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Monday 27 October 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Click here for latest
road report by the
Policía de Tránsito,
Alajuela Hospital On
Life Support
The new and modern San
Rafael de Alajuela
hospital is sick. The
us$40 million dollar
building located in the
south side of downtown
Alajuela is awesome on
the outside, but, on the
inside, it is another
story.
Domingo Embrujado
Halloween came to Escazú
early as the streets of
San Antonio de Escazú
were filled with magic
and colour during a
celebration of "Domingo
Embrujado" (Bewitched
Sunday).
ICE
Brings Out The
Blackberry Today
Costa Rican executives
are expected to make
like at the newest of
the Instituto
Costarricende
Electricidad (ICE)
agency in Escazú today
to get their hands on
the Blackberry Curve and
Blackberry Pearl.
Guanacaste Has Two New
‘Intelligent’ Centres
The Ministry
of Science and
Technology (MICIT) and
the John Paul II
University have opened
up two new intelligent
centres (CECIS) in the
Guanacaste communities
of Cartagena (Santa
Cruz) and Belen
(Carrillo).
Liberia Hospital
Expansion Approved
Architect
Gabriela Murillo
Jenkins, infrastructure
and technology manager
for the Costa Rican
Social Security System (CCSS)
and the government
entity’s executive
president, Eduardo
Doryan Garron, announced
that that CCSS, last
Oct. 9, has given the
green light to the last
phase of infrastructure
expansion at Liberia’s
Enrique Baltodano
Hospital.
Insecurity Disturbs
Panama Society
PANAMA -
Insecurity is one of the
main problems the
Panamanian society is
facing nowadays, worried
about the increase of
very serious crime all
over the country.
Cuban Picasso to Open
Exhibition
HAVANA - An exhibition
of Cuban painter Juan
Picasso, distant cousin
of the famous Spanish
painter of "Guernica",
will open November 6 at
the Guayasamin Gallery
in the historical center
of Havana.
Former Colombian
Congressman Escapes From
Rebel's Captivity
BOGOTA - Former
Colombian congressman
Oscar Tulio Lizcano
escaped from captivity
Sunday after being held
for more than eight
years by the rebel
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Ecuador Supports OPEC
Oil Reduction
QUITO - Ecuadorian
President Rafael Correa
supported the decision
made by the Organization
of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC) to
reduce the oil quota in
1.5 million barrels a
day.
Evo Morales:
Constitution Boosts
National Unity
LA PAZ - Bolivia
President Evo Morales
who turns 49 today,
affirm
ARGENTINA:
Caution and Enthusiasm
for Fish Farming
Fish
farming is expanding in
Latin America, fuelled
by the demands of a
global market that is
facing the stagnation of
commercial fishing. But
some people are warning
about the limits of
industrial production of
fish and the
environmental and social
risks.
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