
Lack
of
Vaccines
Reported
in
Costa
Rica
A
two-month
delay
in
the
arrival
of
doses
that
are
part
of
basic
vaccination
has
about
12.000
children
in
Costa
Rica
with
no
immunization.

Costa
Rica:
"Green
Alert"
For
Pacific
Coast
After
receiving
information
by
the
Centro
de
Investigación
en
Ciencias
del
Mar
y
Limnología
(CIMAR)
de
la
Universidad
de
Costa
Rica,
on
the
presence
of
strong
waves,
the
Comisión
Nacional
de
Prevención
de
Riesgos
y
Atención
de
Emergencias
(CNE)
declared
a
"green
alert"
for
the
Pacific
coast
of
Costa
Rica.

China
and
Costa
Rica
Dialogue
on
Expanding
Economic
Ties

President
Laura
Chinchilla
called
for
greater
economic
links
between
Costa
Rica
and
China,
in
talks
with
Han
Zheng,
mayor
of
Shanghai,
where
she
is
serving
the
first
part
of
her
week-long
official
visit
to
this
nation.

Drug
Traffickers
Threaten
Teachers
in
Limón
Drug
traffickers
in
eastern
Costa
Rica
are
reportedly
keeping
schoolteachers
out
of
an
indigenous
town
in
an
attempt
to
pressure
locals
into
cultivating
marijuana,
pointing
to
criminal
gangs’
increasing
influence
in
the
country.

Lady
Gaga
Confirms
Costa
Rica
On
Nov
3
The
Lady
Gaga
official
website
added
the
Costa
Rica
date
confirming
local
promoter
RMPTV
that
the
pop
queen
is
coming
to
town
on
November
3,
2012
and
the
venue
the
Estadio
Nacional
(National
Stadium).
INSIDE
|
TECHNOLOGY
Do
Smartphones
Spell
The
End
of
the
Digital
Camera?
It
does
not
seem
like
that
long
since
they
saw
off
the
film
camera
–
but
digital
cameras
are
facing
the
scrapheap.
The
popularity
of
smartphones
such
as
Apple’s
iPhone
and
Samsung’s
Galaxy
series,
which
have
cameras
built
in,
means
families
are
no
longer
buying
separate
cameras.

Beware
of
Cats
Falling
From
the
Ceiling
in
Costa
Rica
[VIDEO]
It’s
raining
cats!
Not
dogs,
just
cats.
Students
at
the
University
for
Peace
in
Costa
Rica
had
to
dodge
falling
felines
when
a
cat
tumbled
from
the
ceiling
in
the
middle
of
class.