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While
hundreds
of Costa
Ricans
line up
daily in
front of
the U.S.
Embassy
in San
José to
obtain a
visa to
the
U.S.,
Nicaraguans
do the
same at
the
Costa
Rican
Consulate
in
Managua,
in seek
of
employment
in Costa
Rica. [Foto:
Oswaldo
Rivas,
Nicaragua] |
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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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Long-Lived Costa Ricans
Offer Secrets to
Reaching 100
At the age of 101,
Abuela Panchita is still
a social butterfly. The
centenarian, who lives
on Costa Rica's Nicoya
Peninsula, has a solid
support network of
friends and family,
which includes a son in
his eighties who visits
her every morning on his
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A collection of our best fotos
of news events, people,
happenings in Costa Rica and
more...
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Super Gasoline To Go
To ¢644 In June
The price of gasoline
keeps spiralling up, a
the Autoridad Reguladora
de los Servicios
Públicos (Aresep)
yesterday approved
another round of price
hikes, while the
Refinadora Costarricense
de Petróleo (Recope)
made a formal request
for another.
Sea Food
Restaurant Owner To Be Criminally
Charged For Health Violations
For breaching the Ley
Generalde Salud (Health laws) and
putting at risk the general public, next
week the Ministerio de Salud is expected
to file criminal charges against the
owner of the Princesa Marina restaurant
in La Guaria de Moravia, where 130
people became ill with food poisoning
last month.
Dollar Exchange
Rate Keeps Improving
Since
November 24, 2007, the day that the
dollar exchange rate to the Costa Rican
colon dropped 4% overnight, the daily
exchange rate has been keeping steady,
with small up and down movements from
day to day.
Parlacen Urges Costa
Rica To Withdraw Mining
License
The Central American
Parliament (Parlacen)
Friday urged Costa Rica
to block exploitation of
gold near San Juan
river, bordering with
Nicaragua.
News Drivers
License Will Indicate Blood Type and
Organ Donation
Beginning later this
month drivers obtaining a drivers
license for the first time or renewal
will have to indicate their blood type,
backed up by a laboratory test, and
indicate if they want to be an organ
donor in the case of a death in a
traffic accident.
Costa Rica's Sight Of
Emptiness Nominated For
Two ACAM Awards
Costa Rica-based melodic
death metallers SIGHT OF
EMPTINESS have been
nominated in two
categories at this
year's ACAM Awards,
which will be held on
May 26. ACAM (Asociacion
de Compositores y
Autores Musicales de
Costa Rica) is the
equivalent of ASCAP in
the USA.
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Nicaragua Signs
Agreement To End National
Transport Strike
The Nicaraguan
government Friday signed
an accord with the
country's transport
industry to end a
national strike
triggered by high fuel
prices.
Latin American Protests
US Immigration Raids
Latin Americans living
in the US will protest
today the detention of
several immigrants in
the City of Richmond,
Virginia, Salvadorian
members of the Virginia
Immigrant People's
Coalition announced.
Energy Part of South
American Integration
The integration process
in South America has
Friday an essential
energy element, capable
of becoming a key
feature of the union
among regional
countries.
Ecuador-Colombia Talks
Worsen
New discoveries over the
Colombian bombing of
northern Ecuador show
ineffectiveness of
diplomatic efforts to
solve the bilateral
crisis.
Venezuela, Argentina
Sign Joint Natural Gas
Enterprise Agreement
The governments of
Venezuela and Argentina
have signed an accord to
set up a joint natural
gas liquefaction and
transportation
enterprise in Guiria, a
city in Venezuela's
eastern state of Sucre,
Venezuela's state oil
enterprise PDVSA said
Friday.
COLOMBIA:
Therapeutic Abortion - A
Right in Name Only?
A woman in Pasto, the
capital of the western
Colombian province of
Nariño, found out that
the baby she was
expecting was severely
deformed. But when she
went to the provincial
university hospital for
an abortion, the chief
obstetrician
gynaecologist told her
that "If your son is
born deformed, take him
to a circus."
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10 May 2008 |
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