San José, Costa Rica -  Thursday 16 September 2004

1.234 Daily Average. Visits in August! Up 10%

Updated every day by 8:00AM Central Standard Time

Firefighters had to break through the underfloor of the Consejo Nacional de Producción (CNP) in La Sabana, to rescue a homeless man who had made the crawl space his home and a firel placed his life in danger. Click for larger image!

insidenicaragua A new weekly feature published on Sundays, featuring a summary  of current news and events in Nicaragua.

President's Independence Day Speech Reassures Costa Ricans
President Abel Pacheco told Costa Ricans gathered in the 'Plaza del primer presidente costarricense, José María Castro Madriz' that "the future this country is not built by a the President or his Cabinet of Ministers.

Fischel-Caja Saga Continues
Now that the patriotic duties are over, the country the get back to the business at hand - the "Fischel-Caja" scandal.

Dalai Lama To Visit Costa Rica
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has left on a six-nation visit to the United States and Latin America.

Costa Rica Opens Region's First Lab for Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology research in Latin America has received a boost with the inauguration of the National Laboratory for Nanotechnology, Microsensors and Advanced Materials (Lanotec) in Costa Rica.

Did you Know?
What once was San José’s main (and most feared) jail is now the Children’s Museum, and one of the most important cultural centres in the country.
 

Proposal to license journalists in Brazil sparks outcry
A proposal to regulate who can work as a journalist in Brazil is alarming human rights groups and journalists - so much so that the organization that suggested the licensing requirements agreed Wednesday to seek nationwide public hearings on the issue.

Chile's Pinochet Enters Hospital
Former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet was admitted to a military hospital Wednesday with "an acute respiratory condition," the hospital said.

Colorado-Based Company Shuts Down Peru Mine After Road Blockade, Protests
Newmont Mining Corp. curtailed work at a mine in Peru Wednesday after a two-week blockade of a road to the mine and thousands of workers protested in the streets over concerns of the effects of new mining operations on water supplies.

International News from the New York Times
 

COLOMBIA: 50,000 Indigenous People March for Basic Rights A tandem bicycle with a loudspeaker moves back and forth from one end of the massive indigenous protest march to the other, as the 50,000 demonstrators make their way along the Pan-American highway to the city of Cali in southwestern Colombia. The protesters -- Nasa (better known as Páez) Indians and members of other indigenous groups as well as black communities, peasant farmers and trade unionists -- are to reach Cali on Thursday, after walking or riding in trucks for a total of 100 kms since they set out on Tuesday. The job of the "radiocicleta" or radio-bicycle is to report on what is happening during the march through a broadcast signal linked to Radio Payumat, a small indigenous radio station that broadcasts in both the Nasa language and Spanish from Santander de Quilichao, in the southwestern department (province) of Cauca.

With GSM and the Lowest Cost to Rent a Cellular Telephone in Costa Rica!

Retirement/Relocation Tours for the Non-rich! I am the ONLY Retirement, Relocation Guide in Costa Rica without a hidden agenda. I will show you many of the best areas for value of climate, land, amenities, and building costs. I will introduce you to honest, value, people who will share with you the actual costs of real estate & homes built for people like you. You can then compare these to any of the other "DEALS" promoted by the many other "Tours" Please visit: www.costaricaretireonss.com and contact my References. George Lundquist, Retirement, Relocation Columnist for: www.insidecostarica.com and www.welovecostarica.com