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Heavy Rain Causes Evacuation On the South Side
of San José
More than six "barrios" (neighbourhoods) of
Desamparados and Aserrí, south of San José, have
been greatly affected by the heavy rain of the
last couple of days and especially yesterday
afternoon, when torrential rains inundated the
area.
The Costa Rican
fishing boat "Argery
IV" was finally
brought to port
in Golfito after
being suspected
of drug
trafficking.
Police found 1
tonne of cocaine
and detained
four Puntarenas
fishermen. More
and more
fishermen
succumb to the
lucrative offers
by drug cartels.
[Foto: Roberto
Fernández] |
Venezuela Accused of TLC Meddling in Costa Rica
Cuba and Venezuela are alleged to be funding of
groups rejecting the Tratado de Libre Comercio
(TLC) - free trade agreement with the United
States - that is heating the political climate
in Costa Rica.
Costa Rican No. 1 in US
Passports Stolen
The data on the number
of passports stolen in
Costa Rica and around
the world is not readily
available to the public,
however, the
United States Embassy in
San José, though like
other US embassies
around the world, keep
trac
Costa Rica Reaffirms Support for Taiwan:
Official
Costa Rica's acting foreign minister, Edgar
Ugalde Alvarez, has spoken out in support of
Taiwan. That's after Costa Rica voted against a
pro-Taiwan proposal at the recent World Health
Assembly meeting.
Miss Universe 2007
Betting Odds Have Miss
Venezuela Big Favorite,
Miss Costa Rica 18-1
Miss Universe 2007
Betting odds are now
available. The show will
air live from Mexico
City Monday May 28 at 9
pm ET. So who are this
year's hotties?
Former President Figueres With A New Look
Former Costa Rican president, José María
Figueres Ferrer, appeared with a new look, a
look totally different that how he is known in
Costa Rica, at a global climate conference in
Spain.
Hacker Cause of Internet Problems Yesterday
Found your internet connection a little slow
yesterday morning? Count yourself lucky, because
some 50.000 were completely cut off for more
than 30 minutes when a "hacker" caused a Denial
of Service attack (DoS attack) with the
Radiográfica Costarricense (Racsa) system.
Spirit Airlines Announces New Nonstop Service to
Nicaragua
Spirit Airlines today announced nonstop service
from Fort Lauderdale to the Nicaraguan capital
of Managua. Service will be offered three times
per week starting August 2, 2007 and will then
increase to daily service starting November 15,
2007.
Panama, Brazil to
sign sport
cooperating
agreement
Panama and Brazil
will sign an
agreement to boost
sports collaboration
on Friday, as part
of a visit by
Panama's president
Martin Torrijos to
Brazil, the
country's National
Sports Agency said
on Wednesday.
Colombia to extradite two paramilitary chiefs to
US
The Colombian government on Wednesday agreed to
extradite two leaders of the disbanded
paramilitary group -- the United Self-Defense
Forces of Colombia (AUC) -- to the United
States.
Brazilians top list of most time spent online
Brazilian residential Internet users in April
spent the longest time surfing the web in the
world, breaking their own record registered in
March, said a survey released on Tuesday.
Argentine, Spanish ministers meet on UN reform
Argentina's Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto
Garcia Moritan and his visiting Spanish
counterpart Bernardino Leon Gross met Tuesday to
discuss reforming the UN.
GUATEMALA:
Ex-Dictator on Rocky
Road to Congress -
and Immunity
The race against the
clock to keep former
Guatemalan dictator
Efraín Ríos Montt
from returning to
parliament ends
Thursday. The
decision to accept
the registration of
his candidacy,
despite an
international arrest
warrant out for him,
has caused
indignation within
and outside the
country's borders.
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