Nicaraguans Head Home For Semana
Santa
Of
the estimated that 800.000
Nicaraguan nationals who live
and work in Costa Rica, 43.000
is the estimate by officials of
Nicaraguans who will legally
cross the border at Peñas
Blancas during Semana Santa.
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Legislative Deputy and former
Ministro de la Presidencia and
failed presidential candidate,
Ricardo Toledo, blasted the
media yesterday saying that they
only showed up at the
Legislative Assembly to see if
legislators were at work
yesterday.
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Anniversario de la Batalla De
Rivas, A National Holiday
For many Costa Ricans today,
Tuesday April 11, is just
another day off work and of no
great significance.
Five
Day Bank Closing Places Gasoline
Station Owners At Risk,
Association Says
Due to the five day bank holiday
closing, gasoline station owners
through their association, the
Asociación de Expendedores de
Combustible (AEC), made their
concerns known to the Refinadora
Costarricense de Petróleo (Recope),
of the possible tragic
consequences that could occur.
Shocking, But True, Deputies
Were At Work Monday
Even though it sounds
unbelievable, Costa Rica's
legislative deputies were at
work on Monday following public
pressure not to take any more
holidays, in their last days of
sessions before the new
Legislative Assembly takes over
on May 1.
British
Study Reveals Relationship
Between Jazz, Drugs and Mental
Health
What does jazz, drugs and mental
problems have in common? It
appears a lot.
Nicaragua Denies Deal with
Striking Docs
The strike by Nicaraguan
pro-salary doctors continues
Monday after the Treasury
Minister Mario Flores denied an
alleged agreement with strikers
demanding a 30 percent wage
raise.
UN
Official Visits Guatemala
UN Millennium Development Goals
director Jeffrey Sachs, is
visiting Guatemala Monday to
learn about its food industry of
a country, where 49 percent of
the children under five years
old suffers from chronic
undernourishment.
Panama
Prez: Adieu to Students to Cuba
Panama´s President Martin
Torrijos was present at the
send-off of 107 young
Panamanians Monday, and
expressed appreciation for
Cuba´s offer of such a
significant number of
scholarships to study medicine.
Russia
Defends Arms Sales to Venezuela
Russian Foreign Affairs Deputy
Minister Serguie Sisliak stated
the sale of weapons to Venezuela
is a sovereign decision between
the two nations, and denied
their deal would be suspended.
US
ambassador heightens
US-Venezuela tensions: minister
United States ambassador William
Brownfield has heightened
tensions between the U.S. and
Venezuela by attempting to
support the country's opposition
parties, Venezuela's
communication minister said on
Monday.
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