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The picture says it all. A business manager in Heredia chose a fairly traditional approach to hire female staff. The sign reads "se necesita muchaca rica, medidas 90-60-90" (good looking girl needed' measurements, 36-24-36). [Foto: Ameliarueda.com]

Presidenta Chinchilla, World's Oldest Cheerleader?
Especially when you have rooted for a person, it is hard to give up on them but I am having a real difficult time advocating the presidency of Laura Chinchilla. Moreover, I keep writing about her because she has become a presidential disappointment in such a short period of time.



University Student's Protest Of Budget Agreements
Some University of Costa Rica students took hold of the social sciences building in protest of the budgetary agreement that was reached between the government and university officials where a 7% budget increase was agreed upon after negotiating the original 4% the government proposed.



Canada and Costa Rica To Strengthen Free Trade Agreement
Canada's Minister of International Trade,  Peter Van Loan, announced yesterday that Canada and Costa Rica have agreed to work toward modernizing the existing bilateral free trade agreement.



Frontier Announces Nonstop Flights To Liberia, Costa Rica
Frontier airlines announced it will be start flying into Liberia on February 13, 2011, with weekly nonstop flights to/from its hub at Denver International Airport (DEN).



Alajuelita Overpass Opened This Morning
As promised for today, the bridge over the Alajuelita rotonda of the Circunvalación opened without fanfare.



Process For Cellular Telecom Bidding Begins Tomorrow
Tomorrow's publication of the cellular bid rules in the La Gaceta moves Costa Rica closer to cellular telecommunications competition to state telecom the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) and customers in Costa Rica, for the first time, having a choice of cellular carrier.



Vehicular Restrictions of  Circunvalación Has Its Days Numbered
The days of the vehicular restrictions on the Circunvalación are few, as with the opening of the Alajuelita overpass, the ministro de Obras Públicas y Transportes is serious about changes to the restrictions.
 
 

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Panama: Countdown for Aviation Law Talks



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Salvadoran President Seeks Meeting With Mexican Counterpart On Migration Issues



HONDURAS
Landslide Kills At Least 5 in Honduras



GUATEMALA
Quake Registered in Guatemalan Waters



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Venezuela Opens Electoral Fairs To Promote Legislative Elections



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Colombian Security Council to Analyze Violence



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Bus Accident Kills 36 in Ecuador



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Alternative Energy Benefits Bolivian Families

 
 
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Colombia-Venezuela, On the Path of Understanding
Without false hopes and with thorny issues in the fore, Venezuela and Colombia are moving down the path of understanding, with the help of binational commissions that were recently unthinkable.


 
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Costa Rica Hits Up China For $221 Million Dollars. We Need It More Than They Do.
During the meeting China's Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi, Costa Rica's president, Laura Chinchilla, is following the steps of her predecessor and mentor, Oscar Arias, sticking out her hand for more money from the Asiatic giant.
 
 
 

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