Easter Sunday - Happy Easter! Christians celebrate Easter Sunday because Jesus rose from death. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is one of the fundamental principles and beliefs of Christianity and a well documented historical fact. Christians celebrate Easter Sunday because they believe, Jesus died for their sin on the Cross on Good Friday. Jesus was buried on Friday and rose from death on Sunday. Christians believe only Jesus can give eternal life, because He overcame death.

Costa Ricans took part in a procession celebrating Good Friday during the Semana Santa celebrations in La Union, San Frandcios Tres Rios. Click for larger image!

Pope Points Out Tico Solidarity
President Abel Pacheco met with Pope John Paul II in the Vatican and the leader of the Catholic Church remembered his visit to Costa Rica in 1983 and pointed out the solidarity, justice, and peace that he knows are characteristic of the Costa Rican society. >more


High Tariffs Draw Fire from the U.S.
Fifteen Latin American countries - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Mexico, and Argentina among them - are in a list of 55 nations and three economic groups quoted in a U.S. report as the ones with tariffs that are damaging for U.S. exporters.  >more


Inflation Decelerates
The variation of the index of consumer prices -or inflation- was 0.46 percent in March, after it had been above 1 percent in the preceding five months.  >more


International Marine Corridor
The governments of Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador made a commitment to establish a marine corridor on the Pacific Ocean, which will run from Cocos Island to the Galapagos (Ecuador), and that will take in Coiba Island in Panama, and Malpelo and Gorgona islands in Colombia.  >more


Restaurant Gas Blast Kills 6 in Northern Mexico
Six people were killed and nine others injured Saturday in a blast caused by gas leak
 in Mexico's Nuevo Progreso locality, Tamaulipas state that borders the United States, police sources said. >more

Mudslides kill six in Peru
Rescue workers have found the bodies of six people killed by mudslides that hit on Saturday morning the southeastern Inca citadel Machu Pichu.  >more

Latin American Human Rights Group Condemns US Attacks on Mosques in Iraq
The Latin American Human Rights Association Thursday strongly condemned recent US attacks on mosques in Iraq, calling them barbaric acts.  >more

Venezuela, Argentina Ink Pact on Economic, Technical Cooperation
Venezuela and Argentina signed an agreement here Wednesday to expand their cooperation in trade and mutual technical support.  >more

EU puts Colombian Rebel Group on Terror Organizations List
The European Union (EU) has officially put on its list of terror organizations Colombia's National Liberation Front (ELN), the second biggest rebel group of the country, official sources said here Monday.  >more
 

 

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