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Feliz Año Nuevo! Happy New Year! |
A new year is here. And another chance
for us to get it right. Put on your
party hat and raise a toast to good
times. Begin this year new year in a
very special way with your friends
family and loved ones. Feliz Año Nuevo. Felice
anno nuovo. Xin Nian Kuai
Le, GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR!,
Prosit Neujahr,
L'Shannah Tovah, Szczesliwego
Nowego Roku, Sawadee Pee
Mai, and in Canadian,
Happy New Year, eh!
Click here for our live holiday
message.
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Tránsito Aims To Curb Speeding And Drunk
Driving
The carnage on the streets has reached a
point where the Policía de Tránsito (traffic
police) have to take a tougher stand on
drivers, especially drunk drivers and "temerarios"
(speeders), the two major causes of traffic
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AH1N1 Vaccine To Be In Costa Rica This Week
The anticipated vaccine against the AH1N1
flu virus is almost here. The vice-ministra
de Salud, Ana Morice, confirmed that the
with the first 200.000 doses of "Panenza"
will be arriving this coming week.
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Plateado Coins No
Longer Legal Tender Value
As of today those heavy, large silver coins
known as "plateados" are no longer accepted
at most retailers.
Luis
Castro Wins the First Contest of the
Caribbean Surf Association
With crystal two foot waves concluded the
first date of the Caribean Surf Circuit. It
was a final unimaginable after the favorites
were taken out earlier leaving the way open
for Luis Castro, a Caribeño who lives in
Tamarindo, to win ¢250.000 colones and 1500
points.
Blood Donations
Urgently Needed
The
Banco de Sangre (Blood Bank) is making an
urgent call for donations. The Blood Bank
says it receives on average 120 donations
daily, less than half of the need of between
200 and 250 donations daily to meet the
demand.
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HONDURAS
Honduras Putsch Opponents Persecuted
TEGUCIGALPA - The Committee for the
defense of the Human Rights (CODEH)
denounced that hundreds people are being
persecuted for demanding justice and
opposing themselves the de facto regime
installed after the Putsch.
GUATEMALA
Moderate Earthquake Shakes Guatemala
GUATEMALA - An earthquake measuring
5.2 on the Richter scale shook Guatemala
early Thursday morning, with no immediate
reports of casualties or damage, the
Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies
(INETER) said.
PANAMA
Panama: Increase of Cost of Life Predicted
PANAMA - The increase of the cost of life in Panama is much more an option much closer to the local consumers with predictions going to the raise of price of goods and services in 2010.
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CHILE
Chile Hosts World March for Peace Concert
SANTIAGO DE CHILE - Some 50,000 Chileans
attended the World March for Peace Concert,
started October 2 in Wellington, New
Zealand, on World´s Non Violence Day, with
closing set for January 2 in Punta de Vacas
Park, Argentina.
BOLIVIA
Evo:
US-Bolivia Relations Must Be of Mutual
Respect
LA PAZ - The Bolivian President Evo Morales
affirmed Thursday the re-establishment of
US-Bolivia relations must be backed by
mutual respect and far from subjugation and
interference in the internal affairs.
BOLIVIA
Evo Sets
Position Over Obama's
Declaration
LA PAZ - President Evo
Morales announced Thursday
Bolivia's position over recent
declarations of US President
Barack Obama who demanded to
resume talks to re-establish the
Andean Trade Preference and Drug
Enforcement Act (ATPDEA).
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COLOMBIA: Farm Subsidy
Scandal Exposes Corrupt Policies
The Attorney General's Office of Colombia is
keeping a tight lid on developments in its
investigation of 113 million dollars in farm
subsidies handed out over the last three
years to wealthy families, many of whom have
no involvement in the agricultural sector
whatsoever.
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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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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.
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