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Daily Edition: San José, Costa Rica, August 07, 2006
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| SEEKING Peace: President Oscar Arias met Friday with leaders of the Colombian paramilitary organization Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia -- including Antonio López, seen here -- who asked Arias to participate in the process of creating peace in Colombia, where guerilla warfare between the government, leftist guerillas and rightwing paramilitaries has persisted since the 1960s. Arias agreed to be involved “if the Colombian government agrees,” and said he would discuss the matter further with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe while he is in Bogota attending Uribe's inauguration for his second term today, according to a statement from Casa Presidencial. Tammy Zibners/Tico Times |
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Nicaragua Accepts Amicable
End to Dispute with Costa Rica
Nicaragua Friday agreed to use friendly means to resolve complaints of xenophobia and discrimination it filed against Costa Rica before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission in February.
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MOPT Road Painting Under Way
The Public Works and Transport Ministry (MOPT) has begun painting lane dividers along some San José roads, according to MOPT spokeswoman Carolina Arrieta.
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Santa Ana to House
Wind Energy Plant
The National Power and Light Company (CNFL) plans to build a wind energy plant with the capacity to generate 850 kilowatts for 30,000 people living in the Central Valley, the daily La República reported Saturday.
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August 07
“ El Hombre que Soñó ”
Dance performance, 7 p.m., La Aduana (former Customs building), Barrio La California, San José. Info: 257-4867, 257-3017.
Little Theatre Group Open House
Including a preview of “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean,” to open Sept. 22, 7-9 p.m., Blanche Brown Theatre, Bello Horizonte, Escazú, west of San José. Info: 355-1623, www.littletheatregroup.org.
Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
Lecture by group of seven visiting Tibetan monks, 7 p.m., University for Peace, Ciudad Colón, southwest of San José. Info: 234-8503.
Edited By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff
aroberson@ticotimes.net
Nicaragua Accepts Amicable
End to Dispute with Costa Rica
Nicaragua Friday agreed to use friendly means to resolve complaints of xenophobia and discrimination it filed against Costa Rica before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission in February.
Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera stated in a letter to Commission Secretary Santiago Cantón that “ Nicaragua officially accepts the invitation” to find an amicable solution to the dispute, as the Commission suggested July 18.
“Nicaragua is in agreement with initiating procedures to reach a friendly, open solution in good faith,” Caldera said.
Nicaragua filed complaints of xenophobia and discrimination before the Commission Feb. 6 over the death of two Nicaraguan citizens in Costa Rica : Natividad Canda, who was attacked and killed by dogs while attempting to enter a warehouse on Nov. 10, 2005 (TT, Nov. 18, 2005), and José Ariel Urbina, who was lynched by a group of Costa Ricans last December.
In Canda's case, Nicaragua argued Costa Rican police and firefighters watched the attack and did nothing to stop it.
-ACAN-EFE and Tico Times
By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff
aroberson@ticotimes.net
The Public Works and Transport Ministry (MOPT) has begun painting lane dividers along some San José roads, according to MOPT spokeswoman Carolina Arrieta.
“This is an important project to avoid drivers' confusion and prevent accidents,” Arrieta said.
On Wednesday, workers began painting 18 kilometers of the Circunvalación highway that loops around San José, and they plan to finish this job in 30 days. Workers are painting from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., and stretches of this road are closed during this time. Drivers should use caution and take alternative routes, according to a statement from the ministry.
Reflective lights, yellow tape and signs have been posted to let drivers know which stretches of the road are closed. Transit police are also stationed to help drivers choose alternative routes, the statement said.
During the next few months, lane dividers will also be painted on roads in areas surrounding San José, including Tibás, to the north; Pavas, to the west and Sabanilla, to the east, and along the road from San José to the Caribbean port city of Limón.
Santa Ana to House Wind Energy Plant
The National Power and Light Company (CNFL) plans to build a wind energy plant with the capacity to generate 850 kilowatts for 30,000 people living in the Central Valley, the daily La República reported Saturday.
The plant will be located in Santa Ana, west of San José, and will house 18 windmills to produce energy for 5,700 homes, CNFL director Marvin Céspedes told La República. The $21-million project will be financed by CNFL and the Central American Economic Integration Bank.
Companies have begun bidding on the project, and CNFL hopes to choose a company and send the contract to the Comptroller General's Office within the next two months.
Wind energy plants are the ideal complements to hydroelectric plants, which produce most of Costa Rica's energy, because their capacity increases during the summer, when river levels drop, Céspedes said.
Another advantage of wind energy is that it does not harm the environment with carbon dioxide emissions, unlike traditional thermal energy. Wind energy is also cheaper than thermal energy, considering the escalating price of fuel on the international market.
-Tico Times
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