Corruption And Crime,
Costa Rica's National Sport
I think that rather saying “…the national
sport of Costa Rica is making love,”
National Geographic would now call the
national sports of Costa Rica corruption and
crime. Certainly not so much as in Mexico
where it is a rare day when people survive,
wherever they live, but enough that it
raises eyebrows among internationals and
those of us who walk the streets to buy
groceries.
41 Months To
Build, Rather to Re-Build,
1.3 Kilometre
Road?
How long does it
take to build,
rather,
re-build, a 1.3
kilometer road
in Costa Rica?
41 months, it
appears, as the
time it took the
Ministerio de
Obra Pública y
Transportes (MOPT)
from the
awarding of the
bid to the
delivery of the
project last
week.
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Antonov Coming
To Tiquicia
(Costa Rica)
Today
The Antonov, the
world's largest
aircraft, is
coming to Costa
Rica today
(April 26) for a
special project,
to pick up to
water treatment
plants that will
be used by the
United States in
Afghanistan. |
Injunction
Extended at
Crucitas Open
Pit Mining
On Friday, April
16, 2010, Costa
Rica's
Constitutional
Court or "SALA
IV" ruled that
the challenges
to the grant of
permits allowing
development of
the Company's
Crucitas gold
project were
without merit,
ending the
suspension of
development
activity at the
project.
Bryan Ruiz – The Costa Rican Messi
Steve McClaren has picked up a real diamond
in Costa Rican, Bryan Ruiz, who can play on
the wing or up front as the bright spark for
FC Twente who are 1 game away from picking
up the Eredivisie title.
GPS Helps User To Recover His
Cellular Phone
Mauricio Valerio,
like most of us
have done, left
his cellular
phone behind in
a taxi. However,
modern
telephones have
some tools, if
the user
activates them, to recover the
lost phone. |
