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No Taxis
Today Due to National Strike
A delegation of 138 buses on
various routes around the
country, and maybe more, are
expected to join taxi drivers in
a national strike of services in
protest of Ley 13136 that would
eliminate "porteadores" -
informal taxi services - or the
last of will by legislators who
last week backed down on the
proposal following a
demonstration by the porteadores.
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Costa Rica's Claudia Poll swims
for gold medal in the 800-meter
Freestyle during the Centam
games at the Eileen Coparropa
swimming pool in Panama City,
Panama, Monday. Poll won the
gold medal and finished with a
time of 8:58:88 and a new Centam
record. [AP Photo/Arnulfo
Franco] |
Fujitsu
Announces Operations in Costa
Rica
As
promised by the Coalición de Iniciativas
para el Desarrollo (CINDE), the
announcement came yesterday
that the Fujitsu Corporation
will commence operations in
Costa Rica next month.
Health Fair in Costa Rica Gives
Refugees Much Needed Medical
Care
Since the early hours of the
morning, the old Pacific train
station in the heart of the
Costa Rican capital has been a
makeshift medical centre. Mobile
clinics have been set up inside
tents erected in the great hall
and mini-buses and vans parked
along the rails.
Infant
Mortality Increases in Costa
Rica
Costa Rican state National
Institute of Statistics and
Census (INEC) admitted 9.78
babies died for each 1,000 born
alive in 2005.
Single
Mothers Have More Girls Than
Boys, Study Reveals
Does the fact if the mother is
single or married determine the
sex of the baby? Well, it
appears that it does, according
to a scientific study that
confirms the biological theory
that the sex of a baby is
determined by the family
conditions.
Central
America Rises up against Border
Wall
Guatemalan social groups are
coordinating Monday with their
Central American counterparts
the creation of a common front
on the new US anti-migration
policy that includes
construction of a border wall.
Salvadorians Condemn FTA Burden
Representatives of the
Salvadorian Association of Cable
Operators (ASCAES) has cautioned
that the recently established
free trade agreement with the US
is already affecting 60 national
companies.
Cuba on
Eve of Women´s Day
Cuban women will celebrate this
March 8 their development as a
direct fruit of the country´s
revolutionary process.
Bolivian president denounces US
military "blackmail"
Bolivian President Evo Morales
on Monday blasted the United
States' decision to remove
Bolivia from its list of
anti-terrorism partners as
"blackmail" and "intimidation".
Anti-FTA
Protest in Ecuador
Workers unions, social,
political and student movements
are concluding this Tuesday
preparations for national strike
against the Free Trade Agreement
(FTA) with the United States.
VENEZUELA:
Land
Reform Tripped Up by Red Tape,
Lack of Planning
The
Venezuelan government has
distributed more than two
million hectares to 160,000
landless rural families over the
last three years in an agrarian
reform effort that has been
marked by a certain lack of
planning, say experts.
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