Mid
Afternoon Fire Takes Four Lives:
Woman and Three Children
An electrical short circuit is
the cause of an early afternoon
fire yesterday afternoon in the
urbanización María Ofelia in
Barreal, Heredia, that took the
lives of a woman and three small
children.
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Goalie Adrian
DeLemos practices with Costa
Rica's national soccer team in
Santa Ana, Monday. Costa Rica
will play Germany in the opening
game of the 2006 Germany World
Cup.
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Rainy
Season Will Mean Flooding As
Storm Sewers Don't Have The
Capacity
The "rainy" season is just
around the corner and the chief
of prevention at the Comisión
Nacional de Emergencias (CNE),
Lídier Esquivel, says that many
residents of the Greater
Metropolitan Area (GMA) of San
José will be pushing out water
from under their feet this year.
"Ticas"
Expected To Live To 81
The report titled “Indicadores
de género y salud, Costa Rica
2005” says that, among other
things, that Costa Ricans have a
longer life expectancy that the
rest of Latin America.
Job
Fair This Weekend
Looking for work in Costa Rica?
Well, the first Feria Nacional
de Empleo will be held this
weekend, with some 2.000 jobs
being offered by various private
companies in industry and
services.
Costa
Rica Unveils World Cup Shortlist
Costa Rica coach Alexandre
Guimaraes has unveiled a
shortlist of 28 players for the
2006 World Cup finals in
Germany.
Time To
Check Your Laptop
If you have ever sat down in the
loo with laptop in hand lap then
you may know how hot the
batteries can get sometimes.
Villagers to be evacuated ahead
of volcano eruption in Peru
Over 42 families in southern
Peru will be evacuated after a
state of emergency was declared
in the area on Friday for fear
of a larger volcano eruption.
China
sales a mixed blessing for Latin
America
If Latin America's
economic ties with China do not
undergo a structural change, the
region will be unable to meet
the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), an Argentine expert said
during the Latin Economic Forum
held recently at United Nations
headquarters.
How Canada
can help Latin America grow
In 1990, with great fanfare,
Canada joined the Organization
of American States, the primary
forum for intergovernmental
dialogue in Latin America and
the Caribbean. It was a clear
signal Canada wanted to play a
more active role in the
hemisphere. There was hope
Canada would emerge as a leader
and counterbalance to the United
States, with none of the
acrimonious history of
intervention.
Peruvian presidential runoff set
for May 28
Ollanta Humala and Alan Garcia
will run in a second round for
Peru's presidency, set for May
28, the country's National
Electoral Process Office (ONPE)
said on Monday.
COSTA RICA
An end to
the welfare state?
The
gap between rich and poor widens
alongside the country’s changing
economic model.
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