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Following
a week
of tense
moments
and talk
of war
over
Colombia's
incursion
of
Ecuador
and
killing
the
number 2
FARC
rebel,
Raúl
Reyes,
Venezuela's
Hugo
Chavez,
Nicaragua's
Daniel
Ortega
and
Colombia's
Alvaro
Uribe,
avoid
discussing
the
issue at
the
Cumbre
de Río
in the
Dominican
Republic
and
again
normalized
relations
between
the
three
countries.
[Foto:
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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
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English has different names for different people. By learning the words
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Monday 10 March 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
ICE, Limón Dock Workers
and Teachers On Strike
Today
The workers of Japdeva,
ICE and APSE are on
strike today, protesting
the "Agenda de
Implementación al TLC" -
the implementation of
parallel laws to the
free trade agreement
with the united States,
Central America and the
Dominican Republic - and
the government's plan to
offer the Limón ports on
concession and the
constant problems
teachers have had with
receiving their pay.
Immigration Says At
Least 10.000 Ticos Do
Not Know They
"Foreigner" Spouse
According to a report by
the Spanish daily, La
Nación, Costa Rican
immigration authorities
estimate that some
10.000 Costa Ricans
married to foreigners do
not know their spouse,
let alone having met.
U.S. Compensates Costa
Rica For Cutting Off
Access To Online
Gambling Customers
In exchange for cutting
off the Costa Rica's
access to online
gambling customers, the
United States has offer
Costa Rica greater
access to other service
markets like research
and development and
technical testing and
analysis.
Costa Ricans To Have New
Cedulas Soon
A decision by the Sala
IV or Constitutional
Court obligates the
Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE) to
provide cedulas that can
also be used by the
blind. The TSE will, in
the coming months,
provide the blind with a
cedula with different
characteristics than the
current.
Twelve "Gringos"
On Interpol List Wanted in Costa Rica
For Fraud
Twelve Americans are on the Interpol
list wanted in Costa Rica for various
acts of fraud against investors or the
state.
Be Wary Of Prize Win
If the deal is too good
to be true, it probably
is not. Judicial
authorities are warning
of calls on your
cellular telephone
offering all types of
prizes.
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China, Third Trade
Partner to Panama
Panama's General
Comptroller's Office
said the People's
Republic of China became
in 2007 Panama's third
commercial partner
although they lack
diplomatic ties.
Colombia's Cross-Border
Raid Repercussions
Likely To Linger
The Venezuelan Foreign
Ministry announced
Sunday the restoration
of diplomatic ties with
Colombia to follow
through their
reconciliation promise
at the Rio Group summit
that ended Friday in the
capital of the Dominican
Republic.
Amazon's Worst-Ever
Drought in 2005 Caused
By Global Warming
Brazil's drought in
2005, the worst-ever
hitting the Amazon, was
caused by global warming
instead of the El Niño
weather phenomenon as
previously thought, the
country's National Space
Research Institute (INPE)
announced Sunday.
Fidel Castro: Meeting
with Chavez was
Excellent
Fidel Castro described
as excellent his meeting
on Saturday with
Venezuelan Hugo Chavez,
who paid a brief visit
to Cuba after
participating in the
20th Rio Group Summit in
the Dominican Republic.
Ecuadorian President to
Visit Chile
The Colombian-Ecuadorian
conflict and the
Peruvian-Chilean dispute
on maritime borders will
be dealt with extra
officially during
Ecuadorian President
Rafael Correa's 42-hour
visit to Santiago.
COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA:
Why Did Chávez Mobilize
Troops?
When Venezuelan
President Hugo Chávez
ordered the movement of
troops to the Colombian
border, newspaper
offices in Caracas
immediately began to be
flooded by phone calls
from people who talked
about a repeat of the "Malvinas
syndrome". But there may
be many reasons for the
leftwing president’s
decision, which could be
more political than
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B.C.C.R.
08 March 2008 |
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