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Happy Father's Day!
Father's Day is a day of
commemoration and celebration of
Dad. It is a day to not only
honor your father, but all men
who have acted as a father
figure in your life - whether as
Stepfathers, Uncles,
Grandfathers, or "Big Brothers."
Puerto
Viejo Doesn't Want Drownings On
Its Beaches
Although most of the beaches in
Costa Rica - especially the more
dangerous ones - do not have
life guards or any signs, Playa
Cocles, in Puerto Viejo (Limón)
is changing that.

Downtown San José
traffic keeps getting
worse With the increased
number of vehicles, last
of respect and no
traffic cops in sight
means it can take from 5
to 10 minutes to move
through this
intersection at Avenida
Central (the
pedestrian boulevard)
and Calle 5, in front of
the Plaza de la Cultura. |
Former President Pacheco
Investigation Moved to Common
Prosecutor's Office
The case against former
president Abel Pacheco that was
been carried out be the Fiscalía
General (prosecutor's office)
has passed unto the hands of the
"common" prosecutor.
Drowned Tourists
To Be Remembered at Memorial
This mournful
southeast Kansas town prepared
Friday to celebrate the lives of
three teenagers and a teacher
swept out to sea last weekend
while on a school trip to Costa
Rica.
Tico Sculpture in Florence,
Italy
“The Mystery of the Genesis” is
the name of an exhibit of 22
monumental sculptures – of up to
22 tons each – in Florence,
Italy, by Costa Rican sculptor
Jorge Jimenez-Deredia.

Nicaragua Steps Up Solidarity
with Cuban Five
Nicaragua's Committee of
Solidarity with Cuba and
Venezuela, committed to fight
for the release of the five
Cubans Unfairly jailed in the US
since 1998.
Guatemala on Verge of Stan
Damage
Weather experts warned that
Guatemala could be battered by
natural phenomena with aftermath
matching hurricane Stan, with
the current season expecting 18
storms.
Raul Castro Satisfied with Cuban
Military Defense
Raul Castro, minister of the
Revolutionary Armed Forces said
to be satisfied of Cuban defence
capabilities, after supervising
measures to apply the Cuban
concept of All the People's War.
UN Passes
PR, Falklands Resolutions
The UN Special Committee for
Decolonization this week passed
resolutions to end the US
colonial domination of Puerto
Rico and start talks between
Argentina and Great Britain over
the Falklands.
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