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HD DVD and Blu Ray Hits Costa
Rica
If you are of the age when VHS
was all the rage and celebrated
the introduction of the DVD
disc, you will certainly be left
speechless with the new
generation of media called HD
DVD and Bluray.
The mix of
speeding and
alcohol were the
result of the
accident between
a truck and
tractor trailer
that left 18
year old Sandra
Quesada dead and
two others
injured
yesterday
morning. The
accident
occurred 500
metres south of
the Naranjo tool
booth on the
Bernando Soto. [Foto:
Mauricio Arce] |
ICE
Says More GSM Lines To Be Available Soon
This week the Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) - the state monopoly on
telecommunications - released 40.000 GSM
cellular lines that were bought up as quicker
than the institution can make them available.
However, 30.000 who had clamoured for a
connection were left out in the cold.
Costa Rica Accuses Castro of Meddling
Costa Rica accused Cuba Thursday of meddling in
its internal affairs after Cuban leader Fidel
Castro criticized free trade agreements between
Latin American nations and the United States.
Frontier Obtains U.S. Approval For Flights to
Costa Rica
Reports are that Frontier Airline has received
approval to fly to Costa Rica from the U.S.
Department of Transportation.
Cheairs Designs Costa Rica Poster
A bright and rhythmic design by artist Nancy
Cheairs highlights the fine art poster for the
Memphis in May International Festival 2006
honoring Costa Rica.
Chinese Legislators Slam Costa Rica Over Voting
at WHO
A Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmaker
yesterday urged the government to demand an
apology from Costa Rica -- one of Taiwan's
allies -- for opposing the nation's bid for WHO
membership.
Ticas Recruited To Compete With Geishas
The geishas, Japan's traditional, female
Japanese entertainers, have long dominated the
prostitution market in the country have now
strong competition, Latinas. Yesterday, a mother
and her daughter were detained by Costa Rican
police as suspects in a white slavery ring.
Panama Health
Authorities Eye Products
One hundred products
without health
registration or with
labels in other
languages were detected
in the continued
operations of Panamanian
authorities Thursday,
after finding a toxin in
toothpaste.
Guatemala Fights for its US Emigres
Guatemalan authorities currently have little
possibility of regularizing the situation of
over 700,000 illegal people living in the US
under the threat of being deported.
Castro criticizes Latin
American FTAs with U.S
Cuban leader Fidel
Castro has criticized
the Free Trade
Agreements (FTAs) Latin
American countries have
signed with the United
States.
Transport Strike in Guatemala
Drivers and passenger service pilots paralyzed
transportation in the northern zone of Guatemala
City to protest the violence to which they are
subjected daily.
Ex
Colombia Paramilitary Tells All
The financing by transnational and Colombian
companies of the United Self-Defense Forces of
Colombia (AUC) is due to focus former
paramilitary chief Salvatore Mancuso s
statements at the Attorney s office in Medellin,
Colombia.
LATIN AMERICA:
For a Day Against
Homophobia
"We don't want more or
less rights than anyone
else; we want exactly
the same rights," says
Mexican transsexual
Sofía Valero, one of
millions of Latin
Americans who suffer
discrimination and are
at risk of gay bashings
and murder because of
their sexual
orientation.
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