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Costa Rica
0 - 1 Uruguay
Costa Rica's Bryan Ruiz, bottom,
gestures in front of Uruguay's
goalkeeper Fernado Muslera after
missing a shot during a 2010
World Cup qualifying playoff
first leg soccer match in San
Josι, Saturday. [Foto: Claudio
Cruz] |
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Costa Rica
With One Foot Out Of World Cup
The Uruguay teamA first-half
goal from Diego Lugano gave
Oscar Washington Taberez's side
strong hopes of playing in South
Africa next year, following
their failure to qualify for the
finals Germany in 2006.
Quepos/Manuel
Antonio Visits Down Drastically
The world economic crisis has
hit many Costa Rica tourism
destinations in many different
ways, but all have in common one
hope, that 2010 will be the way
of the crunch. One of the areas
hard hit by the economic crisis
is Quepos/Manuel Antonio, the
mid-Pacific coast town and
tourism attraction. |
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Heredia Centro Bridge Added To List of "Bad
Bridges"
The list
of "bad
bridges"
-
bridges
that are
a safety
risk for
their
poor
condition
due
mainly
to lack
of
maintenance
- grows
with the
latest
bridge
added to
the
growing
list is
that
over the
Pirro
river,
adjacent
to the
Universidad
Nacional
UNA) in
Heredia
centro.
The
bridge
is
located
150
metres
east of
the
Burger
King,
and had
a 4
metre
gaping
hole,
which
continues
unrepaired.
Distinctly
Green:
PAUS
Bags
Gelp
Environment
In
several
Ways
While
attending
an
environmental
conference
in Costa
Rica a
couple
of weeks
ago, I
was
given a
colorful
reusable
tote bag
as a
"take
away." I
don't
normally
hang on
to those
kinds of
things,
but this
one was
different.
La
Ruta de los Conquistadores: 2nd Stage
Stage Two: San Jose - Terramall - One of La
Ruta's strongest ascents was ridden nearly
one and a half kilometers after the start of
the stage two, a wall that took riders from
800 meters up to 1,400 meters above sea
level within eight kilometers.
Free
Festival For Peace In Desamparados Today
Desamparados will be today the scene for the
first "Festival Comunitario por la Paz"
(peace festival) and is open to one and all
and free of charge.
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CENTRAL AMERICA |
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LATIN AMERICA |
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VENEZUELA
Venezuela Reorganizes Armed
Forces for Defense
CARACAS - Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez has reorganized the
Armed Forces to guarantee
defense in response to the
installation of seven US
military bases in Colombia. "We
will not attack anyone. We are
only preparing to defend
ourselves," Chavez assured
during a speech to a mass
demonstration in Caracas
condemning the referred war
enclaves.
BRAZIL
Child Labour
Nightmare Still Haunts
Middle-Aged Brazilian Woman
BRASILIA - Overworked,
starved and humiliated, the 30-year-old
Brazilian woman cannot forget what it was
like as a child laborer. After all these
years, the haunting memory is still biting
when she recalls her childhood. |
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BRAZIL
Sarkozy, Lula Set Common Goals for
Copenhagen Climate Summit
PARIS French President Nicolas Sarkozy and
his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula
da Silva, announced on Saturday that they
have adopted a common position for the
Copenhagen Climate Change Summit that
suggests, among other measures, the creation
of a World Environmental Organization.
VENEZUELA
Prison Riot in Venezuela Leaves Two Dead
CARACAS At least two inmates were killed
and two others were injured in a riot at a
prison in central Venezuela, officials said.
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SPECIAL REPORTS |
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U.S.-HONDURAS:
Washington Stresses Urgency of Unity
Government
In a renewed effort to save a U.S.-sponsored
accord to resolve the five-month-old
political crisis in Honduras, the U.S. State
Department Friday called on both sides to
create a government of national unity
"without delay" and on the Honduran Congress
to "swiftly" consider the restoration of
ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
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Your Photos Could Be Product Placements
One day soon, our society will be ruled by an all-intrusive advertising technique in which individuals are paid to walk around 24/7 holding a product next to their wide-smiling faces |
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Surfs Up
If you like surfing you will truly love and I mean L.O.V.E. Mal Pais, Costa Rica. Perched on the southwestern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula, this idyllic surf spot pulls wave seekers from across the globe. |
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Legal
&
Wedding
Services
in
Guanacaste |
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So
What Is 3G And Do You Really Need It?
By the end of the year, Costa Rica, by way
of the Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) will join the rest of the
world with the introduction of the 3rd
generation, better known as 3G, cellular
network. Although it will be new to Costa
Rica, 3G has been around for a while, being
commercially launched in May 2001 by NTT
DoCoMo in Japan branded FOMA, on a
pre-release of W-CDMA technology. |
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