High Phase Of AH1N1 Pandemic
In Costa Rica Not Over Yet
Costa Rican Salud (Health) officials had
expected that the number of AH1N1 cases
would have began to drop on Friday after for
weeks of increasing infections and deaths.
But, such is not the case.
Banks To
Reimburse Victims of Internet Fraud
The Sala Primera de la Corte Suprema de
Justicia has come to the rescue of all those
bank customers who saw they bank accounts
ransacked by electronic fraud artists.
Fiscalía Asks
24 Years Prison For Former President
Calderón
The Ministerio Público, in its
closing arguments, petitioned the
judges of the Tribunal de Juicio de
Goicoechea find former president
(1990-1994) and 2010 presidential
candidate, Rafael Ángel Calderón,
guilty and to send him to prison for
24 years for his role in the fraud
and embezzlement Caja-Fischel case.
Ministerio de Salud continues its to keep its guard up against the AH1N1 virus as cases and deaths continue to rise. To date there have been 22 confirmed deaths related to the virus.
Shorty's Guide to the new Ley de Tránsito
Coming your way tomorrow (Sunday exclusively) on Inside Costa Rica. Know the rules. Be prepared.
Honduras' Interim Government Lifts Curfew
Tegucigalpa - The interim
government on Friday lifted a curfew imposed
in most of Honduras after a coup that ousted
President Manuel Zelaya.
Honduran Putschists Cut Demonstrator
Wages
Tegucigalpa - The de facto
regime in Honduras has tighten repressive
measures by announcing salary deductions for
workers taking part in marches against the
coup.
Zelaya Warns of Violence
Managua - Democratically elected President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, denounced on Friday the de facto regime's repression against his people and warned of the possibility of widespread violence if the coup continues.
Cuba Communists Agree to Postpone Party
Congress
Havana - The 7th
Cuban Communist Party (PCC) Central
Committee Plenary Session agreed to postpone
its 6th Congress until the current situation
and the nation's prospects are analyzed
comprehensively, with the party members and
all the people.
COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA:
Conflict Heating Up
- Again
The latest row
between Colombia and
Venezuela continues
to escalate,
prompting Brazil to
decide to intervene,
in order to head off
further incidents or
statements that
could lead to a
rupture of ties
between its two
neighbours.
Rocking Time
Often when planning a trip,
you can do a little too much
of well – planning. Ruining
your vacation like pulp
ruins a glass of OJ. Its not
juice. Researching where to
stay and what beaches to
visit, you strip your
travels of any spontaneity
and uncertainty.
Could Costa Rica
Overthrow Its President? The
Honduran legislature
decided last week
decided that that the
president as unfit to
govern and Sunday
morning a group of
soldiers took Manuel
Zelaya by force and put
on a plane headed for
Costa Rica, in a coup
d'etat since the Cold
War. Zelaya said he was
kidnapped by Honduran
military officers, who
dragged him from his
residence.
