San José, Costa Rica - Monday 28 June 2004

1.611.962 Hits in May!

 

These new symbols have been appearing on all major highways, to mark the spot where pedestrians have died struck by a car while trying to cross the highway. The program is to bring awareness of the danger of to both drivers and pedestrians alike. Click for larger image!

Air Traffic Normal at Airports
Air traffic controllers who have been on strike since Saturday morning say that they fear for the safety of air passengers now that the controls tower at Costa Rica's airports is in the hands of foreigners and Tico pilots.

Thirty Six Foreigners Detained in Six Days
Immigration police report that a total of 36 foreigners have been detained in the last six days, confirming that the Costa Rica is being used a bridge point for the illegal traffic of persons to the United States.

In Transit? MIA Moves to Move You Along
For months, Miami International Airport must have seemed like a labyrinth to passengers traveling from one foreign destination to another.


News Briefs
The devaluation of the Colon has slowed down in the first five months of this year. The rate is expected to be about 10% for this year, down from then 16% during the year 2003.
 

Huge march against crime wave in Mexico At least a quarter of a million Mexicans marched through the capital and other cities on Sunday to protest authorities' failure to control lawlessness in one of the world's most crime-ridden countries. Major drug cartel broken up: Colombian police The Colombian police broke up a key international drug ring Sunday, arresting 81 drug traffickers and confiscating 3.5 tons of cocaine and 2 million US dollars. Former Haitian prime minister arrested Haiti's former prime minister Yvon Neptune was arrested Sunday after a five-month hiding, news from Port-au-Prince reaching here reported.  International News from the New York Times

SPECIAL REPORTS: ARGENTINA: Privatization of Trains Derailed The privatization of Argentina's railways was a slick business deal in the 1990s for the companies that began to run the train service with subsidies from the state. But a decade later, the private management of the passenger and cargo railway services through concessions has turned out to be a fiasco for both passengers and the public sector, say experts. The total network of railway lines shrank from 35,000 to 8,500 km, and the number of employees from 95,000 to 15,000. 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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