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Chicken Virus Alert in Guácimo,
Limón
The Servicio Nacional de Salud
Animal del Ministerio de la
Producción informs us that the
virus known as "Laringotraqueítis
infecciosa" (infectious
laringotraqueitis) that killed
40 chickens last week in Guácimo
is no threat as the virus is not
transmitted to humans.
Soccer fans of Poland
celebrate after watching
the World Cup 2006
soccer match between
Poland and Costa Rica in
a bar in Hanover, No
such celebrations could
be found anywhere in
Costa Rica after the "sele"
lost their third game in
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Former President Calderón And
Others To Be Formally Charged
Today in the Caja-Fischel
Scandal
Former president, Rafael Ángel
Calderón (1990 - 1994); the
former president and former
director of the Caja
Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS)
- also known as the Caja, Eliseo
Vargas and Gerardo Bolaños
Alpízar; and the president of
the Corporación Fischel, Walter
Reiche Fischel, will be formally
charged by the Fiscalía
(prosecutor's office) for their
part iin the Caja-Fischel
scandal.
The
Longest Day of the Year;
Veranillo de San Juan
Today, is the longest day of the
year or Summer Solstice, an
astronomical term regarding the
position of the sun in relation
to the celestial equator.
Chiquita Nogal Reserve Named
Official Private Wildlife Refuge
in Costa Rica
Already a source of top quality
bananas, a Chiquita farm in
Costa Rica is now also an
unusual eco-tourism destination,
as the Nogal Reserve, a
protected area of rainforest on
the farm, has been officially
designated a private wildlife
refuge by the country’s
government.
A Real Fiasco As Ticos Lose 2-1
to Poland
There was a soccer game
yesterday? Unlike the frenzy of
game 1 and the possibility of
maybe winning game 2,
yesterday's game 3 was just
another day on the calendar.
To Shag Or Not To Shag? The
World Cup Dilemma
We've been keeping a keen -
some might say unhealthy - eye
on the amount of World Cup
nookie being handed out to World
Cup players during the
tournament, and the results have
been terrifically inconclusive.
Brazil to sign UN convention
against torture protocol
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso
Amorim announced on Tuesday his
country will sign the UN
Convention Against Torture
protocol during the UN Human
Rights Council meeting in
Geneva, according to reports
reaching here.
Chilean
president promises to improve
refugees' lives
Chilean President Michelle
Bachelet reiterated a government
promise on Tuesday to work hard
to improve the living conditions
of the more than 1,100 refuges
living in the South American
nation.
Some 60,000 Colombians spread
abroad as refugees: UNHCR
Some 60,000 Colombians have fled
the country amid its armed
conflicts, the local office of
the United Nations High
Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
said Monday, on the eve of the
World Refugee Day.
Gunmen
kill police chief, businessman
in Mexico
Gunmen killed a police chief and
a businessman in separate
attacks in the south Mexican
state of Guerrero on Monday,
officers from the state's
Attorney General's office told
reporters.
Venezuela
accuses U.S. of attempting to
foil its UNSC bid
The Venezuelan government on
Tuesday condemned the United
States for lobbying allies to
foil its bid for a seat on the
UN Security Council.
MEDIA-LATIN AMERICA:
Poverty -
Not a Pressing Issue for the
Press
The fight
against poverty, which calls for
a multipronged effort against
hunger, inequality, and social
marginalisation, is a pressing
issue in Latin America. But it
is apparently not for the press.
In Colombia, where roughly half
of the population lives in
poverty, the only nationwide
newspaper, El Tiempo, dedicates
just 0.8 percent of its coverage
to the issue.
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