Costa Rican sculptor Orlando Carranza paints a religious work in his workshop in Atenas, west of San José. Carranza, 42, has held shows in Los Angeles, New York, Mexico and Germany, works in bronze, granite, wood and marble. [Foto: Juan Carlos Ulate] |
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Costa Rica May
Step Up Currency
‘Interventions,’
New Central Bank
President Says
Costa Rica's new
president of the
Central Bank
told Bloomberg
news that the
bank may
intervene more
frequently in
the
foreign-exchange
market to reduce
swings in the
currency.
Costa Rica's
Transport
Minister Wants
To See Bad &
Dangerous
Drivers In Jail
Making an
illegal turn may
land you jail if
the ministro de
Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT),
Francisco
Jiménez, would
have his way.
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Ruta 32 San José
- Guápiles
Closed For Hours
On Friday
The Ministerio
de Obras
Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT)
closed Ruta 32 San José
- Guápiles for
the better part
of the day on
Friday, not due
to a serious
traffic
accident, heavy
rain or
mudslides, but
rather to
evaluate the
road to avoid
all those
happening.
Sex Offender
Seeks OK To Move
To Costa Rica
VIERA — A
convicted
pedophile who
wants to move to
Costa Rica will
have to wait
until his
defense attorney
shows proof
there is a
system there to
monitor his
activities, a
judge said
Friday.
A
Reader Writes Of
His Near
Experience With
The US Embassy
in Costa Rica
A few days ago a
friend of mine
went to the US
embassy (in San
José) to apply
for a US visa.
Here is what you
have to do for
these -Blank-.
What Is
Autopistas To
Do?
One has to
almost start
feeling sorry
for Autopistas
del Sol and has
to wonder if
someone there is
thinking "what
did we get
into?".
No "Veranillo"
This Year?
The “Veranillo
de San Juan” is
a solstice from
the heavy rains
each year in
June. But this
year there may
be no Veranillo.
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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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On
the
heels
of
Sprint's
announced
last
week
of
its
4G
smarphone,
Steve
Jobs,
the
CEO
of
Apple,
made
the
announcement
of
iPhone
4G
on
Tuesday.
However,
as
in
typical
Apple
marketing
strategy,
the
actual
phone
won't
be
available
to
consumers
for
a
while.
The
new
iPhone
4G
Cannot
Be
Used
in
Costa
Rica |
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