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Hundreds
attended
the
funeral
of four
of the
victims
of the
earthquake
of
January
8,
saying
goodbye
to
Francisco
Mora and
his
three
children,
Francela,
Daniela
and
Jeffry,
all
buried
under
the mud
in la
soda La
Estrella,
in
Cinchona.
The
official
death
toll
from the
6.2
earthquake
is 23,
and 8
more
still
missing.
[Foto:
Adolfo
Alvarado] |
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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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Friday 16 January 2009, San José, Costa
Rica
Eight Days Later The Tremors Won't Let
Up
Rescue efforts have been
hampered by tremors in
the earthquake area of
last Thursday, January
8. The fear heightened
by the fact that the
tremors are from other
faults in the area and
not the one that caused
the 6.2 quake on the
8th.
Weather Grounding Rescue
Efforts
Poor weather conditions
have grounded the rescue
and recovery efforts of
last Thursday's killer
earthquake. The constant
rain in the area of
Sarapiquí has meant that
the US and Colombian
helicopters have not
been able to fly to the
affected area, like
Cinchona, where the only
access in and out is by
air.
Legislators To Take
World Bank Loan For
Earthquake Relief
The country's
legislators are taking
advantage of the us$65
million dollar loan by
the World Bank to
rebuild the destruction
of the devastating
January 8 earthquake,
with the approval of the
loan in first reading.
Gringo Who Killed Doctor
To Continue in
Preventive Detention
Frederick Norman Kelch,
the 48 year old American
who killed a doctor
after firing rounds into
the air will be spending
another six months in
preventive detention,
according to a judge of
the Juzgado Penal de
Goicoechea.
Laura Makes Her
Candidacy Official
It is official, former
vice-president, Laura
Chinchilla, is now a
contender for the
Partido Liberación
Nacional (PLN)
nomination for the 2010
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Central America Holds
Extraordinary Meeting in
Nicaragua
Managua - Heads of state
and government from the
Central American
Integration System (SICA)
attended the 34th
extraordinary meeting of
the group in Nicaragua
on Thursday.
Central American
Presidents to Analyze
World Crisis
Managua - Five Central
American presidents will
analyze the world
economic crisis during
the 34th Summit of the
Central American
Integration System (SICA),
which opens here today.
Guatemala's Colom Slams
Neoliberalism
Guatemala - Guatemalan
President Alvaro Colom
blamed neoliberal
policies for poverty and
social backwardness in
the region, when
presenting a report on
his first year in
office.
Authorities Plan
Venezuela Referendum
Caracas - Military
authorities of the 2009
Republic Plan and the
National Electoral
Council (CNE) are
working on the
protection and logistics
for a referendum to
allow the continuous
re-election of public
posts.
Ecuador President
Popularity High
Quito - Ecuadorian
president Rafael Correa
has more public support
than any other in the
past 25 years, affirmed
Santiago Nieto,
representative of the
Confidential Survey
Report.
HEALTH-LATIN AMERICA:
Too Many Women and
Children Dying
"Latin America is not in
the tragic conditions of
the least developed
countries, but an
average rate of 130
maternal deaths per
100,000 live births is
very high," UNICEF
representative Egidio
Crotti told IPS.
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