Semana
Santa Begins!
More than 9.000 police from the
Fuerza Pública (police),
Tránsito (traffic police),
Vigilancia Aérea (air patrols)
and Guardacostas (coastguard)
will be out in full force during
this coming week. In addition,
the Cruz Roja (Red Cross),
Comisión Nacional de Emergencia
(CNE) will be in full force to
attend to emergencies. That was
the announcement yesterday by
the vice-ministro de Seguridad
Rafael Ángel Gutiérrez to ensure
safety for vacationers during
the week.
Children look at
masks during the
start of the
mask festival in
Barva de Heredia.
]Fotos: Juan
Carlos Ulate] |
Ortega
Says Arias Did Not Merit The
Nobel Prize for Peace
Nicaraguan president, Daniel
Ortega, said yesterday that the
Nobel prize for peace awarded to
Costa Rican president, Oscar
Arias, should have really gone
to the former president of El
Salvador, José Napoleón Duarte.
Arias was awarded the Nobel
prize for bringing peace to
Central America.
Domestic Violence Tends To
Increase During Semana Santa
During Semana Santa (Easter
week), domestic violence against
women increases and its for that
that the Delegación de la Mujer
and the 911 service will play a
major role in reacting to calls
for help by women who are
victims of domestic violence.
Migrant Labour and Fruit Exports
More Expensive in Costa Rica?
The secretary general of the
Nicaraguan labour union
Fetrabach-Cst, Roberto Antonio
Ruiz, says that he regrets that
Nicaraguan migratory workers and
seasonal workers, who harvest
pineapples and bananas in Costa
Rica, receive a treatment there
which is so much inferior to the
labour conditions for Costa
Ricans.
Costa Rican Bananas Go The Extra
Mile to Keep Runners Going
Whether training, competing, or
recovering from one of Europe’s
gruelling marathons, bananas
from Costa Rica are the super
food for any serious runner –
professional or amateur.
Paloma San Basilio Ready for
Costa Rica
The legendary Spanish singer
Paloma San Basilio will give a
concert in Costa Rica on May 1
as part of her Latin American
Diva tour, the show promoters
announced this week.
Conversion Offers a Lifeline for
Dwindling Communities
As more of these communities -
some with as few as 20 members
and located in isolated Jewish
outposts such as El Salvador and
the Bahamas - are able to hire
full-time rabbis, the conversion
issue is a growing one that
impacts the communities’
survival.
Nicaraguan Public Safety
Threatened
Drug trafficking is one of the
worst threats to public safety
in Nicaragua, as the country is
increasingly used as transit
point for South American drugs
heading for the US, a police
source said.
Salvadorians Appeal against
Anti-Terrorist Law
Salvadorian social organizations
lodged an appeal against the
Antiterrorist Law on Thursday to
the Supreme Court of Justice,
and request its abolition from
the Legislative Assembly for
considering it unconstitutional.
Ex Guatemalan Official Admits
Power of Drug Trafficking
Former minister of Interior of
Guatemala, Carlos Vielmann, said
on Thursday that neither society
nor the State have realized the
influence, infiltration and
capacity of action of drug
trafficking in the country.
Fidel Castro Slams Food for Fuel
Cuban President Fidel Castro
criticized on Thursday "the
sinister idea of turning food
into fuel," which was
definitively established as an
economic line of the US foreign
policy.
Tension in
Ecuador Congress Grows
Ecuadorian substitute deputies
and those of the minority bloc
are insisting on holding
congressional sessions, despite
the decision by that authority s
leader Jorge Cevallos to suspend
activities until Tuesday.
NICARAGUA:
Sandinistas Wage a New War -
Against Hunger
With the support of
international cooperation, the
Nicaraguan government is
preparing to launch an all-out
offensive against hunger, as
part of an ambitious plan to
help the rural poor achieve food
sufficiency.
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