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Colombian singer Juanes answers
questions at a press conference
upon his arrival in San José,
Friday. Juanes is in in Costa
Rica to put on his "MI
SANGRE'"concert as part of his
Latin America Tour.
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Hospital Fire Suspect in
Custody
The Organismo de Investigación
Judicial (OIJ) finally have a
suspect in their hands,
arresting 24 year old, Juan
Carlos Ledesma Sánchez,
responsable for the fire that
took 21 lives at the Calderón
Guardia hospital on July 12 this
year.
Job Fair Next Weekend For
2.000 Bilingual Jobs
Habla usted inglés? is a
promotional program by the
Coalición de Iniciativas de
Desarrollo (Cinde) that is
looking for 2.000 Costa Ricans
who speak English to fill jobs
by service sector companies at
the "Feria Bilingüe de Empleo"
to be held on November 4 to 6 at
the Centro Nacional de Cultura (Cenal).
Armoured Car Abandoned
By Gang Following Heist
A band of thieves yesterday were
successful in heisting an
armoured car operated by
Wackenhut with an estimated ¢100
million colones (us$205.000)
inside, but was later abandoned
in a coffee plantation in Barrio
Santa Teresita, in Aserrí, when
the thieves couldn't open the
doors to the loot and became
nervous, pressured by the
overflights of a helicopter.
20 "Compra y Ventas" Shut
Down by Police
Due to the rising number of
thefts in San José, in the
downtown area as well as the
suburbs, San José Municipal
authorities, along with members
of the Fuerza Pública (police),
the Organismo de Investigación
Judicial (OIJ) and the Policía
Fiscal, visited a number of "compra
y ventas" - buy and sell - shops
in the city.
Gasoline
Costs More Today
Did you fill you tank yesterday?
If not, the same gasoline you
could have bought yesterday will
cost you more today, as the
price of gasoline takes another
hike, bringing the price for a
litre of the combustible to a
record high.
 
Nicaragua Evacuates Thousands
at Approach of Tropical Storm
Beta
At least 8,000 residents along
the Prinzapolka River and in
Puerto Cabezas urban areas have
been evacuated ahead of Tropical
Storm Beta, expected to hit
Nicaraguan Atlantic areas by
Sunday.
Cuba Fights Exclusion with
Culture
Cuban President Fidel Castro
stressed that culture must be
expanded as an antidote to
economic and social
marginalization, a scourge that
pushes millions of people off
the map and in Cuba is
disappearing with a state
program called the Battle of
Ideas.
Brazil Says EU Must Open
Agro-Markets
Brazil has urged the European
Union to create an effective
opening in the agricultural
market, the driving force of the
crucial Doha Round of World
Trade Organization negotiations.
Chile
close to Purchasing Indian
Missiles
Chile, which has become a
leading weapons buyer, is close
to striking a deal with India in
order to purchase supersonic
missiles BrahMos.
COMMUNICATIONS-MEXICO:
Double
Standards in Treatment of
Hurricane Victims
Most signs of the damages caused
by Hurricane Wilma in Mexico's
Caribbean resort of Cancún will
have been wiped away before the
Christmas holidays. But for
those left homeless by Hurricane
Stan in the nearby impoverished
state of Chiapas, recovery is a
distant goal.
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