The bridge that the divides the two communities of Los Abajo Anonos. Municipal workers disconnected the makeshift bridge before Christmas and has yet to make plans to build a new bridge to re-unite the community. Click for larger image!

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4.380 Earthquakes in 2003, Say the Experts
The recent tremors, shakes and earthquakes shakes that have been experienced in Costa Rica in the past few weeks - a 6.3 on December 25, 2003 and a 5.1 on January 7, 2004 - are all normal according to the experts.  >more


No to Transit Police Cars Without "Marchamo"
The government yesterday rejected a proposal to permit the Transit and Fuerza Publica vehicles that do not count with "marchamo" to be back on the road.   >more


Roads to Costa Rica
The residents in eight towns in southern Nicaragua - isolated from the rest of their country by Nicaragua Lake - are planning the building of two gravel roads, each some 3 miles long, leading into Costa Rica.   >more

 
New Book Captures Costa Rica in Space Photography
NASA scientists and Costa Rican students have collaborated to publish a new book that captures the splendor of Costa Rica's varied landscape as photographed by astronauts from space.    >more


Turtle Conference
Costa Rica is to host the 24th International Symposium on Turtles, in which more than 1,000 researchers from 70 countries will participate.   >more


New United Service
United Airlines plans to begin nonstop service between Dulles International Airport and San Jose, Costa Rica, on Feb. 12. United said it would begin weekly Saturday non-stops between Dulles and Cancun, Mexico, on Feb. 14.   >more


Global Warming Threatens Mass Extinctions, Study Says
...The survey, the largest of its kind to date, studied global warming links to 1,103 species of plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs and insects in South Africa, Brazil, Europe, Australia, Mexico and Costa Rica and extrapolated findings as far as 2050. It did not examine the oceans.    >more


US, Colombia applaud capture of guerrilla leader
The recent capture of Ovidio Palmera, one of top leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), was applauded by Colombia and the United States.   >more


Mexico welcomes US immigration proposal
Mexican President Vicente Fox said Wednesday he had spoken briefly by telephone with United States President George W. Bush over his immigration proposal, andhad found it "very interesting."    >more


Cuba refutes US accusations of canceling talks on immigration
The Cuban government on Wednesday refuted US charges that it was responsible for the cancellation of a new round of immigration talks between the two countries, state-run daily Granma reported.  >more

 

 

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