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Traffic Chaos A Daily
Occurrence
Every day traffic chaos
around San José and
other major areas of the
Gran Area Metropolitana
(GAM) takes over
people's lives. Some of
the worst examples are
La Uruca, the road to
Heredia, the Fernando
Prospero and the General
Cañas.
Sunday Morning Traffic
Checks Surprises Drunks Drivers
The
Policía de Tránsito
(traffic police) in its
war on drunk drivers are
now running full scale
spot checks and road
blocks, not only in the
small hours of Saturday
and Sunday morning,
surprising drivers as
they come out of bars
and discos, but also
during the late Sunday
morning hours.
Rainy Season Is Here
Despite Weekend Lack of
Rain
Despite the fact that
rainy season has
officially started in
the Central Valley, the
weekend was pretty dry,
with lots of sunshine
Sunday afternoon and
some scattered rain and
lighting in the east
end.
One Bus Fare For
Downtown Buses Proposed To Reduce
Traffic Congestion
All buses entering San
José will have one fare starting in
2009, which will be ¢350 colones.
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Cuba: Bush is Desperate
US President George W.
Bush is desperate
because he is about to
leave the White House
without having been able
to destroy the Cuban
revolutionary project,
Cuba's state-run
television claimed.
Energy Part of South
American Integration
The integration process
in South America has
Friday an essential
energy element, capable
of becoming a key
feature of the union
among regional
countries.
Argentina's Austal
Airline Pilots Suspend
Strike
Pilots of Argentina's
Austral airline Sunday
suspended a two-day
strike ahead of Monday
talks with airline
directives that will
also be attended by the
country's labor
minister, said the
Airline Aviators' Union
(UALA).
Former Peruvian
President Accused of
Despising Court
Peruvian prosecutors
accused on Friday former
Peruvian President
Alberto Fujimori, who is
standing trial on
charges of atrocities
and human rights
violations during his
rule, of despising the
court during his trial.
PERU:
All-Out War on Remnant
of ‘Shining Path’
Guerrillas
The armed forces have
launched a major
offensive against the
most combative remaining
column of Sendero
Luminoso (the Maoist
Shining Path guerrillas)
which is operating in
the jungle valleys of
the Ene and Apurimac
rivers in southeastern
Peru, where most of the
country’s coca leaf and
cocaine is produced.
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10 May 2008 |
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