Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will supervise talks between ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the officials who exiled him, Hillary Rodham Clinton announces.
Reporting from Washington and Tegucigalpa, Honduras — Honduras’ ousted president and the officials who exiled him have agreed to try to resolve their conflict through a U.S.-endorsed mediator, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced Tuesday.
Signaling an expanding U.S. effort, Clinton said the two sides had agreed to talks supervised by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, who was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1987 for his efforts to broker peace accords in Central America.
“We call upon all parties to refrain from acts of violence and to seek a peaceful, constitutional and lasting solution to the serious divisions in Honduras through dialogue,” Clinton said at the State Department after meeting with President Manuel Zelaya.
Zelaya said he planned to fly to Costa Rica to begin talks Thursday. Roberto Micheletti, president of the de facto government that has refused to allow Zelaya to reenter Honduras, also said he would travel to Costa Rica for the talks. (more…)
The Bill has just been voted in favour by the Legal Matters Committee of the Legislative Assembly.
Costa Rica will have its own Law on Data Protection, which will be known as the Law on Individual”s Protection against Personal Data Treatment. The future Law will ensure the respect of every physical or legal person”s fundamental rights, specifically their right to self determination of disclosure on personal or business life and other personal rights, regardless of their nationality or residence. The Law will also ensure the protection of their freedom and equality regarding automatic or manual treatment of data belonging to their person or possessions.
The Bill also contains definitions of terms such as personal data, legal entity data, sensitive data, archive, record, file or database, automatic treatment, authority in charge of the file, concerned party and data dissociation, while also establishing basic principles to serve as the backbone to Data Protection in the country, to count: a right to information on data gathering, the concerned party”s consent, data quality, data safety, and a duty to confidentiality.
On the other hand, a new body of highest decentralization from the government, affiliated to the Public Defence.
In the high-stakes court battle over the constitutionality of a federal law that bans all Internet gambling transactions that would be illegal in the gambler’s state, a trio of federal appeals judges in Philadelphia appeared unlikely on Tuesday to strike the law down.
Instead, all three judges on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel seemed inclined to uphold the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 and to reject arguments from two lawyers for a gambling trade association who complained that the wording of the law is so vague it cannot be understood.
The act makes it a crime for gambling businesses to “knowingly accept” any funds “in connection with the participation of another person in unlawful Internet gambling.”
Law professor Stephen A. Saltzburg of George Washington University, arguing for the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association, said the law is “so vague that reasonable people would have to guess” about its meaning.
A typical Internet gambler, Saltzburg said, may visit a gambling Web site in Costa Rica, where gambling is perfectly legal, and that transaction would be conducted in Costa Rica. By virtue of the Internet, he said, that gambler did not need to get on a plane, but he nonetheless was visiting a site in Costa Rica. (more…)
Some of the most popular beaches in Costa Rica are close to the small yet bustling town of Jaco. Two hours away from San Jose, and easily reached by car or comfortable, cheap, ubiquitous buses, Jaco is located on Costa Rica’s central Pacific coast in the northern part of Puntarenas province. This is a party town.
Jaco has long been popular because of its fun, casual and relaxed atmosphere, and many friendly people. More and more tourists from around the world have already learned of this fantastic place and travel to Jaco for its nearby tranquil, beautiful clean beaches and many things to do. And, it is easy to reach by car or comfortable, cheap, ubiquitous buses.
It wasn’t too many years ago that Jaco was a sleepy little Pacific beach community. Surfers discovered one great surfing beach after another nearby, a laid-back lifestyle, and cheap places to sleep. But, secrets are hard to keep and as word got out, more tourists started flocking to Jaco, looking for great relaxation, peace, and fun. Within the last half dozen years, Jaco has boomed. Where, not long ago, there was a single, quiet (except at night) little road through town, now there are towering high rises, nearby resorts, and lots and lots of restaurants and bars. (more…)
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Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will supervise talks between ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the officials who exiled him, Hillary Rodham Clinton announces.
