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Luxury Home Tax Deadline Extended
The Ministerio de Hacienda said on Thursday
it is extending the deadline for the payment
of the luxury home tax. Owners of luxury
homes will have until January 15, 2010 to
pay the tax and not December 31, 2009.
Girls In
Costa Rica Begin Having Sex At
12 Years of Age, Study Reveals
A recent study by the Asociación
Demográfica Costarricense (ADC)
reveals that girls in Costa Rica
begin their sexual life at the
tender age of 12. A decade
earlier, the same study revealed
that the average age was 16.
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NICARAGUA
Baseball Academy Planned For Nicaragua
Is Nicaragua the next hotbed for baseball? A group of U.S. businessmen, including former Major Leaguers Dave Stewart and Reggie Smith, believe it is and plan to build a privately funded academy in the Central American nation.
PANAMA
Panama Economy Slowing Down
PANAMA - The Panamanian economy is currently
reflecting the symptoms of a serious slowing
down, with just an 1.1-percent growth in its
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the
third quarter of 2009.
HONDURAS
President-Elect Says Zelaya Should Be
Allowed To Leave Brazilian Embassy
TEGUCIGALPA - Honduran President-elect
Porfirio Lobo Sosa said Thursday that ousted
President Manuel Zelaya should be allowed to
leave the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa,
where he has stayed since Sept. 21.
HONDURAS
Honduran Resistance Rejects De Facto Regime
Accusations
TEGUCIGALPA - The National Resistance Front
against the Coup d'Etat in Honduras rejected
Thursday recent accusations by de facto
President Roberto Micheletti, who blamed the
popular movement for the murder of Catherine
Nicolle on Tuesday.
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VENEZUELA:
Colombian Refugees in Undocumented Limbo
Peasants fleeing Colombia's armed conflict
are still trickling into Venezuela, joining
the multitude who in the last seven years
have requested refugee status and an
identity document to help them rebuild their
lives in their new country.
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Your Photos Could Be Product Placements
One day soon, our society will be ruled by an all-intrusive advertising technique in which individuals are paid to walk around 24/7 holding a product next to their wide-smiling faces |
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So What
Is 3G
And Do
You
Really
Need It?
By the
end of
the
year,
Costa
Rica, by
way of
the
Instituto
Costarricense
de
Electricidad
(ICE)
will
join the
rest of
the
world
with the
introduction
of the
3rd
generation,
better
known as
3G,
cellular
network.
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