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25 Jul 2006 |
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Daily Edition: San José, Costa Rica, July 25, 2006
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| HAPPY BIRTHDAY: This lion lives at the Simón Bolívar Zoo, in San José, which celebrated its 90 th anniversary yesterday. Representatives from the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) and the nonprofit Foundation for Zoos (FUNDAZOO) commemorated the day with music, candles and speeches. Tammy Zibners/Tico Times |
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Simón Bolívar Zoo
Celebrates 90 Years
The Simón Bolívar Zoo in San José's Barrio Amón celebrated its 90 th anniversary yesterday with music, candles and reconciliation.
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Guanacaste Annexation
Celebrated Today
Ticos around the northwestern Guanacaste province this week are celebrating the province's decision to secede from Nicaragua and become part of Costa Rica in 1824.
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Earthquake Felt in Guanacaste
The towns of Playa del Coco and Filadelfia, in the northwestern Guanacaste province, shook from an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale Sunday night, according to María Miranda, a spokeswoman at the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), based at Universidad Nacional (UNA), in Heredia, north of San José.
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July 25
Jam Session
With Ricardo Díaz, Manuel Navarro and Walter Flores, 10 p.m., Jazz Café, San Pedro, east of San José. Info: 253-8933.
Festival del Maíz de Nandayure
Featuring a parade, 3 p.m.; dances with the groups Mansión, Copalchi, Aroma de Café, Proyección Folklórica Nandayure and Filadelfia, 4 p.m.; a children's pageant, 5 p.m.; cultural show, 6 p.m. and a marimba dance, 7 p.m. Info: 665-2996.
Edited By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff
aroberson@ticotimes.net
Simón Bolívar Zoo Celebrates 90 Years
By Adam Foxman
Tico Times Staff
editorial@ticotimes.net
The Simón Bolívar Zoo in San José's Barrio Amón celebrated its 90 th anniversary yesterday with music, candles and reconciliation.
Elementary and high school students who won a singing contest called “What Falls in the River Ends up in the Sea” provided entertainment at the morning celebration, which culminated with representatives of the nonprofit Foundation for Zoos (FUNDAZOO), which runs the facility, singing happy birthday to the zoo alongside Vice-Minister of Environment and Energy Jorge Rodríguez.
The participation of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) in the event marked a change in the government's tumultuous relationship with FUNDAZOO, which has been sharply criticized for the facility's cramped cages and allegedly unsanitary conditions.
During the last administration, a fierce legal battle erupted between the company and MINAE after the ministry tried to regain control of the public zoo (TT, Jan. 28, 2005).
Now, the ministry wants to work together with FUNDAZOO to improve conditions for the zoo's animals, Rodríguez explained.
“The country is not going to gain anything if we keep fighting,” said Rodríguez, explaining that studies are under way as to how to best improve the zoo and fix its financial problems.
MINAE and FUNDAZOO are resolving their differences and there is “good will” between them, agreed Yolanda Matamoros, president of FUNDAZOO.
Guanacaste Annexation Celebrated Today
Ticos around the northwestern Guanacaste province this week are celebrating the province's decision to secede from Nicaragua and become part of Costa Rica in 1824.
Though today is the official anniversary of the day the province was annexed, the Annexation of Guanacaste Day national holiday was moved to July 31 because of a May 2005 law stating that when the holiday falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, it will be celebrated on the Monday of the following week (TT, July 21).
Domingo Arias, a citizen from Guanacaste's Nicoya peninsula, argued before the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV) earlier this month that changing the holiday from its traditional July 25 date is unconstitutional, according to the daily La Nación.
“Some things can be played with and others can't. There was blood shed here, and important decisions were made by our ancestors,” Arias, a farmer and owner of a tourism business, told La Nación.
The court is studying Arias' complaint but has not made any decision to change the May 2005 ruling, Sala IV spokesman Marcelino Silva told The Tico Times.
Citizens in Liberia, the capital of the Guanacaste province, are celebrating the holiday this week with a Livestock Fair and Exposition organized by the Chamber of Livestock Owners, which will run through July 31. The fair featured horse shows and bull fights over the weekend; a rodeo will be held Thursday, archery competitions will take place Saturday and Sunday and the Guanacaste National Band will conclude the festivities July 31.
-Tico Times
By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff
aroberson@ticotimes.net
The towns of Playa del Coco and Filadelfia, in the northwestern Guanacaste province, shook from an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale Sunday night, according to María Miranda, a spokeswoman at the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), based at Universidad Nacional (UNA), in Heredia, north of San José.
The earthquake, which originated 20 kilometers below the earth's surface, was reported at 7:37 p.m.
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