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At least eight faults cross the Central Valley which can be the scenario for a major quake at any time. The Cipreses fault located in Sabanilla de Montes de Oca) shook the Centraly Valley Friday night at 10:47pm with a 4.4 magnitude. The other faults are located in areas of Janes (Puriscal), Frailes (Desamparados), Agua Caliente (Cartago, with provoked the earthquake of 1910), Navarro (Paraíso de Cartago), Lara (Cartago), Alajuela (de Grecia a Barva) and Río Azul. |
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Costa Rica Closes
Gender Gap; Celebrates International Women's
Day
On March 8th every year, it is a major day
of global celebration of women. In different
regions the focus of the celebrations ranges
from general celebration of respect,
appreciation and love towards women to a
celebration for women's economic, political
and social achievements.
"Impugnación" Unit
Functions Expanded
With the introduction of the new Ley de
Tránsito, the function of the "unidades de
impugnación" (or the "Challenges Unit" in
our best translation) has been expanded to
include authorization to return confiscated
vehicles, license plates and drivers
licenses.
Costa Rica Online
Gambling Laws Cause Arrests in United States
Online gambling in Costa Rica is completely
legal. It is so legal, in fact, that the
country is home to more than 200 internet
gambling organizations. These groups run
websites that are licensed and hosted out of
Costa Rica, but the sites target players all
around the globe.
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/ Central America
CENTRAL AMERICA
Central America and
Mexico Look into Regional Security
SAN SALVADOR - Representatives of the
Central American Integration System (SICA)
and Mexico will meet on Monday in San
Salvador to discuss the problems of security
in the region.
HONDURAS
Ex-Honduran Leader To
Pen Book About 2009 Coup
(AP) Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya
plans to write a book describing his ouster
last year.
Zelaya says Honduras' business elite was
behind last June's military-backed coup that
sent him into exile.
HONDURAS
Brazil Against Early
Normalization of Relations with Honduras
BRASILIA.- The Brazilian Foreign Minister
Celso Amorim ruled out restoring relations
with Honduras in the short-term, and said it
depends on the measures taken by President
Porfirio Lobo for the return to democratic
normality in the Central American country.
GUATEMALA
2 Top Guatemalan Police Officials Are Arrested on Drug Charges
GUATEMALA - Guatemalan authorities arrested the country’s national police chief and the head of its antinarcotics unit on Tuesday on drug charges. It was the second time in six months that a national police chief has been linked to drug trafficking.
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/ Latin America
HILE
Chile Mourns Dead In
Quake, Relief Efforts Rolled Out
SANTIAGO - Chile on Sunday began three days
of mourning for those who died in the Feb.
27 devastating earthquake, as disaster
relief and aid efforts have been rolled out.
COLOMBIA
Colombia Seizes 600
Antipersonnel Mines
BOGOTA - The Colombian Police seized
Sunday more than 600 antipersonnel mines
from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia (FARC).
VENEZUELA
US Crusade against
Venezuela Denounced
CARACAS - The VP of Venezuela's United
Socialist Party (PSUV) Aristobulo Isturiz
denounced on Sunday a US crusade that seeks
to prepare the international public opinion
for violent actions against the South
American country.
VENEZUELA
Venezuela Vaccinates People
Against 14 Diseases
CARACAS - In about 40 days, as
many as 95 percent of the
Venezuelan population will have
been vaccinated against 14
diseases, an effort President
Hugo Chavez includes in the
process of preventive medical
care.
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/ Special Reports
COSTA
RICA: Headhunting First-World
Seniors
The Costa
Rican government has declared
retirement communities, aimed at
attracting U.S. pensioners, to
be "of national interest." Plans
to create "retirement clusters"
providing complete health
services for older adults are
seen as a profitable prospect
for this Central American
country. |
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New
Ley
de
Tránsito:
First
World
Law
on
Third
World
Roads
For
the
first
time
in
all
my
years
of
driving
in
Costa
Rica
my
eyes
yesterday
were
focused
on
the
speedometer
and
the
road
ahead,
watching
for
traffic
cops
with
a
radar
unit.
The
new
Ley
de
Tránsito
had
a
great
effect
on
my
driving
habits,
which
overnight
had
to
change
drastically.
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The Apple iPad
Steve Jobs, founder of
Apple this week
introduced the iPad, a
handheld tablet that is
a larger version of the
iPhone without the
telephony feature.
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