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Police
Muggings Investigated
The
police are there to protect us from the
criminals. However, a number of foreigners
living in Costa Rica, have found first hand that
being robbed by the police is much better than
being robbed by thugs.
Is it a case of
poor planning or
bad timing? Only
time will tell.
The photo was
taken in front
or back (we are
not sure yet) of
the new WalMart
store under
construction in
Escazú. The road
was widened to
allow the
increased
traffic expected
when the store
opens next
month, but the
electrical poles
are, months
later, still
standing in
their original
location. |
Aserrí
Coffee Most Expensive in the World
Next
time you order a cup of coffee and feel that it
has gotten expensive, it may be that it was
brewed with coffee beans from Aserrí, which
placed first at the international Taza de
Excelencia 2007 (Excellence Cup) auction with a
price of us$21.35 a pound, making it the most
expensive coffee.
Zaguate To Marry His
Princess
Social
differences don't matter when cupid strikes and
this applies to people as well as dogs,
evidenced by the romance between a "zaguate" -
the Spanish term for a mutt - and a princess.
Costa
Rica Fast Becoming the #1 Honeymoon Destination
Costa
Rica Holiday UK sees a dramatic increase in the
number of honeymooners visiting in 2006/2007 to
Costa Rica. Over the past year Costa Rica
Holiday UK has seen its honeymoon traffic double
and also in general they are seeing a large
increase in people visiting Costa Rica.
Costa
Rican Women's Volleyball Team Swept By USA
Tracy
Stalls recorded six kills, three blocks and two
ace serves as the U.S. women's national
volleyball team rolled past Costa Rica 25-14,
25-15, 25-13 on the second day of the Sixth Pan
American Cup Friday.
Poverty
Forces Panamanian Kids to Work
In spite
of Panama's economic boom, the terrible
distribution of wealth, marginality and social
exclusion force 50,000 children to work.
Venezuela Bank Helps Nicaragua
President Daniel Ortega said the opening here of
a branch of the Venezuela Economic and Social
Development Bank (BANDES) is the first sign of
the financial aid promised to Nicaraguan
producers.
Honduras
Home to US Led Military Games
About 20
Latin American countries began anti-terrorist
exercises in Honduras on Friday, under the aegis
of the United States under the pretext of an
alleged attack by the Al Qaeda network.
Argentina blames U.S., EU for trade negotiation
failures
The
Argentine government said on Friday that the
"intransigence" of the United States and the
European Union led to the failure of the recent
Group of Four (G4) trade negotiations.
Cuba urges EU to lift
sanctions before talks
The
Cuban government on Friday urged the European
Union (EU) to lift the sanctions it imposed on
the island country in 2003, adding this is a
precondition to starting a new round of
negotiations to improve relations.
Q&A:
Nicaragua Is Not Likely to
Meet the MDGs
Managua Mayor Dionisio Marenco
does not believe that Nicaragua can meet the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which he
describes as a wish list rather than an action
plan, and underlines that his country is in need
of enormous foreign investment in order to
overcome its high levels of poverty.
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