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Costa
Rican
Arelys
Vargas
holds a
portrait
of her
missing
brother
Jose
Roberto
Vargas
in San
Miguel
de
Sarapiqui,
one of
some 64
people
who are
still
missing
following
Thursday's
devastating
6.2
earthquake.
[Foto:
AFP/Mayela
Lopez] |
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Legal & Wedding Services in Guanacaste
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They Don't Play Hockey
in Costa Rica
Well, I have returned
from my week long winter
vacation in the
wonderful Costa Rica.
And after nine days in
the Central American
country, after seeing
numerous wildlife,
including seven foot
iguanas, poisonous
frogs, I have made the
following discovery:
They don’t play hockey
in Costa Rica.
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Quálitas
Eyes Expansion to Costa Rica,
Panama - Central America
Mexico's largest automobile
insurance company Quálitas,
which launched operations in El
Salvador earlier this month, is
analyzing an expansion to Costa
Rica and Panama as part of its
internationalization strategy,
top executives from Quálitas
told BNamericas.
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Management Moment
While meant to be humorous, I
recently saw a bumper sticker
that read, “I’m on my way to
work, just kill me”
Inside Tip:
Walking the Romeria
If you decide to make
the walk to Cartago, here a few basis common
sense recommendations.
Click
here for more tips |
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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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Sunday 11 January 2009, San José, Costa
Rica
Earthquake Tragedy Now
Has A Face
The tragedy from
Thursday's devastating
6.2 earthquake now has a
face. Men, women and
children that died under
the tons of earth from
the mountainsides and
debris from houses
reduced to rubble by the
tremors.
Costa Rica Digs For
Victims of Earthquake
Rescue workers have
begun to dig into the
collapsed hillsides of
the area of Vara Blanca
searching for bodies and
possible survivors now
that the rescue effort
of the trapped has
completed.
What Caused Thursday's
Devastating Earthquake?
A land fault located
along the Sarapiquí
river that runs between
the Poás and Barva
volcanoes is the cause
of Thursday's 6.2 quake
in Cinchona de Sarapiquí,
according to an
explanation by Eliécer
Duarte, an earthquake
specialist for the
Observatorio
Vulcanológico y
Sismológico de Costa
Rica (Ovsicori).
ICE Cannot Raise Rates
Without Approval, Says
Regulador
Earlier this week the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE) -
state telecom -
announced a raise of 10%
in fixed line and
cellular telephone
rates, without obtaining
the required approval by
the Autoridad Reguladora
de Servicios Públicos (Aresep).
U.S. Recession Could
Lead To More Tech Firms
in Costa Rica
The adverse economic
conditions affecting the
United States could lead
to the arrival of a good
number of technology
firms in Costa Rica in
2009.
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Panama Focuses on
Elections
Panama - Panama is
focused on the
forthcoming May vote in
an environment
characterized by
revitalization of
campaigns for the
different posts.
Nicaragua Awards Cuban
Ambassador
Managua - Nicaraguan
Education minister,
Miguel de Castillo
acknowledged the
valuable collaboration
of Cuban ambassador,
Luis Hernandez Ojeda, in
the literacy campaign
here.
Most Guatemalans Fear
Violence
Guatemala - Ninety
percent of Guatemalans
fear being kidnapped,
mugged, robbed or
extorted, according to a
nationwide survey
published here.
At Least 30 Killed in
Peru Bus Mishap
Lima - At least 30
people were killed and
over 20 injured in a bus
accident early Saturday
in Peru's northwestern
province of Cajamarca,
police said.
BOLIVIA:
Mothers Teaching Mothers
to Combat Malnutrition
One of every two
children under the age
of five in the
southwestern Bolivian
highlands municipality
of Betanzos suffers the
effects of chronic
malnutrition.
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10 January 2009 |
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