San José, Costa Rica - Sunday 27 June 2004

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The air traffic controller's strike saw a larger number of people than normal anxiously waiting the arrival of loved ones at Juan Santamaria airport at noon time yesterday, one of the busiest hours at the airport.  Some flights were delayed for an hour or more. Click for larger image!

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT Canada Day Picnic, today Sunday, 27th June, 2004 - 9:30 A.M. 3:00 P.M.  Details

Air Traffic in Crisis
Ninety five air traffic controllers walked off the job yesterday morning following a general meeting the evening before where it was decided to force the government to negotiate and called an indefinite strike action.

Costa Rica and Panama  in a "Chicken" War
It all started when Costa Rica refused to allow a shipment of chickens from Panama, fearing it was tainted with Salmonella.

Non-stop to Europe
European airlines are displaying an interest in expanding their services to Central America, as confirmed by the Spanish Air Madrid, which started non-stop flights between Madrid and Costa Rica. 

Intel Recommends Extra Effort
Intel Costa Rica launched the production of a new device for computers - the Chipset - and recommended that the country make extra efforts in order to become more competitive and thus attract more firms from abroad to settle here. 

News Briefs
Marco Badilla, Immigration Director, confirmed that during an operative in San José Friday night, immigration officials detained seven Chinese nationals without documentation of being legally in Costa Rica, where part of a traffic ring that brought them here.

Thousands of Cubans protest US measures More than 10,000 Cubans gathered Saturday at Tribuna Abierta, in the central province of Sancti Spiritus' Jatibonico municipality, to protest measures announced on May 6 by the United States against the island.  WCS Mourns the Loss of Amazon Conservationists The Wildlife Conservation Society mourns the loss of two dedicated conservationists working in the Brazil’s Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, who were killed in a plane crash on Friday, May 14th. Salvadoran troops in Iraq to move to "safer place" Salvadoran President Elias Antonio Saca said on Saturday that his country's troops deployed in the Iraqi city of Najaf will be moved "to a safer place" till their mission ends in July, reports reaching here said.  Lubbock native confirmed U.S. ambassador to Venezuela William Brownfield, a Lubbock native, will become the new U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela after confirmation Friday by the U.S. Senate. International News from the New York Times

SPECIAL REPORTS: Brazil Tells Brazilians: Piracy Is Robbery Out of every three CDs or DVDs sold in Brazil last year, one was pirate. Brazil, however, still lacks official data on the economic damages caused by the sale of falsified products. All that exist  are estimates. It is estimated, for example, that the Brazilian  audiovisual sector loses US$ 120 million a year due to piracy. For a three-month period, beginning next week, some 1,800 movie theatres around Brazil will be showing a series of shorts, each about 45 seconds long, on the damage done by piracy. THE TAKE: CULTURE CLASH MOVIE MADNESS Expatriate question - Popcorn, Coke, hotdogs -- all are coming attractions to an enjoyable movie watching experience. Luckily all these amenities are available in Costa Rica (along with some of the softer theaters seats that I have had the pleasure to sit down in). Unfortunately, Costa Rican movie watching requires one more accessory that is rarely found in theaters to the North…cell phones.

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