Costa
Rica To Seek Energy Deal with
Venezuela
A
report by Venezuela's Diario El
Universal says that Costa Rica
may join Guatemala in seeking an
oil agreement with Venezuela.
The report was confirmed by
Costa Rican incoming Ambiented y
Energia (Environment and Energy)
minister Roberto Dobles.
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A
rash of house fires has engulfed
San José during the past week.
The latest occurred last night
in barrio Los Angegles,
Concepción de Tres Ríos, when a
57 year old man saved the life
of his 80 year old
mother-in-law. Monday a
mid-afternoon fire in Tibás took
the lives of a young woman and
three small children. In all
cases, faulty electrical wiring
is suspected. [Foto: Francisco
Obando]
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Incofer
Moves Railway Brdige From
Alajuela to Tibás
Workers of the Instituto
Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer)
- the state agency for trains
and railroads - having working
for the last three weeks to move
a 24 metre (79 feet) bridge,
that weighs some 30 tonnes, from
Río Segundo in Alajuela (near
the international airport) to
Cinco Esquinas de Tibás, north
of San José.
San
José Archbishop Has Confidence
in New Government To Reduce
Poverty and Increase Employment
In his message for "Día del
Trabajo" (Labour Day), San José
archbishop, monseñor Hugo
Barrantes, demonstrated his
concern for the "condition of
the country" and said he has
confidence in the new
administration to better things.
Gay-Lesbian Conference Underway
in Heredia
More than 100 persons from all
over Central and South America
have gathered in Heredia for the
first "Conferencia Nacional GLBT"
(conference of gay, lesbian,
bi-sexual and transsexuals). The
conference generated much
controversy over the past month
but began as scheduled yesterday
without any problems.
Pacheco
Warns About Agreement
"The people have to understand
that without the agreement we
would go hungry," said this week
pesident Abel Pacheco about the
about the Central
America-Dominican Republic -
United States Free Trade
Agreement (CAFTA).
Honduras: Poor Homes over
800,000
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya
said near 800,000 homes are
ridden with destitution and
500,000 children live in abject
poverty.
Latin
America, 8.8 Million
Malnourished Kids
Chronic undernourishment affects
more than eight million children
under five years old in Latin
America and the Caribbean,
revealed a UN study released in
Mexico Friday.
Salvadorans to March on May Day
Thousands of workers will march
in El Salvador on May 1st in a
resurgence of a strong social
movement, William Huezo, Public
Employees Association director,
announced on Friday.
Nicaragua Welcomes Venezuela Oil
Pact
The mayor´s office in this
capital will hold a massive
fiesta to celebrate the signing
of an agreement between the
Nicaraguan Municipal Association
(AMUNIC) and Petroleos de
Venezuela (PDVSA) that will
allow importing oil under
favorable payment conditions.
Latin
America at lowest of risk bird
flu in world
Latin America is the area at the
lowest risk of a bird flu
epidemic, Moises Vargas Teran,
head of animal health for the
Food and Agricultural
Organization (FAO) of the United
Nations, said on Thursday.
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY:
Mexico
Backs ‘Day Without Immigrants'
In
video rental stores in Mexico,
demand has been high these days
for "A Day Without a Mexican", a
movie that helped inspire the
nationwide demonstrations and a
boycott to be held May 1,
International Labour Day, by
immigrant groups in the United
States.
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