Companies Hiring Less, Poll Reveals
A poll by Manpower in Costa Rica reveals
that more and more companies are putting off
hiring during this time of economic crisis
that has affected many countries, including
Costa Rica.
Arias Speaks Out in Support Of Chinchilla
Election
For the first
since the voting of the Partido Liberación
Nacional (PLN) Sunday and after being
scolded by the Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE) last fall, Costa Rica
president, Oscar Arias, speaks out on the
election of Laura Chinchilla as leader of
the PLN party for the 2010 presidential
elections.
With A Single Bite Woman Turns Into
"Comehombre"
Police labeled
the actions of a woman as "penicidio" (penicide?)
when the lovemaking of a couple in the heat
of passion and at the mans request, with a
single bite severs her man's "manhood".
Climate Models
Predict Dengue Epidemics
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (UPI) -- U.S. and Costa
Rican scientists say they've developed the
first climate-based computer model that can
predict dengue fever outbreaks in Costa
Rica.
New York
School Fest Celebrates All Things Costa
Rican
MORAVIA (New York) - Millard Fillmore
Elementary School's Costa Rica Festival
today will celebrate biodiversity,
Costa Rican culture and history and the
effects of our choices on our world economy
and environment.
What's on TV
Tonight
The New York
Daily News writes: If NBC really wanted to
get people involved in watching their
show "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of
Here", network
officials would let viewers vote to keep the
cast in Costa Rica forever.
LETTERS
More On the
Escazu Tolls
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Such was
the
scene
yesterday
mid-day
in
Escazu,
between
El Cruce
and
Guachipelin,
200
metres
east of
the US
Ambassador's
home, as
drivers
avoid
the ¢310
toll on
the autopista Próspero Fernández.
Traffic
officials
were
posted
on the
route to
ease
traffic,
that is
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Panama Canal Receives 11th International Award
Panama - The
Panama Canal Expansion Program received its
11th international award to date at the 2009
International Logistics and Material
Handling Exhibition (SIL 2009) in Barcelona,
Spain June 4.
Nicaragua Confirms 5 New Cases of
A/H1N1 Flu, Raising Infection To 33
Managua - Nicaraguan
Health Minister Guillermo Gonzalez Tuesday
confirmed five new cases of A/H1N1 flu,
which brought the infection toll in the
country to 33.
Guatemala Reports 10 New A/H1N1 Flu
Cases
Guatemala - Confirmed
cases of A/H1N1 flu have increased to 60 in
Guatemala, with 10 new cases reported, the
nation's Health Minister Celso Cerezo said
on Tuesday.
El Salvador Closes Schools Due To A/H1N1 Flu Infections
San Salvador - The Salvadorian Health Ministry on Monday ordered the closure of schools that have reported new cases of the deadly new A/H1N1 flu, after the total of confirmed cases rose to 69, according to news reaching here on Monday. |
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Venezuela Demands Posada from US
Caracas - The vice president of the
Venezuelan United Socialist Party, Aristobulo
Isturiz, demanded that the United States hand over
terrorist Luis Posada Carriles for his participation
in an assassination attempt against President Hugo
Chavez.
European View of Latin America Decried
Havana - Editor of French monthly journal "Le
Monde Diplomatique", Maurice Lemoine, criticized the
current view prevailing in European media of their
ignorance of reality in Latin America.
Colombian Judges Under Probe
Bogota - The Information and Financial Analysis
Office (UIAF) under Colombia''s Treasury Department
has opened an investigation into Colombian judges''
alleged links to people involved in money
laundering.
Doubts on Peru Death Toll
Lima - Doubts on the death toll in the recent violent incidents in the Peruvian Amazonian region persist on Tuesday, amid insistent versions, holding that there are many more civilians dead than the number announced.
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4 Kms Does Not A 6 Lane Highway Make
After some 30 years of
planning, start and stop
and then start again,
last week the expansion
of the autopista
Fernando Prospero and
the highway to Caldera,
was officially
inaugurated, although
there still remains
entire sections of first
phase of the highway to
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