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Saturday 04
August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
General Electric
Sees Investment Potential in Costa Rica
With the Approval of the TLC
Lloyd Trotter, vice president of General
Electric, made his first visit to Costa
Rica yesterday meeting with Costa Rican
president, Oscar Arias, and the ministro
de Ambiente, Roberto Dobles, and the
ministro de Comercio Exterior, Marco
Vinicio Ruiz.
Man Sues Caja For
Malpractice After Losing
Leg in Stomach Operation
A man is charging the
Caja Costarricense del
Seguro Social (CCSS) for
"mala praxis", says that
he went to hospital to
have a tumour removed
from his stomach and
left the medical centre
without a leg.
Case Against Burgos
Getting Stronger
Luis Fernando Burgos,
the former public
defender that is accused
of killing his wife, is
sinking deeper every day
as witness after witness
for the prosecution
testifies how Burgos
admitted to killing his
wife and in some cases
soliciting their help.
Taxi Driver Asked To Drive Dead
Man Home
From the unusual
department is the story
of how 82 year old Ángel
Marín Cascante who
suffered a heath attack
in the taxi that was
taking him to the
emergency room at the
Hospital San Rafael in
Alajuela.
Costa Rica's Decision
Huge Blow to Taiwan's
International Standing
According to WorldWatch
Asia ever since Taiwan
split from mainland
China in 1949, its
status as a
semi-independent state
has hinged on the
support and recognition
it has received from its
few allies.
Nicaragua Slams China's
"Yellow Imperialism"
Nicaraguan Vice
President Jaime Morales
Carazo has termed as
"odious" China's
requirement that
Nicaragua sever ties
with Taiwan first before
it can establish formal
diplomatic relations
with Beijing.
EIB Offers Panama 500
Million Euro Loan for
Canal Expansion
The European Investment
Bank (EIB) will offer
Panama 500 million euros
(us$650 million dollars)
to finance the expansion
of the Panama Canal, an
European Commission
official announced on
Friday.
El Salvador Murders Peak
in July
July was rated as the
deadliest month so far
this year in El
Salvador, with 335, an
average 11 daily murders
that National Police
Chief Rodrigo Avila says
is 100 more than last
year.
Guatemala Probes
Government Institutions
The National Civil
Police, the General
Migration Office and the
penitentiary system are
on the list to be
investigated by the
recently created
Commission against
Impunity in Guatemala.
Pesticide kills farmer,
poisons 154 in Colombia
One farmer was killed
and 154 others were
poisoned on Friday by
Endosulfan pesticide
used to protect coffee
and banana crops in the
central western Quindio
province of Colombia,
local health officials
said.
BOLIVIA:
Requiem for Land in the
Hands of the Few
Bolivian President Evo
Morales announced new
regulations and
financing for a land
reform law aimed at
expropriating idle or
ill-gotten land in the
hands of large estate
owners in eastern and
northeastern Bolivia and
redistributing it to
indigenous farmers.
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