Although the "Sele" (Costa Rican national soccer team) is not playing in the World Cup in Africa, Oliver Nowalski, Marianna Ruiz and
Sebastián Castro wanted to make sure that Costa Rica was present at the games, represent the country as volunteers for FIFA and even rented a VW Beetle in Cape Town, and painted it in Costa Rica's national colours. |
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San José -
Caldera To
Re-Open In Five
Days. Maybe.
Although earlier
this week the
minsitro de
Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT),Francisco
Jimenez, hinted
that the 11
kilometres of
the San José -
Caldera could
re-open by this
weekend, the
MOPT has put off
the decision
waiting for a
new report this
coming Tuesday.
Costa Rica's
Constitutional
Court Orders A
Stop To Same Sex
Marriage
Referendum
The Sala
Constitucional
(Constitutional
Court) has
ordered the
Tribunal Supremo
de Elecciones
(TSE) to suspend
the process of
the referendum
on same sex
marriages that
was to have been
included in the
December 2010
municipal
elections.
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GSM & 3G Phones, Data & SIM Cards, Prepaid
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Costa Rica Opens
First Skin Bank
Costa Rica
opened the first
Central American
Skin Bank, an
initiative that
will benefit
children with
burns and severe
injuries. The
modern bank is
located in the
Hospital
Nacional de
Niños
(Children's
hospital) in San
José, where
experts save the
lives of about
30 infants every
year by using
dead people's
skin, the Bank's
coordinator
Patricia Venegas
said.
6% Of Students
in Costa Rica
Desert School At
Mid-Year
Desertion
following the
mid-year
vacation is
common according
to the
Ministerio de
Educación
Pública (MEP),
when six out of
every hundred
students (6%) do
not go back to
school after the
two week
vacation.
Poverty Does Not
Mean Unhappiness
Money boosts
life
satisfaction,
but not
necessarily
positive
feelings, study
finds. A list of
rankings of
selected nations
on types of
prosperity,
Costa Rica
placed 4th in
"positive
feelings" while
placing 41st in
GDP/Capita.
Pacheco Says
Laura Chinchilla
Is Honest But
Ill-Advised
Former president
of Costa Rica,
Abel Pacheco, in
analyzing the
first days of
the
administration
of Laura
Chinchilla, says
"doña Laura is
honest, but she
is ill-advised".
Jeff Hamilton
Trio in Costa
Rica Vacation
Event
Music in Costa
Rica Announces
The Jeff
Hamilton Trio in
Costa Rica
Vacation Event
November 20-27,
2010, offering a
unique Costa
Rica vacation
even
CORRECTION:
We stated on
Thursday that
the Canada Day
(July 1) holiday
was to be
celebrated on
Monday July 5.
We mistook the
closure of the
Canadian Embassy
in San José
for the
statutory
holiday on
Monday July 5 as
moving of the
holiday to the
following
Monday. As we
were reminded by
many readers,
Canada Day is
always
celebrated on
the day it
falls. We
apologize to our
Canadian friends
for the
confusion.
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So,
What
Are
We
To
Do
Now?
Closing
the
San
José
-
Caldera
is
perhaps
a
prudent
move
on
the
part
of
transport
officials,
but
what
are
now
to
do,
go
back
to
the
old
road,
the
monte
de
Aguacate
or
the
Cambronero?
No
way,
I
think
I
will
stay
home
until
they
re-open
ruta
27
completely. |
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