By Blake Schmidt and Katherine Stanley
Tico Times Staff
Thousands of Costa Ricans hit the streets yesterday to protest the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA) under discussion in the Legislative Assembly.
[…]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
A protest march against the free trade treaty Monday drew fewer participants than earlier demonstrations, and coordinators hope to do better today.
Despite threats from opponents to the treaty, most public offices functioned with a degree of normality. Not counting marches roads were not blocked except in a few areas outside […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Arias government moved closer Monday to firing recalcitrant dock workers in Limón.
Marco Vargas, minister of Coordinación Interinstitucional, said that a judge has declared the job action by dock workers to be illegal. The decision came from a judge of the the Juzgado de Trabajo del Primer Circuito Judicial de […]
