Accident Simulation Tests
Airport Emergency Response
For more than an hour, more than
200 persons made up of Bomberos
(firemen), Cruzrojistas (Red
Cross workers), Aviación Civil
(Civil Aviation), Policía
Aeroportuaria (airport police),
Aduanas (customs agents) and
members of the Caja
Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS),took
part in a simulated catastrophe
situation at the Juan Santamaría
international airport in San
José.
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The soccer ball for the FIFA
2006 Soccer World Cup match
between Costa Rica and Poland in
Hanover is presented to the
media in Berlin April yesterday.
President of Germany's World Cup
organizing committee Franz
Beckenbauer and German sports
goods maker Adidas on Tuesday
presented soccer balls that will
be used in the FIFA 2006 Soccer
World Cup.
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Gasoline
To Pass ¢600 Colones A Litre By
End of Month
Get ready to spend more on
gasoline. Three, yes, three
increases are headed our way
that will see the price of a
litre of gasoline at the pumps
pass ¢600 colones (us$1.18). Two
increases are at the request of
the state oil refinery while the
third is an automatic adjustment
calculations.
Costa Rica Condemns Tel Aviv
Suicide Attack
Costa Rica's Foreign Ministry on
Tuesday condemned Monday's
suicide bomb attack in Israel's
Tel Aviv, which was carried out
by a Palestinian radical group
and killed at least nine people
and wounded 60 others.
First Prize
Costa Rican Adrian Zuniga, 8,
won the first prize for foreign
children in Japan's yearly
drawing competition held in
Osaka.
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With great
sadness we say
goodbye to our
dear friend and
ICR columnist,
Bari. Bari
passed away over
the weekend in
his home in
Santa Ana.
Bari had lived
in Costa Rica
for many years
and in addition
to writing for
ICR, he also
distributed his
regular
newsletter "The
Bullfrog News".
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El
Salvador Tries Getting Tough on
Youth Gangs
El Salvador´s Assistant Police
Chief Pedro Gonzales announced
the beginning of Operation Super
Iron Hand, wherein thousands of
police comprise anti-gang groups
(GTA) to patrol streets in the
21 cities with most crime.
Panama
Free Zone Security Demanded
Entrepreneurs with warehouses
and offices in the Free Trade
Zone in Colon, Panama, have
demanded redoubled security
measures to stop the wave of
robberies there.
Cuba
Prioritizes Children, Mothers
The relationship between
children and parents is a
priority in Cuba, from TV spots
that encourage good parenting to
a law that allows either parent
to take up to a year on 60%
salary to be with the newborn
baby.
Venezuela
Denies US Alleged Nuke Deals
Venezuela defends the peaceful
use of nuclear energy, such as
that of Iran, Foreign Minister
Ali Rodríguez affirmed Tuesday.
EDUCATION-LATIN AMERICA:
Let's
(Not) Talk About Sex
Although
many countries in Latin America
have laws stating that sex
education must be made available
in primary and secondary
schools, these are implemented
in a haphazard way, and in some
cases not at all.
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