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Maria de
la
Trinidad
Calderon,
known as
the
grandmother
of La
Carpio,
washes
clothes
in her
home in
the La
Carpio
slum.
Trinidad
Calderon,
87, left
Nicaragua
for
Costa
Rica 16
years
ago,
where
she
founded
the
predominantly
Nicaraguan
neighborhood
of La
Carpio
on the
western
outskirts
of the
capital
San
José.
Today,
she
makes a
meager
living
selling
vegetables
from a
stand at
a street
corner
to
support
herself
and her
44-year-old
son
Manuel
Salvador.
[Foto:
Juan
Carlos
Ulate] |
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Midas To Open Shops in
Costa Rica
Midas, Inc. has
signed an exclusive
franchise agreement with
Talleres Rapidos
Centramericanos TRC, S.A.
a subsidiary of Purdy
Motor S.A. to build and
operate Midas shops in
Costa Rica.
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Bananas!
Costa Rica’s banana
industry, now second to
the the tourism as the
country’s number one
earning industry,
continues to expand to
meet the demand of a
growing international
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People Words
Spanish like
English has different names for different people. By learning the words
below you will increase your vocabulary, comprehension and language fluency.
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Wednesday 05 March 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
14 Held In
Adoption Scheme
Costa Rican judicial
authorities detained 14 people Tuesday,
including a family court judge and a
lawyer, on suspicion of participating in
a scheme in which mothers allegedly were
paid to give up their babies.
Government Takes
Civil Action Against Seven Accused of
Insurance Fraud
The Procuraduría de la Ética (Ethics
committee of the Attorney General's
office) yesterday filed a civil action
for an embargo of us$2.1 million dollars
against seven people, as a preventive
measure, including former Costa Rican
president, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, for
allegedly accepting a payment from the
British re-insurer PWS.
Gasoline Prices Drop At
The Stroke of Midnight
The price of gasoline is
set to drop at the pumps
at the stroke of
midnight as the latest
round of price changes
takes effect.
Canadian Colleges
Scouting For Costa Rican Talent
Canadian colleges are
looking for Costa Rican talent and will
be setting up shop at the Costa Rican -
North American Cultural Centre (CCCN) in
San José in the first Canadian college
fair.
Frontier Puts Costa Rica
Route On Hiatus
Frontier Airlines plans
to make its Denver-Costa
Rica route seasonal
instead of year-round.
It will stop operating
the flights September 4,
then resume them
December 18.
Cost Rica
International Arts Festival To Showcase
Latest Work By Noa Dar
Israeli dancer and choreographer Noa Dar
has a new achievement to add to her
already stellar resume. Dar’s latest
work, Arnica, will be showcased this
coming October as part of Costa Rica’s
annual International Arts Festival.
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Nicaragua, US In Talks
On Missiles
A U.S. government team
is evaluating
Nicaragua's proposal to
destroy hundreds of
Soviet-made missiles in
exchange for hospital
equipment, authorities
said on Tuesday.
Guatemala May Join
Petrocaribe
The upcoming meeting of
the Guatemalan Council
of Ministers will
discuss the possibility
of Guatemala join in
Venezuela´s Petrocaribe
initiative, president
Alvaro Colom announced.
Poverty Influences on
Honduras School
Desertion
Nearly 62 out of each
100 Honduran children
finished primary
education in 2007, when
school desertion
averages reached
alarming numbers because
of poverty, as reported
by official data
Tuesday.
Dangerous Situation in
South America
Nicaraguan political
media described the
situation created by
Colombia's attack on
Ecuadorean national
territory as the most
serious conflict in
Latin America's history.
Brazil Denies Large
Scale Arms Exports to
Venezuela
Brazilian Defense
Minister Nelson Jobim
Tuesday denied charges
from an opposition
politician that Brazil
had been exporting a
relatively large amount
of weapons to Venezuela.
LATIN AMERICA:
"Crisis Will Strengthen
Forces Calling for
Negotiations"
The political analyst
who coined the phrase
"21st century socialism"
said the "war drums"
sounding in South
America’s Andean region
since Colombian troops
made an incursion into
Ecuador to kill a senior
FARC guerrilla commander
will politically benefit
the Venezuelan
government and pressure
the Colombian
administration to tone
down its belligerent
stance.
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/Buy us$1 |
/Sell us$1 |
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¢492.96 |
¢498.86 |
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B.C.C.R.
05 March 2008 |
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