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Monday 25 June 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Cellular Network Expansion To Better Service in
33 Communities
The
expansion to the GSM cellular network installed
by the Ericsson company will better service in
33 communities, according to the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) and
confirmed by Ericsson Costa Rica general
manager, Francisco Sánchez de la Vega.
Free Trade Deal With
Panama Ready
Following nine rounds of
talks between Costa
Rican and Panama,
finally both sides
agreed on the final
touches to ready for
signatures the free
trade deal between the
two countries.
Parking Lots Owners,
Free or Paid,
Responsible For Vehicle
Left in Their Care
Following the decision
by the Sala Primera
(First Circuit Court)
last week, owners of
more than 180 parking
lots, must provide
additional security for
the parked cars as they
are now responsible for
any loss or theft of the
vehicle left in their
care.
UCR To Help DIsabled and
Indigenous With
Referendum
The Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE) -
elections tribunal in
charge of holding the
free trade referendum on
October 7 - has asked
the Universidad de Costa
Rica (UCR) for help in
getting their message to
the public with a
hearing disability.
Ortega to Take Nicaragua out of
Energy Crisis
President Daniel Ortega assured
that Nicaragua will get rid of
the "energy bankruptcy" in which
the nation was driven by
neoliberal governments, in the
last 16 years.
Opposition to Panama marine park
A marine mammal theme park proposed by a group
of ex-SeaWorld executives for the isolated
stretch of western Panama of San Carlos has been
stalled by animal rights activists who say that
"swim with the dolphins" attractions are cruel
and anti-environment.
Fidel Castro: Our Species Has
Never Before Faced as Serious a
Threat
Cuban President Fidel Castro
warned that human species has
never before faced as serious a
threat, owing to the combination
of society's political
underdevelopment and the fruits
of technology, which appears
limitless and whose capacity for
self-destruction is beyond
reason.
Venezuela Denounces US Blockade
Despite US dependence on
Venezuelan oil, the South
American country is under threat
of blockade by the Government of
President George W. Bush,
Venezuelan Minister of Science
and Technology, Hector Navarro,
said.
Latin American Youth for More
Integrity
Young people from Bolivia,
Argentina, Chile Peru,
Switzerland, Venezuela and Cuba
fought for more integration and
the implementation of social
programs focus on health and
education.
COLOMBIA:
Civil Resistance Aimed at
Recuperating Biodiverse Lands
Indigenous and black
communities of Colombia's north-western
department of Chocó are trying to recover their
lands and food sources, lost to the decades-long
civil war that has taken its toll on this area
of vast biological diversity.
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