Heredia To San José in 19
Minutes By Train
Can you imagine travelling from
downtown Heredia to downtown San
José in only 19 minutes? That
can be so in a couple of years
if a plan to build an electric
train system becomes a reality.
Ramón Oreamuno
characterized
Jesus Christ in
yesterday's
Domingo de Ramos
(Palm Sunday)
parade in
downtown San
José, making way
for Semana
Santa. Many
residents were
happy to see the
parade back in
San José and San
José mayor,
Johnny Araya,
promised that
this would once
again be an
annual event. |
Access to Turrialba Volcano
Restricted
The Comisión Nacional de
Emergencia (CNE) has restricted
access to the volcán Turrialba
to a maximum of 100 people at a
time as preventive measure as
the volcano experiences an
increase in the release of water
and sulfur vapours.
Fires Keep Firefighters Busy in
Guanacaste
Hot temperatures, dry air and
strong winds has caused problems
for firefighters in the
Guanacaste region to control one
of several fires that has kept
more than 200 people busy over
the weekend.
What is Open And Not During
Semana Santa
Many institutions and businesses
are still open this week, Semana
Santa, but on limited hours and
days.
Costa Rica Wins Central American
Surf Championships for Second
Year
For the second time in as many
years as the Central American
Surf Championships have been
established, the Costa Rica
National Surf Team earned all
the top awards.
Poland
Forgives Debt Owed by Nicaragua
Nicaragua and Poland signed an
agreement on Friday to write off
us$30.6 million dollars of the
1980s debt that was borrowed by
the first government of
incumbent President Daniel
Ortega.
FMLN Slams Federal Report
Lawmakers from the Farabundo
Marti National Liberation Front
(FMLN) slammed a report by the
El Salvador government on the
state of public finance
Guatemala Begins Longest Holiday
Guatemalans began the longest
holiday of the year to mark the
religious celebrations of the
Holy Week in which hundreds of
thousands of persons travel to
the beach and tourist centers.
Honduras Attorney General
Threatened with Death
Honduras´ General Attorney
Leonidas Rosa Bautista denounced
before the Human Rights
Commissioner on Saturday that
his family was threaten with
death, probably by the organized
crime.
Venezuela, Cuba on Friendship
Flight
The arrival of the Bolivar-Marti
Solidarity Flight, operated by
AMISTUR CUBA S.A. agency,
confirms that politics and
tourism can harmoniously
converge as long as the will to
defend a noble, common cause
prevails.
ENERGY:
Brazil
Aims to Dominate World Ethanol
Market
Brazil is working towards
producing enough ethanol to
substitute 10 percent of the
gasoline consumed worldwide
within 18 years. That would mean
increasing its current
production of 17.3 billion
litres a year by a factor of 12,
without sacrificing forests,
protected areas or food
cultivation.
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