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Grecia Will See Effect Of End of
"Guaro" Monopoly
The Sala Constitucional
(Constitutional Court) decision
to open up the monopoly held by
the state agency, Fábrica
Nacional de Licores (Fanal), on
"guaro" will hurt not only the
company that produces and
markets the "Cacique" liquor but
possibly the entire community of
Grecia and surrounding areas.
Don't know what to get
dad on Father's Day
tomorrow? The Cruz Roja
(Red Cross) has the
answer, "Tico Bingo".
The Red Cross will be
giving away some
¢500.000 colones
(us$975.000) and tickets
cost only ¢1.000 colones
(us$1.95). Tickets
are on sale everywhere. |
Nicaragua Makes Official Request
For Report on Dredging of San
Juan River by Costa Rica
Nicaragua made an "official"
request from Costa Rican
authorities to report on the
dredging work of the Río San
Juan (San Juan river) that
divides the two countries. The
San Juan clearly belongs to
Nicaragua, however, Costa Rica
has navigation rights.
Growth in "Piques" Prime Concern
for Tránsito
"Piques" is the name for street
racing that has grown in
considerably over the last
couple of years and the Policía
de Tránsito are determined to
stop it. Not only is it illegal
and dangerous, it has proven
fatal on a number of occasions.
Flower and Plant Exports
An increase in employment in
rural areas is expected as a
result of an expansion of
exports of flowers and
decoration plants this year, the
Costa Rican Flower Growers
Association announced.
Wendy’s and Cinnabon Soon in
Costa Rica
U.S. fast food chains Wendy´s
and Cinnabon are to start
operations here towards the end
of next July.
Dollar
Reserves
The Central Bank of Costa Rica
disclosed that its overall
amount of hard currency reserves
dropped by us$227 million during
the last two months, but that
they remain high, at over
us$2.53 billion.
Nicaraguan Media Covers Eye
Miracle
The successful ophthalmologic
treatment 131 Nicaraguan
patients are receiving in Cuba
as part of Operation Miracle has
covered wide spaces in local
press Friday.
Students Peacefully Protest
in Nicaragua
More than 100 students made a
peaceful protesting march
against increase of the price of
the collective urban transport
and the electricity tariff by
Spanish transnational Union
Fenosa.
El Salvador Hospitals Lacking
Blood
Blood reserves have registered a
substantial fall in Salvadoran
public hospitals, where poor
people are treated, the
country's director of blood
banks, Graciela Echegoyen, said.
Bolivar Legacy Extolled in
Panama
An academic of the Bolivarian
University of Venezuela asserted
dreams of Liberator Simon
Bolivar have been materialised
in the Revolution led by
President Hugo Chavez.
Honduras to Debate Delinquent
Youth
Honduran Human Rights
Commissioner Ramon Custodio has
affirmed that the National
Congress will re-open in July
discussions on youth
delinquency, abuse, child
exploitation and rising domestic
violence.
South
America Readies MERCOSUR Agenda
MERCOSUR foreign ministers are
due to meet Friday in this
capital to discuss the agenda of
the bloc´s presidential summit,
to be run in the Argentinean
province of Cordova in July.
U.S./COLOMBIA:
Dead
Unionists No Hurdle to Free
Trade
The U.S.
government is not only a step
away from ratifying a new free
trade agreement, but also from
rewarding persistent and severe
human rights abuses in Colombia,
where each year more trade union
leaders are murdered than in all
other nations put together, a
new report charges.
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