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An early evening fire in La Uruca
destroys the old Pepsi building. More than 200 firefighters were on
the scene to control the blaze. |
HellFire in La Uruca !
A voracious fire consumed pretty much what was one the old Canada Dry/
Pepsi factory in La Uruca, in front of the Best Western Irazú hotel,
west of San José.
Few Were Able to See the Eclipse
Cloud cover over San José and
most Costa Rica kept most from viewing the solar eclipse that occurred
yesterday afternoon over the southern part of Costa Rica.
High Cost of Gasoline Lowers Demand
A report in today's edition of
the Spanish language newspaper, La Nación, says that the high
cost of gasoline has decreased the demand by as much as 15% to 20% in
the first three months of this year, compared to the same period in
2004.
President Pacheco Close to Tears
President
Abel Pacheo admitted in the Vatican that he was deeply moved on seeing
the corpse of Pope John Paul II.
Costa Rican Red Cross: 120 years
In 1885, because of fears of
war, then President Bernardo Soto decreed the establishment of a Red
Cross chapter in Costa Rica.
LATIN AMERICA
Former Salvadoran leader said to need another
six votes for top OAS job
Former Salvadoran President
Francisco Guillermo Flores Perez has gained 12 votes of the needed 18 to
win the post of secretary-general of the Organization of American States
(OAS), said reports from the capital San Salvador on Friday.
Venezuela "concerned" about US statement
against it: vice president
The Venezuelan government said
on Friday that it is concerned about the statements of US spokespersons
against Venezuela, despite its willingness to forge good relations with
the United States.
Over
1,000 die in Colombian conflicts in first quarter of 2005
At least 1,037 Colombians died
in actions directly or indirectly related to the internal armed
conflicts during the first three months of 2005, a local human rights
organization said here Friday.
SPECIAL REPORTS
COLOMBIA:
Indians Negotiate Reparations for Damages Caused
by Dam
Marta Domicó, a 20-year-old
Embera-Katío Indian, weaves beaded necklaces near the gate of an old
brick mansion in the Bogotá city centre that is the headquarters of the
Colombian National Indigenous Organisation (ONIC, in Spanish), and where
she has been living, crammed in with some 450 members of her indigenous
community, since Dec. 22.
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