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Llego La Hora!
Epsy Makes It Official!
Shortly after noon today, Epsy Campbell confirmed her decision to
run for the leadership of the Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) in the
2010 presidential elections and face the party's founder, Ottón
Solís, for the nomination.
Arias Concerned Economic
Crisis Will Shoot Up
Desertion In Schools
Costa Rican
president, Oscar Arias,
yesterday expressed his
concerns that the
financial crisis could
affect many students
trading the classrooms
for work to help out the
family. The president
made his comments during
a tour of the Liceo
Experimental Bilingüe de
Río Jiménez de Guácimo
on the first day of the
public school year.
US
Dollar Continues
Climbing
The exchange rate
between the US dollar
the Costa Rican colon
reached an all time high
yesterday, the Banco
Central de Costa Rica (BCCR)
setting the sell at
¢567.94 and the buy at
¢558.18. The exchange
rate a little over two
weeks ago, on January
31, was ¢558.18 for the
buy and ¢555.51 for the
sell.
China Buys us$150 Million of
Costa Rican Bonds
China bought a second batch
of bonds of Costa Rica's internal debt for US$150 million,
signalling a new rapprochement between the two countries, the
Ministro de Hacienda said Monday. With the purchase, China completes
its commitment for the us$300 million dollars bonds purchase.
Costa Rica Named First
BioGem Country by NRDC
(InfoWebPress) – For the
first time, the Natural
Resource Defense Council
(NRDC) has designated a
country as a BioGem,
Costa Rica, as a
recognition of its
efforts to become the
world’s first
carbon-neutral nation. |
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Nearly 1
million
public
school
students
were
back to
school
yesterday
for the
start of
the 2009
school
year.
Many
parents
could
not
resist
on
spying
on their
children
on their
first
day of
classes.
[Foto:
Luis
Morales] |
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Bids Start To Come
In for Cañas-Liberia
Highway Project
(InfoWebPress) – The
National Roadways
Council (CONAVI) began
last Jan. 30 the process
of receiving bids from
companies interested in
repairing and expanding
the section of the Pan
American Highway North between the cities of Cañas and Liberia. |
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Panama Extols Cuban
Solidarity
Panama - President
of Panama Martin
Torrijos highlighted on
Monday the lesson of
solidarity being taught
by Cuba, a country that
"does not give what it
has in abundance, but
rather shares what it
has."
Venezuelans Rejoice
Referendum Yes
Caracas - Sirens, fireworks, and music in the streets of
numerous Venezuelan cities are showing on Sunday there is still joy
in this country, due to the victory that made possible continuous
reelection for public posts.
Colombia's President
Congratulates Chavez on Referendum Victory
Rio de Janeiro - Colombia's President
Alvaro Uribe on Monday congratulated his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo
Chavez on his victory in Sunday's referendum that allowed for his
unlimited re-election.
Bolivian
Ambassador Urges Peruvian Legislators to Apologize
Lima - The Bolivian ambassador to Peru
on Monday urged a Peruvian legislative commission that investigated
the activities of a Latin American trade body in Bolivia to
apologize for "an intervention in internal issues."
Bolivia, Russia Agree On
Energy, Military, Anti-Drug Co-op
La Paz - Bolivian President Evo Morales
and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev signed agreements on
energy, defense and drugs in Moscow on Monday, the Bolivaian
government said.
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VENEZUELA:
Ten More Years, If He Can Woo a Divided Country
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez won Sunday's referendum with 54 percent of the vote, which will allow him to stand for reelection indefinitely. But he will have to exercise leadership over a country that is stubbornly split in two.
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Reno
Wind-Turbine Maker Expands to
Costa Rica
Reno-based wind turbine
manufacturer Mariah Power has
expanded onto the international
stage with its first Windspire
installation in Latin America.
ASI Power & Telemetry, a Mariah
Power dealer based in
northwestern Costa Rica, has
installed one of the company’s
propeller-free vertical axis
wind turbines, called a
Windspire, in a
biodiversity-educational park
near Costa Rica’s capital, San
Jose.
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"How
to
Make
Coffee
A
Great
Cup
of
Coffee"
It is very simple to make a
great cup of coffee, you just
need to learn a couple a thing
to move your process from just
an average cup to great. Here
are some tips on how to make
coffee so that you will get the
most enjoyment out of your
gourmet coffee.
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Why ICE Is Stalling 3G
ICE, the Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad and the only
provider of cellular service in
Costa Rica has been falling
behind in installing the next
generation of cellular network
known as 3G. |
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