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Referendum One Step
Closer
At 9:28pm and with the vote of
Libertarian, Mario Núñez, the
required 29th vote was obtained
for approval of sending the
request by Costa Rican
president, Oscar Arias, for the
Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE)
to hold a referendum on the
Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC)
- free trade agreement with the
United States. Central America
and the Dominican Republic.
Incredible, but
true! A pig with
two snouts and
three eyes was
born in El Roble
de Laurel de
Corredores, to
Virginia Vargas
and her husband,
discovering the
strange form,
when they had
help out in the
delivery. [Foto:Roberto
Fernández] |
No Hike in
Electricity, Regulator Turns
Down ICE Request
The Autoridad Reguladora de los
Servicios Públicos (Aresep) -
regulator of public prices and
services - said no to an
increase in the price of
electricity, turning down a
request by the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) made last December for a
23% increase.
Heavy Blow
To Cocaine Ring
The
Ministerio de Seguridad Pública
(Costa Rican Ministry of Public
Security) reports that it seized
about three tons of cocaine in
Escazú and San Joaquin de Flores
in Heredia.
Monkey Population Decreasing
Four monkey species have
drastically decreased during the
last five years in Costa Rica
due to deforestation,
agrochemical use, global warming
and their capture to use them as
pets, denounced Costa Rican
academicians Monday.
Gas Hike Approved
Get ready to dig into your
wallet more this weekend as the
price of a litre of gasoline
will jump ¢40 colones.
SOCCER:
Costa
Ricans Arrive Today for Under-17
Tourney
Costa Rica's 29-member
delegation is scheduled to
arrive in Jamaica today for the
CONCACAF Group B Under-17 Youth
World Cup qualification
tournament to be staged at the
National Stadium from April 28
to May 6.
Panama Rethinks Torrijos in
Polls
More than 63 percent of
Panamanians support the
administration of President
Martin Torrijos, 2.6 points less
than in March, a poll revealed
Sunday.
Salvador Deputy for Operation
Miracle
The Operation Miracle, boosted
by Cuba and Venezuela to give
back sight to millions of Latin
Americans, is today a proof of
revolutionary humanism, deputy
Salvador Ceren asserted.
Argentine
environmentalists
protest paper mill
outside Finnish
embassy
Inhabitants of
Argentina's Entre
Rios province let
loose dozens of
chickens Monday in
front of Finland's
embassy in Buenos
Aires to protest a
paper mill being
built by Finnish
firm Botnia in
neighboring Uruguay.
Cuba May Day against Terrorism
Cuban workers are preparing for
a May 1st day of marches against
terrorism and in rejection of
the US decision to free the
international terrorist Luis
Posada Carriles.
Bolivia
Nationalizing
Telephone Biz
The Italian
telephone company
Telecom is
presenting a report
on irregularities
and audit details to
be evaluated by
members of the
Bolivian executive,
which is ready to
nationalize the
telecommunication
sector early on May
1.
COLOMBIA:
US Freezes Aid as
'Parapolitics'
Scandal Burns On
A package of U.S.
military aid for
Colombia that
received the green
light this month was
blocked again in the
U.S. Senate, while
Colombian President
Álvaro Uribe finds
himself in
increasingly deep
water as a result of
the scandal over
ties between pro-Uribe
politicians and the
paramilitaries.
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