San José, Costa Rica. Wednesday, April 29, 1998 |
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 La Nación Digital aniversary National Theather Letters Classifieds Weather Comics La Gaceta brief Obituary Advertise in La Nación Suscribe to La Nación Services Comercial Pages SuperSite Digital Search Mail to La Nación Emergency phone numbers | Abolisher of the army: Don Pepe statue unveiled SAN JOSE- In an emotional act of protocol, the monument to José Figueres-Ferrer, who abolished the army in Costa Rica and laid the groundwork for the country's development in this half of the century, was unveiled yesterday. School of the Americas under heavy fire WASHINGTON- A pacifist group protested on the steps of the U.S. capitol on Monday, calling for the closing of the School of the Americas, a controversial academy for training Latin American military personnel. Tico connection in smuggling of illegal immigrants SAN JOSE - The night before their tragedy, the 18 Ecuadorians whose boat capsized in Cocibolca Lake (the Great Lake of Nicaragua) slept in a house in San José, one of their stopovers in their way to the United States. Anti-drug success in spite of vulnerability SAN JOSE - Two Costa Ricans, a Guatemalan, and a Nicaraguan were arrested last weekend as a result of an investigation of the Drug Control Police (PCD in Spanish) which led to the seizure on Saturday of a ton of cocaine that was carried by a trailer truck which was on its way to Guatemala. Region in Brief Weather Forecast |