Gay
Conference Has Heredia Residents
Upset
Residents of Birrí de Heredia
are up in arms at the
announcement of a the first
"gay" conference that is to be
held in their town at a mountain
hotel.
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A
truck is loaded with sugar cane
at a plantation in Cantaranas.
Honduras has become the second
Central American nation to make
legal and regulatory changes
needed to implement a
hard-fought free trade agreement
with the U.S. know as CAFTA-DR
and locally as the Tratado Libre
de Comercio (TLC). [Foto:
REUTERS/Tomas Bravo]
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President-elect Hails ETA
Ceasefire Pledge
President-elect
Oscar Arias on Thursday
described the permanent
ceasefire announcement by
Spain's Basque separatist
organization ETA as "an historic
event."
"Intelligent" Traffic Lights
Coming to San José
Many of the traffic lights in
San José go back to technology
used 50 years ago. To fight
traffic jams, the Ministerio de
Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT),
announced that will be install a
new network of "intelligent"
traffic lights, which adapt to
traffic conditions based on a
network of sensors and video
cameras.
Wal-Mart
and Megasuper Say It Will Offer
Security For Customers In Their
Stores
Two major supermarket chaings -
Wal-Mart Costa Rica and
Corporación Megasuper - say they
will guarantee their thousands
of customers tight security to
make their shopping experience a
safe one.
California Winemakers Woo Costa
Rica
It may sound a little crazy for
three Lockeford, California,
boutique wineries to go on a
wine-tasting and
educational-seminar tour in
Costa Rica in order to sell
their higher-end wares to German
and French tourists.
Nicaraguan Health Strikers,
Gov´t Parley
Nicaraguan pro-salary doctors
and other health workers and the
Executive are endeavoring Friday
to find a solution to the crisis
faced in the national public
hospitals, semi-paralyzed in an
over 4-month strike.
Guatemalans Confirm Mass
Mobilization
Guatemala´s indigenous and
farmers will march for the right
to the land and against mining
concessions.
Poets
against US Detention Camps
American and European poets
firmly endorsed the
international condemnation of
illegal detention centers the US
government operates in the
world, as well as Washington´s
double standards regarding human
rights.
Morales
Goes to OAS for Sea Access
Bolivian President Evo Morales
called on the Organization of
American States Thursday, to
deal with his nation´s demand
for a sea outlet to the Pacific,
and called on the Chilean
government to listen to the
people.
Ecuador
insists on free trade pact with
US
Despite major protests and
demonstrations, Ecuador is not
prepared to drop its proposal
for free trade pact with the
United States, while state-owned
company PetroEcuador may strike
a new deal with Occidental,
reports from the South American
country said on Thursday.
BIODIVERSITY:
A New
Ethics Needed to Save Life on
Earth
Affect, care, cooperation and
responsibility are the four
central principles of a new
ethics that humanity urgently
needs to adopt, in order to
avoid becoming extinct as "a
victim of itself," Leonardo Boff,
one of the founders of
liberation theology, said
Thursday.
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