Ticos Complain Of Cellular Phones, Vehicles
and Appliances
What ticks off Costa Ricans the most? Poor
cellular telephones, tourism, automobiles
and appliances, according to the Oficina de
Apoyo al Consumidor del Ministerio de
Economía, the government agency that takes
in consumer complaints.
Araya 10
Points Ahead of Chinchilla In the Polls
No one could be happier than he himself,
Johnny Araya, who in the latest public
opinion poll by Borge y Asociados is said to
be ahead 10 points on Laura Chinchilla for
the Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN)
leadership nomination.
Calderón
Celebrates 60th Birthday With Taste of
Victory
Although he has yet to declare his
nomination bid for the Partido Unidad Social
Cristiana (PUSC) party for the 2010
presidential elections, former Costa Rican
president Rafael Ángel Calderón's get
together with family and friends to
celebrate his 60th birthday looked more a
presidential campaign win than a birthday
party.
0% Interest
and 20% Off Is Waiting New Car Buyers At
ExpoMovil
Looking to buy a new car? Now is the time,
says Glen Bermúdez, sales manager for Grupo
Q, as dealers at the ExpoMovil 2009 car show
have dropped their prices an average of 20%
to stimulate consumers.
Costa Rica
Defeats U.S. U-20 Squad For CONCACAF Title
The U.S. team failed to claim its first
title, as Costa Rica grabbed a 3-0 victory,
breaking the scoreless streak for opponents
of the Americans, in the CONCACAF Under-20
Championship final.
Liberia’s
Public Library Receives Donation of Musical
Instruments
(InfoWebPress) – Liberia’s public library
has benefitted from a donation from the
cooperation program of the U.S. Embassy,
thanks to which users of two public
libraries and students with the National
Music Education System (SINEM) will enjoy
new audiovisual equipment and musical
instruments.
100,000 Ticos on
Facebook
Facebook, the most
popular social
networking site on the
Internet, has attracted
nearly 100,000 Costa
Ricans who maintain
updated profiles there
and share information
with their friends.
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We are
the
champions!
The
Sub20
team
became
Concacaf
chamions
after
beating
out the
US team
3-0 in
the pre
World
Cup
finals.
]Foto:
Pedro
Retana]
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Costa
Rica is
being
placed
as a
leader
in space
development
with the
famous
plasma
engine
being
built by
the Ad
Astra
Rocket
factory
in
Liberia
and in
Houston,
which is
expected
to
radically
change
the race
to
conquer
outer
space.
Ad Astra
is being
headed
by Costa
Rican
and
former
NASA
astronaut,
Franklin
Chang-Diaz.
[Foto:
Diana
Chaves] |
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