ICE Rents Generators To Avoid
Shortages
The Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE), the state
monopoly on electrical energy
and telecommunications, reports
to have rented two thermal
electrical generating plants
from the private sector.
A sunny and hot Sunday
afternoon was quickly
overtaken by clouds,
strong winds and
heavy rain as San
José heads into the
worst of the rainy
season. The largest
percentage of rain of
the rainy season falls
in the months of
September and October.
Foto taken on the
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Police Uncover Plot To Kill
President and Top Cop
President Oscar Arias, the
Ministro de Seguridad Pública
Fernando Berrocal and the
director of the Dirección de
Inteligencia y Seguridad
Nacional (DIS) Roberto
Solórzano, were that targets of
two Nicaraguan men, who who
working as mules for the
Colombian FARC, with operations
in Costa Rica, the Spanish
language newspaper Diario Extra
reports.
Group Concerned About Increase
in Child Pregnancies
The director of the group "Reciclando
Esperanzas", located in San
Francisco de Dos Ríos, Patricia
Porras Sánchez, revealed that
pregnancies in girls between 12
and 13 years of age is on the
increase and by as much as 20%
over the past year.
Pedestrian Run Over For Real
During
Simulation
A simulated accident organized
by the Consejo de Seguridad Vial
(Cosevi) with the objective of
avoiding more deaths on the
roads, resulted in a pedestrian
being run over for real.
Immigration Asked To Refund
Overcharges
Though most of the new
regulations contained in the new
"Ley de Migración y Extranjería"
that came into effect, mainly
due to lack of resources, both
financial and manpower, one new
rule is in force: the cost of
processing a new passport.
Morning
After Pill May Soon Be in Costa
Rica
The morning-after pill, recently
approved for over the counter
sale, is becoming a controversy
in Costa Rica, even though it
has yet to be offered for the
sale in Costa Rica.
Drug Money Captured in Nicaragua
The State Police of Nicaragua
reported the discovery of two
million dollars hidden in
plastic bags in a truck coming
from El Salvador.
Menchu against US Bully
Peace Nobel Prizewinner
Rigoberta Menchu Saturday
described as abusive, abominable
and reprehensible the fact that
the US take advantage of the
current sickness suffered by the
Cuban President Fidel Castro to
increase its aggressive
anti-Cuban plans.
Venezuela Probes Arms, Money
Smuggling
Venezuela launched a probe on US
attempts to smuggle fuses and
detonators, among other military
supplies, with diplomatic
immunity.
Anti-Cuba Travel Ban
Protest in Miami
Dozens of Cubans
rallied outside the
office of Rep.
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
(R-Fla) to protest
his support to the
ban on travels to
Cuba.
Tropical Storm
Ernesto Threatens
the Caribbean
The season's fifth
tropical storm
Ernesto has had
little change in the
East Caribbean Sea
and at 6:00 am, it
was located at 390
km south of
Dominican Republic,
and 760 km
east-southeast of
Jamaica.
ECONOMY-CHILE:
A Bridge Between
Asia and South
America
In the last few
months, Chile has
made it clear that
it intends to become
a trade platform
between the vast
Asia Pacific region
and the Andean
countries, by means
of trade treaties
and political
integration. Prompt
re-entry into the
Andean Community of
Nations (CAN) would
be a step in that
direction.
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