Public Purchase Process
Creates Environment For
Corruption, Economy
Vice-Minister Says
In a report in today's
edition of the daily
Spanish language
newspaper, La Nacíon,
reporter Juan Fernando
Lara, explains how a
cellular phone, among
other items, that has a
value of ¢75.000 colones
ends up costing the
government ¢135.000, all
due to bureaucracy .
A family feud
makes the
historic Morazan
Bar y
Restaurante the
only bar in the
country without
being able to
serve guaro,
liquor or beer.
The Morazan that
has been serving
customers since
1897 in one of
the most
touristy areas
of San José.
A dispute
between family
members has left
the bar without
a liquor
license. |
1.200 Used Tires Collected From
the Tárcoles River
The Rio Tárcoles is well known
to tourists for its crocodiles.
But the river is also home to
another creature, one that is
hard to spot and can be fatal,
the mosquito carrying the Dengue
virus. And that is due to the
large number of used tires that
are commonly thrown into the
river.
Only On In Three Drunk Drivers
Lose Their License
A family has lived the nightmare
of waking to a car in their
house, on two separate occasions
now. The latest incident
occurred in the early hours of
Saturday morning, as a drunk
driver plows through the front
gate and almost ends up in the
bedroom of don Asdrúbal
Chávez Vargas.
Isla de Coco
Is Healthy
At least 36 endemic species and
an overall inventory of 1,110
species enjoy good health at
La Isla Del Coco (Cocos Island), according to a
team of 14 scientists who
carried out an analysis of
marine life.
Costa Rican Wins Mister
Photogenic in Mister Manhunt
2007 Competition
The Costa Rican modeling
industry got a boost over the
weekend with the selection of
Mr. Costa Rica, Alonso Fernández,
as Míster Fotogénico in the
Mister Manhunt 2007.
Japan Donates us$540,000
To Nicaragua For Schools
The Japanese government
donated us$540,000
dollars to Nicaragua
to finance the building
and re-building of
schools in several parts
of the country.
UN Urges El Salvador to Support
Convention
UN Human Rights Council Work
Group president Santiago
Corcuera urged Salvadorian
government Friday to give their
support to the Convention
against involuntary and
unnatural disappearances.
Latin American journalists
organization awards medal to
Castro
The Latin American Journalists
Foundation (Felap) has awarded
Cuban leader Fidel Castro a
special one-off medal,
recognizing his attempts to
fight misinformation, Cuba's
press reported on Sunday.
Half Million of Latin Americans
Recover Vision in Cuba
Over half a million of Latin
Americans recovered their vision
thanks to an ophthalmologic
program Operacion Milagros
developed between Cuba and
Venezuela since 2004.
Bolivia to Reduce
Digital Gap
The Bolivian government
will try to reduce the
digital gap in the
country, after
installation of 100
television broadcasting
centers, with telephones
and Internet service in
most of the
municipalities,
journalistic sources
reported on Sunday.
POLITICS:
Crackdown on Latin Youth
Gangs Misdirected
Sensational accounts by
the media, politicians
and police have
exaggerated the
connection between
Central American youth
gangs and drug
trafficking,
international organised
crime and terrorism,
according to a report
released this week by
the Washington Office on
Latin America (WOLA).
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