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Red Alert For Caribbean,
Cold Snap To Continue
Until Sunday
The cold snap that has
gripped the entire
nation continues to hit
hard the Caribbean and
Northern Zone, with
strong winds and
torrential rains. The
foul weather has also
affected areas on the
Pacific coast like
Miramar de Puntarenas
and Nicoya and Liberia
in Guanacaste.
Karla González: "Much
More Difficult To Be A
Mother Than A Minister"
Karla González, the
ministra de Obras
Públicas y Transportes,
assures that being a
mother is much tougher
than being a minister,
dealing with natural
disasters and
administrative problems.
UN Court To Hear Arguments In
Costa Rica-Nicaragua Spat
The U.N.'s highest court said Friday it would hear arguments next
month in a long-running spat between Costa Rica and Nicaragua over
navigation rights in the San Juan river.
Marriott Guanacaste Celebrates
its Grand Opening in Costa Rica
Marriott International celebrated this
week the grand opening of its 310-room JW Marriott Guanacaste
Resort & Spa in Santa Cruz, Costa Rica. The resort is operated under
a franchise agreement with Hotel Real de Pinilla, a subsidiary of
Real Hotels & Resorts of El Salvador. It is the fourth Marriott
International-branded hotel in the country.
Costa Rica at Fruit
Logistica 2009
Costa Rica’s bananas,
pineapples, papayas and
tropical roots and
tubers are present for
the next three days in
Berlin at the 17th
edition of FRUIT
LOGISTICA, one of the
most important European
fresh produce fairs. |
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Steven
Chavez
,1, sits
inside a
container
used as
a refuge
for
earthquake
survivors
in
Fraijanes
de
Alajuela.
More
that
2000
people
are
still
homeless
after a
6.2
magnitude
earthquake,
which
killed
23
people
and left
7
missing,
hit the
country
on
January
8. [Foto:
Juan
Carlos
Ulate] |
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China Donates 200 Patrol
Cars To Costa Rica
The latest generosity by the
government of China
towards Costa Rica is
the donation of 200
patrol cars to the
Fuerza Pública (police),
which will be deployed
mainly in San Jose and
Limón. |
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Panama Ships Face New
Pollution Rules
The administrator of the
Panama Maritime
Authority AMP (Autoridad
Marítima de Panamá),
Fernando Solorzano said
that Panama ratified the
Convention about Civil
Responsibility for
damages caused by
Hydrocarbons products
coming from Ships, last
month.
Guatemala Bus Owners Threaten
to Strike
Guatemala - Transport owners in the Guatemalan metropolitan
area on Friday threatened to paralyze the service from the
municipalities to the capital, as a measure of pressure to maintain
high bus fares.
FMLN Drive Freaks Out
Conservatives
San Salvador - A possible victory of the Farabundo Marti National
Liberation Front (FMLN) at upcoming presidential elections in El
Salvador raise concern among conservative ranks.
Brazil, Spain Offer
Humanitarian Aid to Cuba, Haiti, Honduras
Rio de Janeiro - The governments of
Brazil and Spain will give humanitarian assistance to Cuba, Haiti
and Honduras, which were deeply affected by hurricanes Ike, Gustav
and Hannah in 2008, the Brazilian Foreign Relations Ministry said on
Friday.
Venezuela Positioning for
Referendum
Caracas - Face to face contact between members of the Simon Bolivar
Command and sectors related to President Hugo Chavez is being made
Friday here before a possible constitutional amendment.
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COLOMBIA:
Ex-Hostage Says FARC Killed 11 Captives
"Why did they kill them? Out of physical cowardice. It's what we call murder. Sheer physical cowardice. It's what we call a war crime," said former lawmaker Sigifredo López, just freed by the FARC, about the massacre of his 11 colleagues on Jun. 18, 2007, when they were hostages of the Colombian guerrillas.
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Reno
Wind-Turbine Maker Expands to
Costa Rica
Reno-based wind turbine
manufacturer Mariah Power has
expanded onto the international
stage with its first Windspire
installation in Latin America.
ASI Power & Telemetry, a Mariah
Power dealer based in
northwestern Costa Rica, has
installed one of the company’s
propeller-free vertical axis
wind turbines, called a
Windspire, in a
biodiversity-educational park
near Costa Rica’s capital, San
Jose.
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"How
to
Make
Coffee
A
Great
Cup
of
Coffee"
It is very simple to make a
great cup of coffee, you just
need to learn a couple a thing
to move your process from just
an average cup to great. Here
are some tips on how to make
coffee so that you will get the
most enjoyment out of your
gourmet coffee.
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Why ICE Is Stalling 3G
ICE, the Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad and the only
provider of cellular service in
Costa Rica has been falling
behind in installing the next
generation of cellular network
known as 3G. |
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