Changes to San José Bus Routes
and Stops in Effect Tomorrow
Driving in San José tomorrow can
more frustrating than usual for
many as the Ministerio de Obras
Pública y Transporte (MOPT) and
the Consejos de Seguridad Vial y
Nacional de vialidad (CONAVI),
looking to better move traffic,
announced a series of road
changes.
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Costa Rican artists perform a
Parade of Fire during the
opening ceremony of the 10th
Annual International Arts
Festival in Parque La Sabana.The
Festival continues all week to
March 26. Open-air concerts,
film screenings, athletic events
and performances are scheduled
for all to enjoy in this immense
park west of the downtown San
José.
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Motels Offer Free Condoms To
Customers, Survey Found
Motels and massage parlours that
do not hand free condoms will be
subject to sanctions under Ley
7771 that attempts to prevent
the spreading of HIV/AIDS,
according to health officials.
Costa
Rican Authorities Puzzled By
Contents In Colombian ExGuerila
Storage Warehouse
Authorities are intrigued by the
off find in the warehouse of
former Colombian "guerillero"
Libardo Parra Vargas detained
this week. In a warehouse owned
by Parra, police found some 30 "quintales"
(a unit of mass in the metric
system equal to 100 kilograms)
of beans and 15 mattresses.
Outsourcing
Booms
The number of calls made in the
United States that are replied
in Costa Rica increases every
day. U.S. firms with worldwide
operations resort to outsourcing
here, in order to handle
customer service and technical
help.
Cuban Heroes Supported in Spain
An exhibition by Spanish artist
Paco Bernal and a symposium on
the five Cuban anti-terrorist
fighters in US prisons is taking
place in the Valencian locality
of Elche.
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Colombian drug traffickers
delivered to US
Seven Colombian drug traffickers
have been extradited to the
United States and will stand
trial there, Colombian police
confirmed on Saturday.
Ecuadoreans Want Apology to
Venezuela
The Pachakutik indigenous
movement urged the Ecuadorean
government to apologize for an
attempt by Congress leader
Wilfredo Lucero to link
Venezuela to protests in
Ecuador.
El
Salvador's ruling party wins
parliamentary vote
The ruling alliance in El
Salvador has won last week's
parliamentary elections, the
country's electoral court said
Saturday in the capital San
Salvador.
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