
Another stone on the new road
Caldera has stalled the project
again. This time it is in the
form of a an administrative
problem that will impede the
start of construction next
scheduled for next month.
Costa Rica Protests Nicaragua
For Sovereignty Violation
The
Costa Rican government has sent
a "strong protest" to Nicaragua
for a "sovereignty violation" in
the detention of a ship and the
statements Nicaragua's President
Daniel Ortega has made about
border territories, the Costa
Rican Foreign Ministry announced
on Thursday.
Approval Of TLC
Possibly By Referendum
The Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE) guarantees that
it will hold a referendum if it
is asked to do so for the
approval of the Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - free trade
agreement with the United
States.
More
Gasoline Prices Hikes On The Way
Gasoline prices have been
spiralling upwards in the past
couple of months and there seems
to be no end in sight, as the
Refinadora Costarricense de
Petróleo (Recope) made another
request for an increase on the
heels of the latest price hikes
that went into effect yesterday.
Panama, EU Boost Links
A delegation from the European
Parliament visiting Panama will
hold talks with civil society
authorities and organizations
about trade, policy and
cooperation.
Guatemala Starts Police Purge
Guatemala's Ministry of Interior
began a purging of the National
Civil Police (PNC) on Thursday,
to try to resolve the security
crisis and violence prevailing
in the country.
Salvadoran Authorities Seek
Fugitives
The Salvadoran National Civil
Police (PNC) Division for
Fulfilling Judicial Orders (DCJ)
announced Thursday it planned by
the end of this year to capture
20,000 people, who have been
fugitive since 2003.
Castro lashes out at Bush as
terror representative
Cuban leader Fidel Castro termed
U.S. President George W. Bush as
"terror's real representative"
after a Cuban exile wanted for a
Cuban airliner bombing was ruled
to be freed on bail by a U.S.
judge, Cuban press reported on
Wednesday.
Chavez
Ratifies Subversive Plans
against Venezuela
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
ratified on Thursday that
right-wing sectors and "the US
empire" are planning subversive
actions against his country.
COLOMBIA:
Embezzling
Health Funds as Children Starve
The
arrest and investigation of
officials accused of stealing
public health funds in an
impoverished Colombian region
where a dozen children have died
of malnutrition show to what
extent corruption is an obstacle
for the country's prospects of
meeting poverty reduction
targets.
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