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China-funded
Costa
Rica
Refinery
Still
Being
Negotiated
Negotiations
over
a
long-awaited
Costa
Rican
refinery
upgrade,
partially
funded
by
China,
are
hung
up
over
investment
terms,
Costa
Rica's
president
said
on
Wednesday,
and
the
project
will
be a
major
topic
of
talks
during
her
visit
to
Beijing
this
week.
Bilateral
Ties
Benefit
Costa
Rica,
China
Costa
Rica
has
enjoyed
and
benefited
from
its
cooperation
with
China
since
bilateral
ties
were
established
just
five
years
ago,
Costa
Rican
President
Laura
Chinchilla
Miranda
said
on
Aug
15.
Paseo
de
Los
Damas
With
Serious
Damage
and
Asphalt
Patches
The
Municipalidad
de
San
José
spent
more
than
˘200
million
colones
(US$395.000)
to
reconstruct
a
stretch
of
600
metres
of
road
Paseo
de
los
Damas
between
the
Atlantic
railway
station
and
the
parque
Morazan.
The
work
took
place
three
years
ago.
Nicaragua
Accuses
Colombia
and
Costa
Rica
In
Territorial
Disputes
Nicaragua
on
Wednesday
accused
Colombia
and
Costa
Rica
of
wanting
to
appropriate
Nicaraguan
territory.
97%
Of
Costa
Rican
Mothers
Expected
A
Gift
A
poll
reveals
that
97%
of
mothers
in
Costa
Rica
expected
to
receive
a
gift
for
Mother's
Day,
August
15.
Costa
Rica
Police
Find
49Kg
of
Cocaine
In
Kidnap
Victim's
Home
The
news
made
the
headlines
on
Wednesday,
a
man
had
been
kidnapped
the
day
earlier
in
the
upscale
residential
neighourhood
of
Escazú,
west
of
San
José.
Authorities
theorized
the
kidnapping
had
ties
to
drug
trafficking
and
possibly
involving
a
Mexican
cartel.
Heavy
Rain
Cut
Off
Communities
On
Wednesday
The
heavy
rains
Wednesday
night
left
many
areas
temporarily
cut
off
in
San
José,
as
water
rose
from
the
creeks
and
rivers
that
surround
the
capital
city
and
backed
up
sewers
compounded
the
problem.
INSIDE
|
REAL
ESTATE
Rooftop
Villas
Are
Legal,
China
Officials
say
(China
Daily)
Four
unfurnished
villas
that
sit
on
top
of a
shopping
mall
in
Zhuzhou,
Hunan
province,
have
led
to
questions
about
their
safety,
but
city
planners
said
on
Wednesday
the
structures
were
built
legally
and
with
the
required
documentation. |
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