97% Of Sewage Heads
Straight For the Rivers
What happens to the
waste from the sewage
drains? Even though
Costa Rica boasts of
being environmentally
friendly, only 3% of the
waste is treated, that
is 97% is sent to the
rivers and creeks around
the country.
Sanitary waste
from many homes
in the Anonos is
dumped directly
into the Tiribí
river, the same
occurring in
many other
communities and
towns throughout
the country as
only 3% of the
waste is
treated,
according to the
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Health Officials On Alert For
Influenza Pandemic
According to health experts,
every 50 years an influenza
epidemic breaks out and if the
virus were to reach Costa Rican
shores, health officials
estimate some 600.000 may be
infected, possibly killing
between 2.000 and 6.000 in three
months.
Heredia To
Be First Smart City
The city of Heredia, some 10
kilometres northwest of San
José, will be the first in Costa
Rica to be digital, thanks to a
cooperation agreement with
Ariel, a smart city in Israel.
Former Broker Tells Cautionary
Tale About Criminal Past
A former bad
apple held the crowd captive at
the Investment Management
Consultants Association
conference here last week.
Cuban
literacy method for Nicaragua
disabled
The Cuban literacy method "Yes I
Can" (Yo Si Puedo) will be used
to teach nearly 500,000 blind,
deaf and disabled Nicaraguans to
read and write in the literacy
campaign beginning March 23.
FBI sending investigators to
Guatemala ahead of Bush visit
Three murdered
Salvadoran legislators. Four
cops, suspected in the killings,
themselves shot to death in a
maximum security prison. Broken
government agencies. And more
questions than answers.
Bush to
host Brazilian president in Camp
David
U.S. President George W. Bush
will welcome President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil
to Camp David on March 31, the
White House said in a statement
on Friday.
7 soldiers, 11 rebels killed in
Colombian clashes
Seven government soldiers and at
least 11 guerrillas died in
fighting this weekend in Puerto
Rico, the Colombian province of
Meta, about 300 km south of
Bogota, the military said on
Sunday.
ENERGY-U.S./LATIN AMERICA:
An OPEC
for Ethanol?
U.S. President George W. Bush
will visit Latin America next
week seeking a strategic
alliance with Brazil to develop
biofuels -- and Venezuela, the
region's main oil exporter, is
taking this as a warning sign.
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