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Short, short skirts and skimpy tops are OK for women to enter the Registro Nacional,
but no bare chests, shorts or sandals for men. The Constitution
Court saw it otherwise, in ordering the institution to
no discriminate against style of dress at public
institutions.
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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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Wednesday 21 January 2009, San José, Costa
Rica
Cuban Denied Refuge
Continues Living In San
José Airport
Taken from the pages of
the script of the Tom
Hanks movie "Terminal",
Cuban national, José
Ángel Roque Pérez, has
become a resident of San
José's Juan Santamaría
international airport
since December 4, 2008.
Arias Compared Obama
Inauguration To Ascent
of Roman Emperor
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, compared
the inauguration of
Barack Obama as
president of the United
States to the ascent of
a Roman emperor.
Palmares Festival Kicks
Off Today
Exactly one week later
the Palmares Festival
kicks off at noon today
and run until February 2
in what could be
possible called the best
of the summer festivals
around the country.
Style Of Dress
in Public Places Defended
By Constitutional Court
A decision by the Sala
IV allows anyone to wear
what the like in public
places, include the
Registro Nacional, the
centre of the
Constitutional Court
decision, after a
complaint was filed by a
man who was denied
access to the public
building for his
"inappropriate" attire.
Secondary Forests Are
Worth Saving
A new research has
determined that tropical
forest that has regrown
after clear-cutting can
become almost as
biodiverse as untouched
forest, and are worth
conserving.
Poás Volcano Re-Opened
The Poás volcano was
re-opened yesterday to
receive visitors after
being closed following
the increased activity
after the January 8
earthquake.
4.5 Quake Shakes
Guanacaste
A 4.5 earthquake shook
the area of Santa Cruz,
Samara, Finca Pinilla,
Nosara and Ostional in
Guanacaste yesterday. |
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Massive Literacy
Campaign in Nicaragua
Managua - Nicaraguans
are developing a house
by house campaign aimed
at declaring the country
free of illiterates next
July 19 in occasion of
the 30th anniversary of
the triumph of the
Sandinista Revolution.
The Majority Chose
Change, El Salvador
Candidate
San Salvador -
Salvadorian presidential
candidate Mauricio Funes
considered Sunday's
municipal legislative
elections as successful,
because the Farabundo
Marti Front is today the
country's first
political force.
Colombian Church
Supports Negotiated
Peace Without Impunity
Bogota - The president
of the Colombian
Episcopal Conference,
Cardenal Pedro Pubiano
affirmed this Monday
that the Catholic Church
supports a humanitarian
agreement and a
negotiated peace, but
with Justice and without
impunity.
Chavez Urges Obama to
Respect Latin America
Caracas - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez
urged on Tuesday US
President Barack Obama
to respect democracies
and processes of change
in Latin America and the
Third World.
Opposition Stirs
Violence in Venezuela
Caracas - The
co-president of the
Student Council of the
Education School in
Universidad de Los
Andes, Anthony Pernia,
blamed the opposition
for Monday's violence
that left three
policemen wounded in
Merida, Venezuela.
CUBA:
Women Farmers Bring
Innovation to the
Mountains
When Odaly Aroche set
out from the mountains
of Topes de Collantes in
central Cuba to see what
other women farmers were
doing in San Andrés, 380
km west of her home, her
neighbours told her she
was crazy. But that
didn’t stop her.
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21 January 2009 |
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