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Drop in Interest Rates,
Reduced Work Hours To
Avoid Layoffs Part of
Government's Economic
Plan
A 2% drop in the interested for
mortgages by the state
banks is the main point
of the economic plan
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, announced
last night to counteract
the effects of global
crisis.
SUTEL Says No No To
Telephone Rate Increase
The Superintendencia de
Telecomunicaciones (SUTEL)
yesterday stopped the
self proclaimed
telephone rate increase
the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) had
given itself and had
planned on being effect
as of today.
"No Potholes in San
José", Mayor Says
The mayor of San José,
Maureen Clarke, assures
that there are no
potholes in her town.
"Tell me where they are
and I will go fill
them", said Clarke, who
is taking over the
mayorship of Costa
Rica's largest city,
while Johnny Araya makes
his bid for the
presidential chair.
Selling Drugs A Family
Business
Judicial officials, escorted by
members of the Fuerza
Pública (police)
arrested an entire
family - father, mother
and children - all for
selling crack cocaine in
the area of barrio Los
Jardines, in Alajuela.
Guanacaste Hospitals
Safe In Aftermath of
Earthquake
(InfoWebPress) – Guanacaste’s
hospitals — Enrique
Baltodano in Liberia and
La Anexion in Nicoya—
didn’t suffer any damage
as a result of the Jan.
8 earthquake in the
north-central part of
the country. The details
were released in a
report by the Costa
Rican Social Security
System (CCSS).
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Speaking
before a
group of
business
leaders,
Costa
Rican
president,
Oscar
Arias,
outlined
his
"Plan
Escudo"
to face
the
economic
crisis.,
that
includes
cutting
mortgage
interest
rates
and
shorter
work
days. |
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Chinese Ask To Work
Around The Clock To
Build New Stadium
The 600 Chinese workers
that will be building
the new stadium in the
Sabana park want to work
on a 24 hour basis, if
the Ministerio de
Trabajo (Labour
Ministry) will let them,
was the word of a
delegation of workers
and technicians that are
in Costa Rica to program
the work |
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Latin America Lives a
Magical Moment
Belem, Brazil - Latin
America is living a magical moment, a true change of era free from
the impositions and recipes derived from the Washington Consensus.
El Salvador Registers
Average of 11 Murders Daily
El Salvador - El Salvador
has registered 320 murders so far in the first month of this year,
an average of 11 murders daily, the country's National Civil Police
(PNC) said Thursday.
El Salvador: Law Blocked
Despite Rising Child Abuse
San Salvador - The Law
for a Comprehensive Protection of Children and Youth is at a
standstill in El Salvador, while one single clinic tended 235 child
abuse victims in 2008.
Honduras: Less Poverty, Main
Achievement
Tegucigalpa - The main
achievement of the government of Honduras referred to the frontal
attack against poverty that will continue to be a priority of the
administration.
Brazil Promises Security
and Comfort for 2014
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
committed itself to
offer fans and teams
secure and comfortable
stadiums to play soccer
for the 2014 World
Soccer Cup, in case of
being eligible among the
12 nations out of 17
that have presented
their 2014 candidature
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RIGHTS:
Cuba Proudly Presents Its Credentials Abroad
The European Union is considering a proposal from Cuba that could add human rights issues to the political dialogue formally resumed three months ago between Havana and Brussels, diplomatic sources confirmed following an announcement by Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque. |
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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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"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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