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Police
detain
monkey
for
domestic
violence.
An
adopted
spider
monkey
had to
be
removed
by
police
in Limón
after it
violently
attacked
the wife
of its
adopted
owner
after it
became
jealous.
In the
foto,
the
monkey
is in
preventive
detention,
under
the
watchful
eye of
police
official,
Eliécer
León. [Foto:
Ministerio
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Seguridad
Pública] |
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Going Wild In Costa Rica
At the edge of the
Pacific, where the
Tarcoles River meets the
ocean and route 34
breaks from the
mountains, there is an
infamous highway bridge.
People come from miles
around to see the
crocodiles beneath.
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Tax Sheltered Asset
Protection and
Appreciation in Paradise
Costa Rica has one of
the most appealing
investment environments
in the world. One of the
reasons being its tax
system is much less
complicated than the
United States, Canada
and Europe, offering
great tax incentives for
foreign investors,
including tax free
transactions. Such
conditions, definitely
contribute to Costa
Rica's real estate
market boom
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Tip: Passing the Riteve Inspection
Passing the
annual vehicular inspection is one of a process.
First step is make an appointment. Next take the
vehicle to a "trusted" mechanic for a complete
revision, including a gas emission test. Click here for
more tips |
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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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First Day of Expanded
Vehicular Restrictions
of San José
To promote the
consciousness of Costa
Ricans, this morning the
vice-ministra de
Transportes, Viviana
Martín, followed live by
the Telenoticias
television news cameras,
took the bus to work on
this first day of
expanded vehicular
restrictions of San
José.
Tamarindo Cleans Up Its
Act
Some 97 commercial
businesses in Playa
Tamarindo have abided by
the sanitary measures of
the Ministerio de Salud
(health ministry), which
has led to a significant
decrease in the
contamination of the
beach water.
ICANN Formalizes
Relationship with Costa
Rica ccTLD Manager
PARIS - The Internet
Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN)
is another step closer
to formalized
relationships with all
Latin American ccTLDs
with the signing of its
ninth accountability
framework in the region,
this one with the
country code top-level
domain (ccTLD) manager
for .cr, delegated to
the National Academy of
Sciences of Costa Rica
in 1990.
New Tougher Vehicular Inspection
Manual To Be Ready In
September, In Force By
January 2009
Without a question pubic
transport vehicles, like
taxis, cannot have
polarized windows. That
is one just a number of
the changes to the
manual for the annual
vehicular inspection
being prepared and to go
into effect in January
2009.
Annual Pilgrimage
Will Be Litter and Alcohol Free, Cartago
Municipality Promises
August 2nd is
approaching, the time for the annual
pilgrimage to Cartago known as "la
Romeria" where thousands pay homage to
the Virgen de los Ángeles. And each year
police and municipal officials are faced
with the same problem of vendors,
alcohol abuse and litter of the streets
leading to the Basilica.
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Panama Seizes Over 3
Tons Of Cocaine Bound
For Mexico
A shipload of 3,027 kg
of cocaine has been
seized in the provinces
of Colon and Veraguas on
Panama's Atlantic coast
that was bound for
Mexico, Panamanian
authorities said
Wednesday.
More than 25,000
Operation Miracle
surgeries in Nicaragua
Cuba’s Operation Miracle
specialists today
surpassed the 25,000
mark in surgeries
performed on Nicaraguan
patients with vision
problems, according to
statistical reports.
Colombian Congressmen
Demand Life Imprisonment
For Abusing Children
The Colombian Public
Ministry and congressmen
on Wednesday began a
signing marathon
campaign to collect
signatures to convoke a
referendum in a bid to
establish penal
servitude for life for
crimes of abusing
children.
35 Students Detained in
Chile During Protest
Against New Education
Law
Some 35 Chilean students
were detained during a
new protest against a
controversial education
law.
Ecuador To Purchase
Warplanes To Bolster
Border Security
Ecuador's armed forces
plan to buy warplanes,
new radar and other
equipment to beef up the
country's capability of
handling emergency
problems, Defense
Minister Javier Ponce
said Wednesday.
HEALTH-CUBA:
Lung Cancer Vaccine
Available
Cuba’s biotech industry
plans to launch on the
international market, in
the short or medium
term, a vaccine for
treating lung cancer,
which causes the deaths
of over one million
people a year worldwide.
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26 June 2008 |
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