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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Archive for June 11th, 2009
Costa Rica environmentalists keep up pressure against Crucitas mine
Thursday, June 11th, 2009A group of environmentalists and concerned citizens gathered in front of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV) in San José Wednesday to protest the Crucitas open pit gold mine near the Nicaraguan border.
Armed with a petition to stop the project and a green macaw-costumed mascot, the group cited environmental and social concerns as reasons not to continue the project.
The green macaw is a symbol of conservation for this country, and if the Sala IV wants to keep that image they shouldn’t approve this mine, said Luis Diego Marín, coordinator for Preserve Planet and of the protest.
Construction of the mine involves clearing forests in northern Costa Rica. Marín said most of the trees that must be cut for the project are government-protected almond trees, a species on which the endangered green macaws depend on heavily for food. (more…)
Klass ‘glued to bed in Costa Rica’
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Myleene Klass accidentally got stuck to the bedposts in her Costa Rican hotel, it has been claimed.
According to The Sun, the presenter became glued to her bed when her insect repellent reacted with the varnish on the posts.
A source said: “Hotel staff had to peel her off slowly but surely.”
Klass is currently in Central America filming the US series of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!.
Myleene Angela Klass (born 6 April 1978) is an English actress, singer, model, pianist and media personality, formerly a member of the now defunct pop band Hear’Say.
A/H1N1 flu cases, deaths continue to rise in Latin America, Caribbean
Thursday, June 11th, 2009The total number of confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 influenza in Latin America and the Caribbean has risen to 9,148, including 113 deaths, as of Wednesday.
Chile, with a total of 1,694 confirmed cases, announced on Wednesday its third death case of the epidemic, becoming the second Latin American country with the largest number of flu cases.
Costa Rica reported on Wednesday 11 new cases, raising the total number to 104, including one death. Costa Rica was the second Latin American country reporting an A/H1N1 flu death following Mexico.
Guatemala reported on Wednesday another six confirmed cases, bringing the total in that nation to 66, while Nicaragua reported five new cases, with a total of 51 cases in the country. (more…)
