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Thursday 28 August
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Gasoline Price Hike In
Effect Saturday
Get ready to loosen the
purse strings as a new
round of gasoline price
hikes takes effect on
Saturday.
Yet Another Challenge Of
The Vehicular
Restrictions of San José
The vehicular
restrictions of San José
if facing yet another
Constitutional court
challenge, this time by
Carolina Morales, a 29
year old lawyer, who
says that her liberty of
transit is being
hampered and wants the
Constitutional court to
restore her rights.
Prisoner Asks For
Lethal Injection
Five years into a
possible 46 year prison
sentence, Alonso Peña,
is asking that he be put
to death, while his
mother, Carmen Mesén, is
desperately trying to
convince her son of
otherwise.
Pavas Residents Want
Government To Make Good
On Taiwanese Donation of
Housing For The Poor
Residents of Rincón
Grande de Pavas a "recurso
de amparo" (a writ of
habeas corpus) against
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, over the
mishandling of funds
donated by the
government of Taiwan
that was supposed to
have been used to
benefit the residents of
the community.
Costa Rica's Pineapple
Boom Raises
Environmental Questions
The raucous honking of a
cistern truck carrying
potable water rouses
residents from their
homes here each morning,
clanging plastic bottles
and tin pots in hand.
Costa Rican Scenes
Inspire Artists' Work
Paintings showing Costa
Rican fisherman,
tropical scenery along
the beach, volcanoes and
the dwellings of Costa
Rica were recently
donated by a group of 10
Mississippi College
painters.
Panama Polarized on
Torrijos’s Tenure
PANAMA - (Angus Reid
Global Monitor) -
Panamanians are almost
evenly divided on their
assessment of their
president’s performance,
according to a poll by
Dichter & Neira released
by TVN Noticias and
Panamá América. 49.8 per
cent of respondents
think Martín Torrijos
has done a good or
excellent job as head of
state so far, while 45.3
per cent think his work
has been bad or very
bad.
Guatemala Congress Scam
Unsolved
GUATEMALA - An $11
million misappropriation
of Guatemalan
congressional funds has
not yet been cleared up,
although a key suspect
turned himself in and a
joint effort of several
government bodies is
underway.
Colombia To Send
Demining Experts To
Afghanistan
BOGOTA - Colombia's
government will send
experts to sweep mines
and combat illegal
harvests in Afghanistan,
Colombian Defense
Minister Juan Manuel
Santos said Wednesday.
Latin America Benefits
From Cooperation With
Asian Countries
SANTIAGO - The Economic
Commission for Latin
America and Caribbean (ECLA)
said on Wednesday that
Latin America benefited
in the past year from
the enhanced economic
cooperation with Asian
countries.
Brazilian Government
Proposes Minimum Wage Of
US$286 Dollars
BRASILIA, - Brazilian
government proposed
Wednesday to make a
12-percent readjustment
to the minimum wage from
the currently 415 reais
(256 U.S dollars) to
464.7 reais (286dollars)
in 2009.
COLOMBIA:
International Criminal
Court Scrutinizes
Paramilitary Crimes
The International
Criminal Court’s (ICC)
chief prosecutor ended a
three-day visit to
Colombia Wednesday,
where he has been
investigating who is
ultimately responsible
for the human rights
crimes committed in this
civil war-torn country.
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