Government Intervenes in
BetonSports Employee Situation
The more than 1.400 employees of
BetonSports were promised
payment when the company decided
to close down operations in
Costa Rica, following a board of
directors decision as the
president and other officials of
BoS face legal problems in the
U.S.
The foto taken by Daniel
Rodríguez and published
in today's front page of
the Spanish daily La
Prensa Libre shows
that Costa Ricans still
continue to play the
dangerous game of
crossing busy highways
rather than use the
pedestrian overpasses.
The Policía de Tránsito
has announced an
ambitious campaign to
urge the use of the
pedestrian bridges in an
effort to reduce
fatalities. |
Iron-deficient Infants Have
Lower Cognitive Scores
Costa Rican teens who were
iron-deficient as infants
continue to lag behind their
peers in cognitive test scores,
with a wider gap for children at
lower socioeconomic levels,
according to study results
published in the November issue
of Archives of Pediatrics &
Adolescent Medicine, one of the
JAMA/Archives journals.
Central
Bank Planning ˘20.000 and
˘50.000 Notes
What happens to those colones
notes that are just too worn
out? The Banco Central de Costa
Rica (BCCR) makes confetti out
of them, using a powerful
shredder that in minutes can
turn hundreds of millions of
colones notes into small pieces
of worthless paper confetti.
"Gringo" Buys Talamanca Aqueduct
An unidentified "gringo" has
purchased the Bribri aqueduct
located in the first distict of
Talamanca for a reported us&
million dollars. The purchase
was made from Fernando Chávez
Altamarino who has owned the
land that holds the aqueduct.
It "Pays" To Have Connections in
High Places
From an office worker salary to
a teacher salary in one day is
what he wife of the
vice-minister of Education, José
Lino Rodríguez, received when
she was promoted from an office
worker to a professor, a
position she never held, in just
one day.
New Sandinistas for Peace,
Harmony
The indisputable electoral
victory of Daniel Ortega in
Nicaragua is the fitting reward
for an electoral campaign that
advocated peace and
reconciliation as the Sandinista
Movement s new standards.
Carter Defends Nicaragua
Elections
Former US President James Carter
has rejected in this capital
criticism by an observer mission
headed by his country's
Ambassador to Nicaragua Paul
Trivelli, questioning the
Nicaraguan elections
accountability.
Torrijos Thanks Guatemalan
President for Support
Panamanian President Martin
Torrijos made a brief private
visit to Guatemala to thank his
Guatemalan counterpart, Oscar
Berger, for the postulation of
Panama for a temporary post on
the UN Security Council.
Guatemala Concern on US
Immigrants
The Guatemalan government and
society were concerned about the
situation immigrants are
currently facing in the United
States, from where over 13,000
people have been expelled this
year.
Caribbean Tourism is
Ahead of the Game
Tourism is a natural
area of opportunity
for the Caribbean to
face the challenges
of its economy, said
Prime Minister Tony
Blair.
ARGENTINA:
Clamping Down on
Human Trafficking
After two years of
reports of isolated
incidents, and a
sustained effort by
civil society to
make human
trafficking a
visible phenomenon,
the Argentine
government has
announced a policy
for its prevention,
helping its victims
and punishing those
responsible for the
crime.
