Costa
Rica to Restart CAFTA Talks
The Costa Rican congressional
International Affairs Committee
confirmed it would restart talks
Wednesday with various social
sectors to analyze possible
approval of the free trade
agreement with the United
States.
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Exotic frogs and toads are dying
out in the jungles of Latin
America, apparent victims of
global warming in what might be
a harbinger of one of the worst
waves of extinction since the
dinosaurs. In the foto, a frog
is silhouetted on a leaf at La
Selva biological station in
Sarapiqui, Costa Rica.
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Wal-Mart Announces Additional
Central American Investment
Mike Duke, Vice Chairman of
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , and head
of Wal-Mart International,
announced today the company has
made an additional investment in
Central American Retail Holding
Company (CARHCO), bringing its
share of the firm to 51%.
Add
Another Holiday to the 2006
Calendar
May 8, the day set for the
official transfer of power, as
president Abel Pacheco hands
over the keys to Casa
Presidencial to Oscar Arias,
public employees will have the
day off, meaning all government
offices and agencies will be
closed that day.
Taxis
To Take To The Streets Again On
March 27
Here we go again. Taxi drivers
announced yesterday that they
will take to the streets, again,
on Monday March 27, to pressure
the Legislative Assembly to pass
the bill that would eliminate
"el porteo" - informal taxi
services.
Gay-Lesbian Conference Announced
For April
Nine organization that defend
the rights of homosexuals,
transvestites and bi-sexuals,
announced yesterday the first
gay-lesbian conference to be
held in Costa Rica at La
Catalina de Barva de Heredia at
the end of April.
Honduran Govt Workers on Strike
More than 35,000 Honduran civil
servants started an indefinite
strike Wednesday demanding a
17-dollar monthly increase,
which was authorized by the
government in 2001 only for
private sector workers.
Panama
Canal use Demand Increases
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP)
reported the demand for use of
this inter-oceanic channel has
increased significantly in the
last two weeks with an average
of 40 vessels daily.
Ecuador
Prez Blows off Indigenous
Ecuadorian President Alfredo
Palacio disallowed the demands
by the indigenous, social and
student movements to cancel Free
Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with
the US.
Colombian vice president meets
with CPC delegation
Colombian Vice President
Francisco Santos met Wednesday
with Chen Fengxiang, who headed
a delegation of the Communist
Party of China (CPC), to discuss
bilateral relations.
Chile
welcomes formation of UN Human
Rights Council
Chile on Wednesday
welcomed the United Nations
General Assembly's decision to
set up the Human Rights Council.
LATIN AMERICA:
Water
Polluters "On Trial"
A
panel of eight legal and water
experts is 'trying' governments
and companies from 10 Latin
American countries on charges of
polluting rivers and lakes, and
building harmful dams. Their
verdicts will have moral force
only, but are intended to
placate the sense of injustice
aroused by each case.
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