ICE Workers To Strike
Feb. 19; Others Against
TLC Express Support
Depending on how fast or
slow the Legislative
Assembly moves on the
question of the Tratado
de Libre Comercio (TLC)
- free trade agreement
with the United States -
the workers of the state
monopoly known as the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE)
will be out on protest
on February 19.
The first of the
intelligent
traffic lights
was installed on
Avenida Segunda,
on block south
of the
Legislative
Assembly. The
process of
installing these
smart systems
will continue
over the next
couple of week.
Now, if only
there could be a
way of having
intelligent
drivers and
pedestrians, San
José's traffic
problems would
be solved! [Foto:
Juan Carlos Rubí] |
Milk Production Reaches One
Million Litres Daily
January was a record month for
the Cooperativa de Productores
de Leche Dos Pinos when,
according to company reports,
daily production reached one
million litres of milk.
Earthwatch and Starbucks Benefit
Coffee Farmers in Costa Rica
Libraries
Earthwatch Institute, the
world’s leading environmental
volunteer organization, and
Starbucks Coffee Company are
proud to announce the extension
of their partnership that brings
Starbucks partners (employees)
and customers together on
Earthwatch environmental
expeditions.
Sensationalized Reports Have
Bookies Fleeing Costa Rica
Many online bookies just packed
up and left following a cryptic
message that appeared on the
eGaming Review Magazine website
Tuesday. The publication
unraveled already frayed nerves
by suggesting that the US
Department of Justice would not
apprehend more internet gambling
operators, perhaps even turning
the tourist playground of Costa
Rica into Club Fed.
Two Tongues, Two Noses, One Head
What the ?? It's a baby cow.
Mel Gibson Loves Costa Rica
Mel Gibson it appears loves
Costa Rica and visits at every
chance he gets, even if it to
attend a funeral, as he did when
was present at the funeral of
Mauricio Amuy's mother in
Punterenas last Monday.
Nicaragua to Aid Homeless Youth
Nicaragua National Police and
the Family Ministry will aid
homeless youth and children by
finding their parents a job so
they do not send their children
to beg.
There Is Fidel for Long
Time: Tomas Borge
"There is Fidel Castro
for a long time,"
assured Nicaraguan Tomas
Borge, the only survivor
of the founders of the
National Sandinista
Liberation Front (FSLN)
when he expressed his
joy for the visible
recovery of the Cuban
leader.
UN to Check Honduras Unnatural
Disappearances
The UN Working Group on
Unnatural Disappearances begins
a three days visit to Honduras
Wednesday, headed to tackle with
this country authorities the
disappearance cases that took
place during the 80´s.
Guatemala for Menchu as
President
The political group Encounter
for Guatemala, led by deputy
Nineth Montenegro, is
considering the possibility of
putting the indigenous leader
and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Rigoberta Menchu forward as
presidential candidate.
Panamanian Neoliberal Policies
Denounced
The leader of FRENADESO
(National Front for Social and
Economic Rights) Saul Mendez,
slammed the neoliberal policies
of the latest Panamanian
governments, which only caused
more poverty and inequality.
ECUADOR:
The Complicated Road to
a Constituent Assembly
One of the key campaign
pledges of Ecuador's new
left-leaning president,
Rafael Correa, was to
hold a referendum for
the creation of a
constituent assembly to
rewrite the
constitution, in order
to bring about radical
political and economic
reforms.
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