Two Thirds
of National Roads Inadequate,
Report Concludes
According to study by the
Laboratorio Nacional de
Materiales y Medidas
Estructurales (Lanamme), the
country lost some 114 kilometres
of road due to poor maintenance
and deterioration.
Hundreds of children
were on hand last night
for the traditional
lighting of the
Christmas tree at
Hospital Nacional de
Niños.
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Annual Telethon Kicks Off
Tonight
At 9:00pm tonight the annual "Teletón"
(telethon) kicks off at the
Palacio de los Deportes in
Heredia, with a goal to raise
¢300 million colones
(us$582.000), that will be used
to build a new building addition
to the Hospital Nacional de
Niños (Children's Hospital).
New Public Phones Allow Text
Messaging
Each passing day technology gets
closer to every citizen, like
the new public telephones that
the Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) has been
quietly installing in
replacement of the older and not
so functional public telephones.
$300 Million Dollar Resort
Planned
US-based developer Global
Financial Group has announced
plans for a us$300 million
dollars (Є240m euro) resort in
Costa Rica called the Azulera
Resort Village.
Panama Government Funds Canal
Expansion
The Panamanian Council of
Ministers has endorsed the first
us$120 million dollars for the
enlargement of the Panama Canal
next year, Presidential Minister
Ubaldino Real informed on
Thursday.
Panamanian Tainted Medicine
Deaths Up
The Panama Attorney s Office
announcement of over 220 deaths
caused by the consumption of
medicines contaminated with an
industrial substance caused a
huge stir in this Central
American country on Thursday.
Guatemala Indigenous Law Seminar
The international seminar
"Experiences and Progress of
Indigenous Law" is taking place
in Guatemala, with the
participation of national and
foreign experts interested in a
controversial legal method.
US Troops to Peru
An unknown number of US troops
will carry out a joint military
drill "Landing-Assault and
Security Operation -LASO" in
Peru December 9-22.
Colombia Militia
Ditch Government
The decision of
chiefs of the
paramilitary United
Autodefenses of
Colombia (AUC) to
end the peace
process with the
government further
complicates the
political situation
in this Andean
nation.
VENEZUELA-US:
Another Chance?
The outcome of
Venezuela's
presidential
elections may hold
out a possibility of
a thaw in relations
with the United
States, within a
hemispheric context
of greater openness
to negotiation and
dialogue.
