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Your daily English-language news source , Monday through Friday ..... San José, Costa Rica Published Friday, March 23, 2018 Vol. 18, No.323 |
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| Legislators
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 By AM Costa Rica staff
The Committee on Agricultural Affairs of the Legislative Assembly voted out a bill to strengthen coffee activity in the country. The initiative is promoted by the executive branch to create a national coffee sustainability fund. The project would contribute to maintaining the sustainability of the sector through a permanent program of financing with special emphasis on the small producer. Renewal and maintenance of the coffee plantations as well as the acquisition of new technologies to increase the productivity and competitiveness of the plantations would also be possible with the new fund. "Coffee production in Costa Rica has an enormous economic, historical and social importance. That is why the state must ensure that our producers have access to financing tools that help them improve the yields of their coffee trees," said Marlene Madrigal, Citizen's Action Party legislator. The fund would provide resources that can also be used as seed capital managed by the Coffee Institute of Costa Rica, support the Trust for Coffee Producers Affected by Roya, and partial interest relief for producers participating in the national coffee renewal program among other things. |
The program would also support
financing for small producers.
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| Cuban-American
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By A.M Costa Rica staff Under the leadership of the Cuban-American director Andrés Cárdenes more than 175 musicians and choristers, from the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica and the National Symphonic Choir, will fuse their arts at the National Theater during the II Concert of the Official 2018 Season. The presentations will be tonight at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at the National Theater. The concert also will feature Costa Rican soprano Gloriela Villalobos, who will perform arias from famous operas such as “La Traviata,” “Tosca” and “Turandot.” The musical program will include the works: “Fiestas romanas,” by Ottorino Respighi, as well as the pieces “Le fosche notturne spoglie” from “Il Trovatore,” by Giuseppe Verdi, “O mio babbino caro” from “Gianni Schicchi” by Giacomo Puccini, “Vissi d'arte” from Puccini’s “Tosca,” “Noi siamo zingarelle” and “Coro di mattadori” from “La Traviata” by Verdi), “Tu che di gel sei cinta” from Puccini’s “Turandot,” “Regina Coeli” from “Cavalleria Rusticana” by Pietro Mascagni and “Triumphal march” and “Gloria all'Egitto” from Verdi’s “Aida.” "For me it is an honor, and I feel very honored to be in my country with those who were my teachers and who will now accompany me as a guest soloist, as well as with the companions of the National Symphonic Choir, with whom I had the pleasure of working for some time," said the soprano Villalobos, who is currently pursuing a master's degree in vocal music with an emphasis on opera performance at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg in Germany. “This is an important boost for my career and to show all the work I have done in recent years outside of Costa Rica," she added. For this presentation, there will be more than 15 extra musicians in sections such as percussion, trumpet, trombones, clarinets, mandolin and organ. |
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República photo
The
performances will take place today and Sunday.
Most of these
musicians are advanced students of the
National Institute of Music, an institution
attached to the National Music Center of the
Ministry of Culture and Youth.
Tickets for this concert are on sale at the ticket office and website of the theater www.teatronacional.go.cr with prices between ¢5,000 and ¢20,000 colones. Students and senior citizens may request a 40 percent discount when showing their ID at the theater ticket office. This will be the first experience of Cárdenes in leading the orchestra. However, the musician has performed as a soloist on multiple occasions since the 1980s, including as a soloist in the recording of the album "Music of Costa Rican composers Vol. I," nominated for a Latin Grammy. On both dates of this concert, a minute of silence will be held in memory of the director emeritus of the orchestra, Irwin Hoffman, who died Monday. |
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Only 12 municipalities will ban
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By A.M. Costa Rica staff Out of the
81 municipalities in the country only 12
will ban the sale of alcohol on Holy
Thursday and Good Friday, March 29 and 30.
The places were alcohol sales won't be tolerated are: Puriscal, Alajuelita, La Union, Turrialba, Alvarado, El Guarco, Heredia, San Isidro, Flores, Cañas and Esparza. In the case of Cartago, the ban will only be on Friday. Some 65 more municipalities have informed the public that they will not prohibit the sale of liquor, while four local governments have not yet made a decision. Prohibiting the sale of liquor in the cantons is an exclusive power that the municipal councils have and that reinforces their autonomy, as established in Article 26 of the Law on Regulation and Marketing of Beverages with Alcohol Content. Municipalities “can regulate the commercialization of alcoholic beverages and liquor consumption, on the days of civic events, parades or other cantonal activities, on the assigned route, and may delimit the radius of action," says the law. In 2017, 21 municipalities applied the prohibition of liquor sales in their cantons, while 53 municipalities did allow alcohol sales. Businesses that violate these restrictions may face closure and a fine of up 10 minimum monthly salaries, about $800. Alcohol restriction will not apply in San Jose, Desamparados, Tarrazú, Aserrí, Mora, Goicoechea, Santa Ana, Vázquez de Coronado, Acosta, Tibás, Moravia, Montes de Oca, Turrubares, Dota, Curridabat, Pérez Zeledón, León Cortés, Alajuela, Greece, San Mateo, Athens , Naranjo, Palmares, Poas, Orotina, San Carlos, Zarcero, Valverde Vega, Upala, Guatuso, Paraiso. |
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wire services photo
In 2017, 21 municipalities decided
not to sell alcohol during the Christian
festivities.As well as, Jiménez, Oreamuno, Barva, Santo Domingo, Santa Bárbara, San Rafael, Belen, San Pablo, Sarapiquí, Liberia, Nicoya, Santa Cruz, Bagaces, Carrillo, Abangares, Tilarán, Nandayure, La Cruz, Hojancha, Puntarenas, Montes de Oro, Osa, Quepos, Golfito, Coto Brus, Parrita, Corridors, Lemon, Pococí, Siquirres, Talamanca, Matina and Guácimo. Officials in Escazú, San Ramón, Garabito and Buenos Aires have not made a decision yet. |
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San José, Costa Rica
Published Friday, March 23, 2018
Vol. 18, No. 323
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| ... Music, dramatic arts and gastronomy to enjoy this weekend |
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By A.M. Costa Rica staff
What do you feel like doing this weekend?
