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The 2006 Presidential elections
are heating up, with less than a
month to go, candidates are
hitting the streets, like
Movimiento Libertatio (ML) party
leader, Libertarian
Movement(ML) party Otto Guevara,
visiting poor neighborhoods.
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Top 10 New Year's Resolutions
For many, the first days of the
New Year has always been a time
for looking back to the past,
and more importantly, forward to
the coming year. It's a time to
reflect on the changes we want
(or need) to make and resolve to
follow through on those changes.
SACSA Drivers Don Hoods To
Protest
The turmoil over the Cartag-San
José bus route continues. The
Ministerio de Obras Públicas y
Trasportes (MOPT) announced last
month that the route would be
awarded to a new company,
replacing SACSA after the
company has far too many
complaints of service and
several traffic accidents that
were related to poor fleet
maintenance.
MOPT Announced Grace Period
For Not Having Marchamo Paid
For the past couple of days we
have been telling those that
don't have their 2006 Marchamo
paid they are exposing
themselves to confiscation of
license plates and fines.
However, that is no more. For
the rest of January, that is.
Did You
Feel It?
An earthquake registering 5.9 on
the Richter scale was felt last
night at around 9:40pm. The
shake was felt throught Costa
Rica, originating in Panama,
from a collission of the Coco
and Nazca plates.
Judge Gives Fugitive 15 Years
Spending eight years as a
fugitive in Costa Rica could
have proved more costly for
Keith Cojocar.
Nicaraguan Strikers Want to
Talk with IMF
Physicians from Nicaraguan
public hospitals, on strike for
nearly two months in demand for
salary increases, have said they
will go to Washington if
necessary to talk with the
International Monetary Fund.
Son of Cuban Five Pleads
Justice
The son of Antonio Guerrero, one
of the five Cubans jailed in the
US, called for the international
community to raise awareness and
back the legal process scheduled
for February.
Venezuelan Parliament
Leadership Swears in
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
is putting the new National
Assembly leadership on oath
Friday, with Nicolas Maduro as
speaker, Desiree Santos as first
deputy speaker, and Roberto
Hernandez as second deputy
speaker.
Victims'
families ask to attend
extradition of Peru's
ex-president
Families of victims have asked
for permission to take part in
the extradition of former
Peruvian President Alberto
Fujimori, who is accused of
human rights violations during
his rule, court sources said on
Thursday.
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