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Wednesday 27 August
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Elections Tribunal
Reproaches President
Arias
The Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE) -
elections tribunal -
scolded Costa Rican
president, Oscar Arias,
for his public comment
last April of his wishes
for a woman to follow
his legacy in 2010, in
support of
vice-president, Laura
Chinchilla.
Costa Rica Tries Corrupt
Police Officers
The Ministerio de
Seguridad Publica filed
1,500 lawsuits against
police officers and
dismissed 55 others in
the last seven months,
due to corruption, drug
consumption, absences
and other crimes and
misbehaviors.
Russian Arrested In
Costa Rica On 1990's
Real Estate Fraud
Charges
Interpol and Costa Rican
authorities have
arrested a Russian
national wanted at home
on fraud charges in
Costa Rica , the local
Interpol bureau said on
Wednesday.
Youth Group Asks Public
Support To Eradicate
Extreme Poverty
A group of young people
will be out on Friday
and Saturday asking for
public support of a
donation of "un rojo"
(1.000 colones) that
will be used to build
homes for the poor.
Costa Rica Masters To
Bring Professional Golf
To Guanacaste
(Infocom) — Everything
is ready for Costa Rica
to re-immerse itself in
the world of
professional
international golf,
thanks to the Costa Rica
Masters 2008, which will
be held in Guanacaste’s
Reserva Conchal Golf
Club next Dec. 11-14.
Japan Bans Costa Rican
Beef Imports
Japan banned beef
imports from Costa Rica
after it was learned
that frozen ox tongue
imported from the
country did not meet
standards set by both
countries, government
officials said.
Rains In Panama Leave
800 Homeless
PANAMA CITY -
Torrential rains in
Panama have left about
800 homeless over the
last 24 hours, director
of the National System
of Civil Protection (Sinaproc)
Luis Francisco Sucre
said Tuesday.
Nicaraguan Army to
Support Food Crops
MANAGUA - The National
Army of Nicaragua will
support government plans
of food production, said
General Moises Omar
Halleslevens, head of
this institution
Tuesday.
Leaders From Latin
America, Caribbean Vow
To Boost Sports
Development
MEXICO CITY - Leaders
from Latin America and
the Caribbean have vowed
to provide favorable
conditions for sports
development so that
athletes of the region
can make better
achievements at the
London Olympics
scheduled for 2012.
Cuban VP Ends Visit
to Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA - Cuban Vice
President Carlos Lage
just attended Honduras"s
official admission to
the Bolivarian
Alternative for Latin
America (ALBA).
Venezuela: No
Expropriation of Gas
Stations
CARACAS -
Parliamentarian sources
denied on Tuesday that
the Liquid Fuel Internal
Market Reorganization
Organic Law, currently
discussed in the
National Assembly,
includes expropriation
of service stations.
HONDURAS:
Joining ALBA ‘A Step
Towards the
Centre-Left,’ Says
President
Honduras has joined the
Bolivarian Alternative
for the Americas (ALBA),
amid criticism from the
business community and
right-wing political
sectors.
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