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Electric Power Rationing
Continues
Even though the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) was able to restore
operations at the Moín (Limón)
and San Antonio de Belen power
stations, rotating electric
power cuts will continue through
the weekend.
Though the rainy
season has not
officially
arrived, dark
clouds over
downtown San
José threaten
downpours most
afternoons. |
San José
Garbage Collectors on Walkout
The garbage in San José may soon
start to pile up if the refuse
collectors for the Municipalidad
de San José don't reach an
agreement and continue their
walkout, to resolve a number of
issues that have been
accumulating for some time.
Turrialba Volcano Increases
Activity
The volcán Turrialba has
increased its activity spewing
sulfur gases and water vapor
from the principal crater since
mid day Thursday.
Wanted Priest Deported To Costa
Rica
Catholic priest, Enrique Vázquez,
detained in Honduras earlier
this week, was placed in the
hands of immigration officials
Friday, who began the process of
deporting him to Costa Rica.
Tico
Chickens to Fight Hunger
Nicaragua received from Costa
Rica a first shipment of 16,000
chickens, which will be part of
the “Zero hunger” plan promoted
by President Daniel Ortega to
fight hunger and poverty in the
rural areas of the neighboring
country.
Former
Peace Corps Volunteer Gets
Prison Time For Underage Sex in
Cost Rica
U.S. Federal prosecutors
announced Thursday that a Santa
Cruz (California) man has been
sentenced to more than four
years in prison for molesting a
14-year-old Costa Rican boy in
2003 while assigned to that
country as a Peace Corps
volunteer.
Nicaragua Claim Right to
Request Posada Extradition
Aldo Diaz Lacayo, the ambassador
to represent the Sandinista
Government at the United
Nations, defended on Friday
Nicaragua´s right to request
extradition of terrorist of
Cuban origin Luis Posada
Carriles from the United States.
Latin American Medicine School
Rector Visits Guatemala
The
Latin American School of
Medicine (ELAM) Rector Juan
Carrizo began on Thursday a
visit to Guatemala, where he
will meet students and graduates
of that center, parents, and
Cuban collaborators in
Guatemala.
Salvadorans Rebuke Terrorist
Release
El
Salvador Farabundo Marti
National Liberation Front and
other intelligentsia called an
insult to Latin America the US
release of terrorist Luis Posada
Carriles.
Chavez Venezuelans to the
Socialist Party
President of Venezuela Hugo
Chavez asserted the United
Socialist Party (PSUV) will have
several million candidates to
enter the organization.
Colombian
Government Accepts ELN Rebels
Ceasefire Proposal
The
Colombian government has
accepted a trial ceasefire
proposal by the rebel National
Liberation Army (ELN), Luis
Carlso Restrepo, the nation's
visiting high commissioner for
peace said on Wednesday in Cuban
capital Havana.
HUMAN
RIGHTS-COLOMBIA:
Uribe on
the Defensive
The
Colombian government has
assigned military intelligence
agents to monitor opposition
legislators who are travelling
to the United States to express
their views on different aspects
of relations between the two
countries, rightwing President
Álvaro Uribe himself revealed.
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