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Friday 29
June 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
26
Injured In Confrontation
With Squatters
Twenty six people were
reported injured in a
confrontation between
private security
personnel and residents
evicted over a property
dispute in Herradura,
north of Playa Jacó
Monseñor Denied Visa To
Visit U.S.
Like a slap in the face
on the part by the U.S.
government, three Costa
Rican bishops and a
priest have been denied
a visa for travel to the
United States.
Internet Connection
Problems Continue As
Underwater Cable Repairs
Continue
Though there are reports
that the break in the
underwater internet
cable have been
repaired, problems with
internet connection are
expected to continue
today and possibly over
the weekend.
Beware of Puentes
en Mal Estado...
The "Puente en Mal
Estado" (bad bridge)
sign posted around the
country should be taken
seriously, as the old
problem of bridges in
bad state of repair,
many missing guardrails
due to theft and lack of
maintenance, continue to
rack up deaths.
Liberia Airport
Simulation Tests
Emergency Response
A number of visitors to
the Daniel Oduber
International airport,
in Liberia, got
concerned seeing a group
of people lying on the
tarmac and firefighters
and rescue personnel
attending what appeared
to be an aircraft in
distress.
Adscam Exec Pleads
Guilty
Former ad executive Jean
Lafleur, who spent time
in Costa Rica and
Belize, where he was
reported to be enjoying
expensive wines and
late-night parties in
resort towns running
from Canadian
authorities, turned
himself in to police.
Nicaraguan President to
Mexico
Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega begins
Wednesday an official
48-hour visit to Mexico
on invitation of
President Felipe
Calderon.
Honduras, Salvador Pro
Integration
Presidents Manuel
Zelaya(Honduras) and
Antonio Saca (El
Salvador) advocated on
Wednesday to speedup the
Central American
integration process.
Guatemalans Decidedly
Undecided
Only 74 days before the
elections in Guatemala,
40 percent of voters are
undecided among the main
presidential hopefuls, a
poll revealed on
Wednesday.
Colombia Blocks Panama
Smuggling
Colombian customs
authorities will
implement as of July 1
some restrictions for
the entrance of clothing
and shoes from Panama,
local press reported
Wednesday.
Cuban Medics Stay On in
Guatemala
The Cuban medical
brigade arrived in
Guatemala eight years
back to help the
communities battered by
Hurricane Mitch.
MERCOSUR sets Stage for
Presidential Summit
Nation members of the
Market of the South (MERCOSUR)
give the final touches
to a Presidential summit
with an agenda focused
on the challenges posed
by integration, to be
held in this capital.
SOUTH AMERICA:
AIDS Meds for All, But
at Higher Prices
In under a decade, programmes providing
universal free access to
antiretroviral medicines
have greatly decreased
AIDS mortality in
countries like Argentina
and Brazil, but this
progress is now
threatened by the rising
prices of new formulas
patented by the big
pharmaceutical
companies.
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