San José, Costa Rica -
Sunday 23 January 2005
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Editor's Note: Costa
Rica was cut off to the World
shortly before midnight last
night as RACSA - the provider of
internet service in Costa Rica
were affecting changes to their
system. Only websites hosted
within Costa Rica were
accessible. Anything going out
or coming back was not. Service
was restored after 8am this
morning.
Weather
Lets Up, Stops Raining in the
Atlantic
Though the relief work continues
in the areas of the Atlantic
zone most affected by the rain
and floods of the past two
weeks, the Comisión Nacional de
Prevención de Riesgos y Atención
de Emergencias (CNE) has reduced
the alert for the area as the
weather improves and water
levels are starting to return to
normal.
 more
Summer Is
Official Now, Says the
Weatherman
The cold front that has set
record low temperatures in the
Central Valley and brought rain
and floods in the Caribbean is
officially over, according to
the weatherman.
more
Tico
Coffee Tasters Acknowledged
In a new step towards the consolidation in the sales of gourmet Costa Rican
coffee abroad, the country now has 15 expert tasters whose top quality is
internationally acknowledged. more
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US seeks
to isolate Chavez: legislator in
Venezuela
President of the Venezuelan
Congress Nicolas Maduro said
Saturday that the United States
intends to internationally
isolate Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez.
more
Bolivian
president rules out resignation
Bolivian President Carlos Mesa
on Saturday ruled out the
possibility that he will resign
or call early general elections,
urging the opponents to be
tolerant and seek solutions
through dialogue.
more
Thousands
of Cubans protest against US
blockade
Over 5,000 people gathered
Saturday in Mantua in the
western province of Pinar del
Rio, demanding an end to the
economic blockade imposed by the
United States on Cuba.
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ARGENTINA:
Tragedy
Creates New Safety Awareness
Among Rock Bands, Fans
The year-end tragedy that
claimed the lives of 189 young
people in a dance club in the
Argentine capital dealt a severe
blow to the city's rock scene,
and bands, fans and concert
producers are now expressing
their concern about creating a
culture of safety.
"We concert producers have lost
credibility, just like what
happened to the banks when they
kept the money of their
account-holders," Fernando
Benebeña, the organiser of the
country's biggest rock festival,
told IPS.
He was referring to the late
2001 freeze on bank accounts and
collapse of the financial
system, and the failure of many
Argentine savers to recuperate
their money. more
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