Music, theater, good food, cinema? Options are here.
"El Enfermo Imaginario," says goodbye to Teatro La Aduana. Molière's play closes its 2018 season at the Alberto Cañas Escalante Theater also known as the Teatro de la Aduana. This is the project of José Pablo Umaña, a proposal that won the XIII National Contest of Staging, of the National Theater Co. The work tells the story of Argán, a bourgeois who believes he is always sick and has become dependent on a doctor, his recipes, his advice and his constant visits. "El Enfermo Imaginario" will be staged tonight and Saturday, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday the last show will be at 5 p.m. General entry os ¢5,000 colones. Students and senior citizens will pay ¢ 2,500 colones. Reservations can be made at 2257-8305. Identity, culture and gastronomy in Feria del Gustico Guanacasteco. The First Guanacaste Gustico Fair will take place Saturday and Sunday at the Plaza Futura office in Liberia where there will be participation of 54 entrepreneurs from the 11 cantons of the province of Guanacaste. The activity aims to promote the identity and traditions of the province of Guanacaste, which will allow national and foreign visitors to experience the best of the culture of the Chorotega Region. The Plaza Futura office is 4 km west of the main entrance of the Daniel Oduber Quirós Airport. Admission is free, and the fair is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be a wide range of local foods and beverages. The schedule is at: Ministerio del Cultura Facebook page Briefs - Cultural Agenda Lyric singing National Theater of Costa Rica inaugurates "Aperitivo Musical" with the performance "Todo está consumado," by mezzosoprano Keren Padilla, accompanied by pianist Daniel Chacón Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in the theater foyer. Cost is ¢10,000. Students and seniors pay ¢8,000. Tickets are on sale at www.teatronacional.go.cr and at the theater ticket office. |
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"El enfermo imaginario" The classic
character who always thinks he is sick, says
goodbye.Cinema "Preamble": Projection of national and international cinema. Friday, 7 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., Sala Gómez Miralles of the Costa Rican Center for Cinematographic Production. Information and programming at: https://www.centrodecine.go.cr/ Visual arts
Exhibition "From the image to the word. Carmen Naranjo, a plastic appreciation." Sample of 110 posters, drawings and original writings of the artist. Open until April 14, Monday through Saturday, from 9 a.m. at 5 p.m., at the Dr. Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Museum. Free pass. Music Concert of Sacred Music, by the Vox Nova Collective, directed by Guadalupe González, Saturday at 4 p. m., Olger Villegas Gallery of the José Figueres Cultural and Historical Center in San Ramon. Free entry. |
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| San José, Costa Rica Published Friday, March 23, 2018 Vol. 18, No. 323 |
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| Our Reader's opinion: Should shrimp trawling be allowed? |
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Dear A.M.
Costa Rica's readers:
Should shrimp trawling be allowed? The legislators think so. The article yesterday in A.M Costa Rica reported the legislators have voted overwhelmingly to bring back shrimp trawling. Unfortunately the legislatures are pushing once again to allow a very destructive and unsustainable practice that is destroying the coral reefs and the Costa Rican ecosystems in our oceans. We may be appalled by this practice but the reason for this damaging practice is our insatiable appetite for shrimp. Shrimp is one of the most eaten here in Costa Rica and elsewhere. Over 90 percent of the shrimp served in the U.S. and in other countries comes from the tropics. It is harvested in non-sustainable ways. I have witnessed, in just one month period, 192 turtles wash up on one beach in the Osa Peninsula with their fins cut off and dead from drowning. This was done by shrimp boats off shore. The shrimp boats do not want to catch the sea turtles in their nets so the best way to stop catching the sea turtles is by killing them. Very little oversight is done by the government to make sure shrimpers are following proper techniques to harvest shrimp without killing be turtles and other wildlife. New laws sound good, but enforcement will be the big problem. The shrimp boats also often drag the nets over the coral reefs to catch the shrimp which destroys large parts of the reef system. |
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Costa Rica wire services photo
Along
with that, for every pound of shrimp
harvested, about 10 pounds of other
young fish and aquatic wildlife are
caught and then thrown overboard dead.
The best way to stop this destruction is to stop supporting this practice and stop eating shrimp. Henry
Kantrowitz,
Punta Leona Editor's note: The views or opinions expressed by the author, are the sole and exclusive responsibility of the sender and do not necessarily represent the opinion of A.M. Costa Rica, therefore, the newspaper does not accept liability for reader's opinion letter content. |
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