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The national rotating electrical
power cuts resume today.
Click here for a schedule of
times of the power cuts in your
area.
Men Mostly Involved in Traffic
Accident Deaths, Study Reveals
For every female driver dying in
a traffic accident 13 male
drivers die, show the results of
the first statistical study by
the Consejo de Seguridad Vial (Cosevi).
From left to
right, Miss
Honduras, Wendy
Patricia Salgado
Corea, Miss
Brazil, Natalia
Guimaraes, Miss
Nicaragua,
Xiomara Blandino
Artola and
Miss Costa Rica,
Veronica Maria
Gonzalez Quezada
pose for
photographers
during a media
event at the
host hotel in
Mexico City
Wednesday. On
May 28th, Mexico
will host the
Miss Universe
2007 pageant |
Costa Rica Fears Chávez'
Interference
The Costa Rican government
launched Tuesday night an
official campaign to endorse by
means of referendum the Tratado
de Libre Comercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement with the United
States, Central America and the
Dominican Republic (CAFTA) and
warned against the potential
meddling of Venezuelan President
Hugo Chávez.
Villalobos Brother Faces
52 Years in Prison
Yesterday afternoon the
public trial against
Osvaldo Villalobos
Camacho, one half of the
"Brothers" high interest
operation, ended and is
now in the hands of the
three judges.
Power Cuts To Continue
Into Next Week, ICE Says
The Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) says
that the rotating
electrical power cuts
will continue into next
weeek, though it has yet
to notify if it will
keep to the same
schedule of this week or
if it will reduce the
cuts and the hours.
TalentFusion Expands Latin
American Recruitment Services
Centre
TalentFusion, a leading
Recruitment Process
Outsourcer (RPO), is
expanding their
recruitment call centre
operation in Liberia.
New Insect Species Discovered
Costa Rican and Spanish
scientists have discovered a new
insect species in the Alberto
Manuel Brenes Biological Reserve
in central Costa Rica, academics
said Wednesday.
President Ortega Below 30% in
Nicaragua
Less than one third of people in
Nicaragua have a positive view
of their president’s
performance, according to a poll
by M&R. 27 per cent of
respondents rate Daniel Ortega’s
tenure as good or very good.ucted from Apr. 11 to Apr.
14, 2007. Margin of error is 2.5
per cent.
Guatemala Calls General
Elections
Guatemala s Electoral Supreme
Court (TSE) on Wednesday will
call the general elections for
September, when the president,
vice president, deputies, and
municipal governments will be
elected.
Salvadorian Distributors Decry
Foreign Oil Co
Salvadorian Oil Product
Distributor Association
President Julio Villagran
denounced on Wednesday the
oil-national-market control by
transnationals.
Venezuela dismisses Washington
criticism on IMF, World Bank
issue
The Venezuelan government
Wednesday dismissed Washington's
criticism of its withdrawal from
the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) and the World Bank, saying
that the decision was based on
"economic and national
sovereignty."
Colombian
anti-guerrilla
militaries die in
helicopter crash
Officials reported
Wednesday that seven
anti-guerrilla
militaries died in
Colombia's southern
Caqueta department
when their
helicopter crashed
for undetermined
reasons during a
mission to seek
illicit farming.
Q&A:
Colombian Reporters
'Have Counted So
Many Dead That We
Lose Count'
"Freedom of the
press is merely
rhetorical," says
veteran Colombian
journalist Javier
Darío Restrepo. "The
only thing that
counts are free
reporters."
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