Schools Open, But Teachers
To Strike On Wednesday
More than 50.000 teachers will
go on strike tomorrow in a
strike action called by the
teachers association, the
Asociación Nacional de
Educadores (ANDE), according to
José Antonio Barquero, president
of ANDE.
Police closed
off access to
and from the San
Sebastián jail
on the south
side of San
José, as two
prisoners inside
held a lawyer
hostage. The
only demand of
the prisoners,
one of which is
serving a 42
year sentence,
was to be
transferred to
another
institution. The
hostage taking
ended
peacefully.[Foto:
Juan Carlos Rubí] |
Lawyer Held Hostage By Two
Prisoners
Two prisoners at the Unidad de
Admisión de San Sebastián, in
San José, held a lawyer hostage
for more than two hours, with
the only demand that they be
transferred to other jails.
Canopy
Tours Now In The Sabana Park
Taking a canopy tour does not
mean a long ride to and from San
José, as the Grupo Montaña is
bringing the canopy has invested
more than us$20.000 dollars to
construct a canopy tour in the
Parque Metropolitano La Sabana.
Post Office Implements New
Address System
The mailing address on all
correspondences has changed as
the Correos de Costa Rica (post
office) implemented its new
postal code system, it announced
yesterday.
Slower Increase of Pineapples
Exports in 2007
Tholen – Last year Costa Rican
exports of pineapple achieved a
32% increase due to the
enlargement of the EU.
Growing
Demand for Horses
The exports of the
“Iberoamericana” breed, fully
developed in Costa Rica are 95
to 120 horses a year, sources of
the breeders said.
Dengue Fever Bites Latin America
Transmitted by the Aedes Aegypti
mosquito, dengue fever is
creating epidemics in several
Latin American countries and has
regional health authorities on
edge.
Guatemalans Protest Financial
Situation
Hundreds of Guatemalans staged
protests in several points of
the capital as the opening
session of the 48th Assembly of
Governors of the Inter American
Development Bank (IDB) was held.
Murderous Year in El Salvador
About 593 homicides have been
registered in El Salvador in the
two first months of the year,
according to figures revealed
Sunday by the Legal Medicine
Institute, the Attorney s office
and the National Civil Police
(PNC).
Honduras Rains Death, Isolation
The intense rains of the last
three days left two deaths and
25,000 missing people in 16
communities of eastern Honduras,
official sources reported.
Seven
Cuban Feature Films this Year
The Cuban Film Institute will
produce seven fiction features
this year, Omar Gonzalez,
president of the institute, told
the press.
SOUTH AMERICA:
Climate Change Fuels
Spread of Dengue
Fever
Climate change,
which has resulted,
for example, in
heavier and more
persistent rains in
South America, is
forcing countries to
take more proactive
measures to prevent
the spread of
diseases like dengue
fever.
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