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A heard
of wild
pigs is
terrorizing
the
residents
of
Rancho
Quemado
de Osa,
destroying
everything
in their
path.
Area
residents
blame
the
MINAE-
the
environmental
ministry
- for
doing
nothing
to
control
the
situation.
[Foto:
Roberto
Fernández] |
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Tip: Passing the Riteve Inspection
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Bogotá, Colombia,
A Modern and Vibrant
City
Bogotá — officially
named Bogotá, D.C. (D.C.
for "Distrito Capital",
which means "Capital
District"), formerly
called Santa Fe de
Bogotá, is the capital
city of Colombia, as
well as the most
populous city in the
country, with 7,033,914
inhabitants (2007).
Unofficially, the number
of inhabitants is
believed to be more like
10 million.
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A collection of our best fotos
of news events, people,
happenings in Costa Rica and
more...
click
here!
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Today's
edition is coming to you live from
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
Click here
to read more on this vibrant South
American city.
Rice Supply To Last Only
Two Months, Producers
Assure
The Corporación Arrocera
Nacional (Conarroz)
assures that once the
32.000 tonnes of rice
that was purchased in
the United States is
unloaded from the ships,
the rice supply in Costa
Rica is only for two
months, at which time
the country would go
into a crisis.
Limon - San Jose Route
Closed
Route 32, the Braulio
Carrillo that leads to
the Caribbean coast is
closed due to landslides
along the highway
following Sunday's
torrential rains.
Transport Vice Minister
Defends Promotional Cost
of Intersectoral Route
The cost of the
interlinea debacle is
coming to light, as the
cost alone to the
Consejo de Transporte
Público (CTP) to promote
the service to the
public was more than
¢100 million colones.
The cost of planning and
awarding the concession
is not yet known.
Keeping the Hope
Alive; Villalobos Sentence Upheld
In an email to investors of "the
Brothers", the investors group, UCCR, is
making aware to all investors the
Supreme Court decision last week that
upheld the lower court decision who
found Osvaldo Villalobos guilty of
aggravated fraud and illegal financial
intemediation.
Fresh Del Monte Produce
Buys Costa Rica Banana,
Pineapple Producers
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP)
-- Fresh Del Monte
Produce Inc., which
makes fresh-cut fruit
and vegetables, said
Monday it bought two
Costa Rica fruit
companies and an
affiliated sales and
marketing business for a
total of us$403 million.
Gasoline Price
Hike At The Stroke of Midnight
The latest round of
gasoline price hikes takes effect at the
stroke of midnight, when at 12:01am
Tuesday, the price of a litre of
gasoline will go from ¢621 to ¢656;
regular from ¢604 to ¢644; and diesel
from ¢587 to ¢622.
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Canada, Colombia Reach
Free Trade Agreement
Canada has reached a
free-trade agreement
with Colombia, David
Emerson, Canada's
foreign affairs and
international trade
minister, said on
Sunday.
Colombia Restores
Ties With Ecuador
Colombia and Ecuador have agreed to
restore low-level diplomatic ties, which
were severed after a raid on a Colombian
rebel camp within Ecuador.
Venezuela President
Urges FARC To Free All
Hostages
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez Sunday urged
the Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC)
to unilaterally free all
its hostages and end the
decades of armed
conflict in Colombia.
Bolivian Army Sent To
Border With Peru To
Fight Smuggling
Some 500 Bolivian troops
were stationed Sunday at
a border bridge with
Peru in an effort to
combat smuggling,
according to information
reaching here from the
Bolivian capital La Paz.
Argentine Farmers Urged
To End Strike
Argentina's farm union
leaders on Sunday urged
farmers to end their
strike against hiked
export taxes and restart
dialogues with the
government.
COLOMBIA:
Death Cannot Defeat Life
in War-Torn Guaviare
Halfway along the 28-km
stretch of road between
the towns of San José
and El Retorno in the
war-torn south-central
Colombian province of
Guaviare, there is a
young "ceiba" tree that
emerged after a
venerable old ceiba
tree, which had grown
there for decades, died.
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07 June 2008 |
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