Archive for October 24th, 2006

Anti-CAFTA Protestors Convey Message

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

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.
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Anti-trade treaty strike fails to draw extensive support

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

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 […]

Government weighs next step as dock strike is ruled illegal

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

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 […]