Costa
Rica
Celebrates
Its
5th
Anniversary
of
Relations
With
China
Chinese
President
Hu
Jintao
on
Friday
exchanged
congratulatory
messages
with
his
Costa
Rican
counterpart,
Laura
Chinchilla,
to
mark
the
fifth
anniversary
of
the
establishment
of
diplomatic
ties
between
the
two
countries.
Costa
Rica's
Language
Schools
Slow
to
Recover
While
most
business
publications
(including
our
blog)
were
focused
on
the
world
recession
and
its
mega-effects
on
the
economy,
Costa
Rica's
previously
healthy
private
language
schools
were
quietly
taking
it
in
the
neck.
"I
Declare
Myself
a
Second
Class
Citizen"
Says
Veterans
Newcaster
Pilar
Cisneros
Television
news
anchor
and
news
director
of
Telenoticias
(channel
7),
Pilar
Cisneros.
declared
herself
in
an
editorial
on
Friday
"second
class
citizen".
Three
Earthquakes
Hit
Costa
Rica
on
Friday
It
was
9:45am
when
a
3.8
magnitude
earthquake
struck
several
areas
of
Costa
Rica.
The
epicentre
of
the
quake
was
located
about
a
kilometre
south
of
Pocares
de
Parrita,
in
the
province
of
Puntarenas,
according
to
the
Observatorio
Vulcanológico
y
Sismológico
de
Costa
Rica
(Ovsicori).
Water
and
Bus
Rate
Increased
To
Be
Discussed
At
Public
Hearings
Costa
Rica's
regulator
of
public
prices
and
services,
the
Autoridad
Reguladora
de
los
Servicios
Públicos
(Aresep),
announced
a
series
of
public
hearings
on
proposed
price
adjustments
(increases)
in
water
services,
energy
and
public
transport.
Avila
Denies
Joining
Rodrigo
Arias
Campaign
The
former
ministra
de
Salud,
María
Luisa
Ávila,
and
long
time
supporter
of
the
Arias
movement
has
been
quick
to
deny
any
meeting
with
Rodrigo
Arias,
who
will
be
seeking
his
party's
presidential
nomination.
New
Trees
Take
Roots
in
Guiones
f at
first
you
don’t
succeed,
try,
try
again,
or
so
the
saying
goes.
In
Guiones
if
at
first
you
plant
1000
trees
and
they
die,
try
again.
Tourist
Route
Around
Lake
Arenal
Closed
Due
To
Road
Collapse
Domestic
and
foreign
tourists
with
plans
to
visit
the
area
around
Lake
Arenal
this
weekend
should
check
their
maps
before
setting
out,
for
the
landslide
has
caused
the
complete
passage
on
small
section
of
Ruta
142
that
connects
La
Fortuna
with
Arenal
and
Tilarán.
TECHNOLOGY
'Flame'
Malware
Designed
For
Spying,
Not
'Cyber
War'
The
latest
entrant
in
the
arsenal
of
advanced
cyber
packages
deployed
by
governments
or
corporations
for
use
against
their
adversaries
is a
piece
of
malicious
software
dubbed
"Flame."
