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It's do or die for the Ticos
tonight in World Cup qualifying.
Pictured are Costa Rica's
national soccer team players
Keylor Navas and Celso Borges
(R) arrive at Carrasco airport
in Montevideo. [Foto:Andres
Stapff (URUGUAY SPORT SOCCER)] |
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Guanacaste
Not So Good For New Car Sales
Following the boom in economic
growth in the province of
Guanacaste, a number of car
dealerships decided to set up
shot, away from the traditional
market of San José. However, a
year later, two major players,
Autostar and Purdy Motor have
decided that Guanacaste is not
profitable.
Costa Rica
To Receive The AH1N1 Vaccine By
Mid December
The AH1N1 vaccine is expected to
arrive in Costa Rica by the
middle of December, according to
the ministra de Salud, María
Luisa Ávila, who on Tuesday
confirmation by the Organización
Panamericana de la Salud (OPS),
who will be shipping to Costa
Rica the first 200.000 doses of
the vaccine.
OIJ Agent
Shot By Fellow Agent And Not
Criminals, Director Says
The director of the Organismo de
Investigación Judicial (OIJ),
Jorge Rojas Vargas, confirmed on
Tuesday that the death of agent
Ronny Sojo Chacón during a
shootout with criminals on
October 20 was accidental,
getting caught in the line of
fire of a fellow agent.
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CENTRAL AMERICA |
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LATIN AMERICA |
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CHILE
Chile and Uruguay, Least Corrupt In Latin
America
Among the 31 countries from the Americas
included in Transparency International’s
(TI) 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index
(CPI), 10 scored above 5 (out of 10) while
21 scored less than 5 indicating a serious
corruption problem. Overall, nine countries
failed to exceed a score of 3, indicating
rampant corruption.
COLOLMBIA
11
Arrested on People-Trafficking Charges in
Colombia
BOGOTA – Colombian police arrested 11 people
over the weekend who allegedly belonged to
two networks that sent young women to
Guatemala, Honduras and Panama, where they
were forced to work as prostitutes, the
National Police said. |
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CHILE
Chile In Select Group Of Eleven Countries
With Insignificant Mad-Cow Risk
SANTIAGO - "This recognition allows us to
broaden and improve access to meat exports
and to bovine sub-products which our country
offers to the most discerning markets on the
continent", explained Agriculture Minister
Marigen Hornkohl.
BRAZIL
Brazil
Warns Of “Deterioration” Of US
Relations With South America
SAO PAULO - ”It’s possible that
when President Obama
concentrates on the region’s
problems relations between
United States and South America
will have deteriorated, let’s us
hope it does not happen”, said
Amorim in a Sunday interview
with Folha de Sao Paulo.
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SPECIAL REPORTS |
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CUBA: Fewer Storks
Visiting Shiny Maternity Clinics
Women in Cuba cite a variety of reasons to
explain their decision to have only one
child, ranging from the housing shortage to
the rising cost of living and the many work
responsibilities they have to shoulder. But
many say that if things were different they
would have a bigger family. |
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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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