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Wednesday 20 August
2008, San José, Costa Rica
Calderón Hospital
Workers On Strike
Workers at the Hospital
Calderón Guardia went on
work stoppage this
morning at 7am,
protesting the firing of
hospital director, Luis
Paulino Hernandez, as
well as the hospital
administrator and head
of maintenance.
ICE Asks For 15%
Electricity Rate
Increase
Increases in the cost of
services and goods
continue with the latest
announcement by the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE)
asking for an increase
the price of electrical
services for an eight
month period.
Tibetan Group Says Arias
Asked Dalai Lama Not To
Visit Costa Rica
The vice-president of
the Asociación Cultural
Tibetano-Costarricense,
Milagro Rodríguez,
claims that the
"unofficial" visit of
the Dalai Lama - Tenzin
Gyatso - to Costa Rica
planned for September
10, was cancelled at the
request of Costa Rican
president, Oscar Arias.
Padre Minor Gets
Sentence Increased On
Appeal
Catholic priest, Padre
Minor de Jesús Calvo,
looking to reduce his
sentence lived yesterday
what perhaps can be
described as the worst
day in his life, in
hearing the decision of
the Sala Tercera de
Casación Penal in
reviewing his appeal.
Brenes Eliminated From
Competition
Although Limón native
runner, Nery Brenes, ran
a personal best and
national record time of
44.94 seconds, he was
eliminated yesterday
from the Semifinal of
the men's 400 metre race
at the Beijing Olympics.
Costa Rican Invention
Will Allow Astronauts To
Make Coffee In Outer
Space
Thanks to an ingenuity
of a group of students
of the ngeniería en
Mantenimiento Industrial
del Instituto
Tecnológico de Costa
Rica (TEC) , astronauts
can soon be brewing
coffee in outer space.
Emerson Begins Costa
Rican Operation And
Looking To Hire 200
Emerson Process
Management, worldwide
supplier of process
automation services and
technologies, began
operations in Costa Rica
yesterday and said it
will be looking to hire
some 200 electrical
engineers in the coming
five years.
Panama Promotes Eolian
Energy Projects
PANAMA - Development of
projects to generate
eolian energy is among
the actions that Panama
is promoting to foster
using alternative
alternative sources, in
an environment marked by
high oil prices.
Guatemala Congress Fund
Vanished
GUATEMALA - The
Guatemalan Congress
failed to recover 11
million dollars that
were illegally deposited
in a private investment
firm (MDF).
Venezuela Running Cement
Industry
CARACAS - The government
of Venezuela seized
control of the national
cement industry amid joy
in the population, and
hopes to overcome the
housing deficit.
Brazil To Build Another
4 Nuclear Power Plants
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil
is to build a further
four nuclear power
plants in addition to
finishing the halted
Angra III plant, local
media said Tuesday.
Bolivian Provinces
Strike Demanding Oil
Benefits
LIMA - The Bolivian
provinces of Santa Cruz,
Beni, Pando, Tarija and
Chuquisaca Tuesday
staged a 24-hour strike,
demanding the central
government refund 270
million U.S. dollars'
worth of oil taxes.
PERU:
Native Groups Protest
Laws Facilitating Sales
of Land
Defending the state of
emergency declared in
three provinces in Peru
to crack down on
protests by indigenous
communities against a
law facilitating the
sale of their
community-owned lands,
Prime Minister Jorge del
Castillo said the
government was
safeguarding "the rights
of the great majority of
Peruvians."
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