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"Arias Left Behind in the Cold
War", Union Leader Charges
Albino Vargas, secretary general
of the Asociación Nacional de
Empleados Públicos y Privados (ANEP)
- the powerful public workers
union - showed his anger at the
comments by the ministro de la
Presidencia, Rodrigo Arias, who
called him an "extremist union
leader".
What is left of the
chemical plant in Moín (Limón)
after Wednesday's fire
and explosion.
Investigators will be
sifting through the
rubble today to find the
cause of the accident,
while experts assess the
environmental damage to
the area, where a number
of communities are still
without fresh water. |
North American
Hiding Ingenious Marijuana Lab
in Tilarán
A North American was detained by
agents of the Organismo de Investigación
Judicial (OIJ) after they discovered a complete laboratory with 4.000
marijuana plants in luxury home
in the area known as Tronadora de Tilarán.
600 Police Officers To Receive
Their Own Homes
In his annual report on the
development of the fight against
poverty, the Ministro de
Vivienda, Fernando Zumbado,
announced a program to give 600
police officers of the Fuerza
Pública their own homes, as a
majority of the police officers
do not own their homes.
Peninsular Ferry Strands
Passengers
Expect travelling to and from
Paquera (Tambor and points west
to Mal País and Montezuma) and
Puntarenas as the Ferry
Peninsular broke down yesterday
morning, causing delays while
repairs are being made.
3.000 New High Paying Jobs Being
Offered
The fourth floor of Mall San
Pedro is now the new home of the
U.S. company, Datascension, who
is beginning operations in Costa
Rica and will be offering jobs
to some 3.000 Costa Ricans.
Cheap Venezuelan Fuel Slashes
Managua Bus Fare
Public transport users in
Managua will pay from now on
three cents less for the bus
ticket because City Hall will
supply buses with Venezuelan oil
at preferential prices.
Panama Executive and Retirees at
Table
Panama 's government and
retirees will continue
discussing the pension increase
requested by the elderly, who
are threatening to go back to
the streets if their demands are
not met.
Honduran Children Have Gloomy
Future
An unhappy and brief future is
all the 200 Honduran children,
who daily work in the capital's
garbage dumps, can expect, with
a life expectancy under 45 years
due to pollutant substances.
Tension Builds between
Colombia-Ecuador
Colombia s decision to continue
aerial fumigations on the border
with Ecuador, after promising
not to do so, has increased
tension between the neighboring
nations.
Chavez
Victory thoroughly Confirmed
Preliminary reports of the
recent Venezuelan elections,
supported in new information by
electoral authorities, show on
Thursday the Republic s
President Hugo Chavez as winner.
RIGHTS-GUATEMALA:
A Glimmer
of Hope for Genocide Victims'
Families
One
morning in 1982 the Guatemalan
army descended on Pedro
Santiago's village and started
shooting anything that moved.
Santiago, a member of the Ixil
indigenous community, was
wounded and his small daughter
was killed. Former dictator
Efraín Ríos Montt stands accused
of massacres like this one.
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