Every late afternoon a flock of parrots  - like the two highlighted in the foto - take over the trees in the plaza in front of the Teatro Nacional on Second Avenue.  lick for larger image!

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Editors Note: The weather has made monkeys of us and the weatherman. Yesterday we reported that according to the weatherman (Instituto Meteorológico Nacional - IMN), the rains of Monday would continue until Thursday. However, yesterday, the Central Valley was seasonally sunny and hot and today if the early hours are any indication, we should experience more of the same.


Red? Green? Go? Stop?
There are more than 40 traffic lights are reported not working properly in the San José Metropolitan Area. Most have one or more bulbs burned out for some time.  >more
 

Record Gasoline Prices Today
Today gasoline prices set a new record - the highest ever recorded for the price of one litre of gasoline.  >more
 

Cops Pursue Homicide Leads to Costa Rica
The plastic-surgery quack suspected of killing a pretty financial analyst during a botched operation has been openly living a wild gay lifestyle here - working as a go-go dancer and lounging around male spas.  >more
 

Leaders Want Leadership on Trade Talks
World farm leaders have demanded strong leadership on trade talks by the Cairns group of agricultural free-trading nations. >more
 

New Seascape Initiative Stretches from Costa Rica to Ecuador
In one of the most ambitious marine conservation initiatives in the western hemisphere, four Latin American nations, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, the United Nations Foundation (UN Foundation), Conservation International (CI) and others are consolidating a marine protected area that stretches from Costa Rica to Ecuador and helps safeguard some of the world's richest marine habitats and dozens of endangered species.  >more
 

Fire Destroys Casa Alianza Home In Guatemala
A fire caused severe damages in the Casa Alianza home for boys in Nuyuyu, Guatemala, on the night of the 31st of December. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but losses are estimated to reach around US$70,000.  >more
 

Lebanese Man Caught In U.S. For Child Porn In Mexico
Lebanese businessman, Jean Succar Kuri, 60, was arrested last Thursday, February 5th, in Arizona after Mexican authorities issued an international order for his arrest accused of being the leader of a child pornography ring in the city of Cancun, in the state of Quintana Roo, on the Caribbean of Mexico. Sixteen victims have already presented criminal allegations against him.  >more
 

Argentine judge freezes ex-President Menem's assets
An Argentine judge on Tuesday froze the assets of ex-President Carlos Menem, on charges of the former leader's hiding 600,000 US dollars from tax authorities in a Swiss account.  >more
 

Spanish judge advises Peru to take Fujimori extradition case to world court
Baltasar Garzon, a judge of the Spanish Supreme Court, advised Peruvian authorities Tuesday to ask the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands, to file a charge against ousted President Alberto Fujimori.  >more
 

 

Agenda Nacional  de la Niñez Casa Alianza