San José, Costa Rica - Saturday 26 June 2004

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Anyone who has walked the downtown streets of San José can tell you that you always have to look where you step, as this 30 year old man found out yesterday, when he stepped into a hole made by the Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (CNFL) as they work on their project to bury all the overheard electrical cables in the Metropolitan Area. (Foto Francisco Obando, Diario Extra/corresponsal) Click for larger image!

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT Canada Day Picnic, Sunday, 27th June, 2004 - 9:30 A.M. 3:00 P.M.  Details

Air Traffic Controllers on Strike!
A strike by air traffic controllers could affect operation at the three major airports - Juan Santamaría (Alajuela), Tobías Bolaños (Pavas) y Daniel Oduber (Liberia) as well as operations at the air traffic control tower.

Solís's Mother Involvement Sparks Investigation
The reports by local channel 7 (Teletica) news team "telenoticias" on the new Comptroller, Alex Solís Fallas, has now the Colegio de Abogados y la Dirección Notarial - the Costa Rican body that governs lawyers and notary publics - running investigation into the affairs of Solís and his law firm.
 

San Jose Among the Affordable
A global survey of the cost of living in 144 cities established that Tokyo, London, and Moscow are the three most expensive towns in the world. 
 

Security at Ports
The Costa Rican ports on the Caribbean and the Pacific are ready to receive the certification of the International Maritime Organization, which the United States is to demand as of next July 1st to accept trade with other nations. 

5,000 Trees for the Capital
Thanks to a donation of the firm Ericsson, the Municipality of San Jose launched the planting of 5,000 new trees in different areas of the capital city.

Protection Rackets Hit Online Gambling
Criminal gangs based in eastern Europe are playing a nasty game with Internet gambling companies. With help from skilled network vandals, they're knocking the betting sites offline, then demanding huge extortion payments to halt their digital attacks.

Sports: Costa Rica Appoints New Coach
Colombian Jorge Luis Pinto was appointed the new technical director (coach) of the Costa Rica soccer team on Wednesday.

Cuban Americans prepare for new restrictions Scores of Cuban Americans laden with bulging duffle bags and wads of cash emerged from the dark tinted, sliding glass doors of Havana's Jose Marti International Airport on Friday, seizing quick, last- minute trips to see their relatives before the Bush administration's tight new travel restrictions take effect. Central America a haven of beef, seafood, condiments, liquor and more Central America has more things to boast about than just coffee beans.  Decaf coffee, straight from the plant Brazilian scientists say they have found a rare variety of coffee plant that should provide the world's first cup of naturally decaffeinated but full-tasting coffee.  International News from the New York Times

SPECIAL REPORTS: Brazil Tells Brazilians: Piracy Is Robbery Out of every three CDs or DVDs sold in Brazil last year, one was pirate. Brazil, however, still lacks official data on the economic damages caused by the sale of falsified products. All that exist  are estimates. It is estimated, for example, that the Brazilian  audiovisual sector loses US$ 120 million a year due to piracy. For a three-month period, beginning next week, some 1,800 movie theatres around Brazil will be showing a series of shorts, each about 45 seconds long, on the damage done by piracy. THE TAKE: CULTURE CLASH MOVIE MADNESS Expatriate question - Popcorn, Coke, hotdogs -- all are coming attractions to an enjoyable movie watching experience. Luckily all these amenities are available in Costa Rica (along with some of the softer theaters seats that I have had the pleasure to sit down in). Unfortunately, Costa Rican movie watching requires one more accessory that is rarely found in theaters to the North…cell phones.

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