Returning Nicaraguans Keep Costa
Rican Authorities Busy
The movement of people at the
northern border with Nicaragua
at Peñas Blancas has been brisk
all week as tens of thousands of
Nicaraguans return to Costa Rica
to work and to their temporary
homes, after visiting family and
relatives in their home country.
Gabriela Trana,
of Costa Rica,
celebrates after
winning the
women's division
of the Walt
Disney World
Marathon in Lake
Buena Vista,
Fla., Sunday.
[AP Photo/Phelan
M. Ebenhack] |
Legislators Back To Work Today
Legislators are back at work
today following a 17 day
Christmas and New Years holiday
break.
Labour Ministry Building "Sick",
Court Orders Repairs
A decision handed down by the
Sala Constitucional
(Constitutional Court) is
forcing the Ministro de Trabajo
(Labou Ministry) to better
working conditions in its main
office in San José.
300 New
Tránsito Officers To Be Hired
The Policía de Tránsito will be
getting a much needed boost with
the announcement that the force
will see 300 new officers,
according to viceministra de
Transportes, Viviana Martín.
Nicaraguan
president meets with new
president-elect, seeks smooth
hand over
Nicaragua's outgoing president,
Enrique Bolaños, met Sunday with
President-elect Daniel Ortega to
work out details of this week's
inauguration and assured the
incoming leader he wants a
smooth handover.
OAS demanded to retract remarks
on Chavez's closure of TV
station
The Venezuelan government on
Saturday demanded that the
Organization of American States
(OAS) retract its remarks on
President Hugo Chavez's decision
not to renew the broadcast
license of an opposition-linked
TV station.
17 prisoners killed in
Salvadoran jail riot
A riot at a prison in El
Salvador has left at least 17
inmates dead on Saturday,
according to reports reaching
here from San Salvador.
Heavy rainfall leaves 27 dead in
southeastern Brazil
Heavy rainfall in southeastern
Brazil has left 27 people dead
and 11,000 others homeless since
Tuesday, according to figures
released by local Civil Defense
authorities on Friday.
CHALLENGES 2006-2007:
Narcos
Doing Brisk Business in Latin
America
Coca continues to flourish in
the Andean region, with
production reduced somewhat in
one country while increasing in
another. Meanwhile, the drug
business is no longer
concentrated in just a few hands
in Latin America, drug routes,
players and products have
diversified, and there is no
sign that efforts to combat the
phenomenon are enjoying any
long-term success.
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