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A step
towards
dialogue.
Costa
Rican
president,
Oscar
Arias
(L),
shakes
hand
with
Nicaraguan
president,
Daniel
Ortega
(R),
while
Cardinal
Miguel
Obando y
Bravo
looks
on. This
is the
first
time the
two men
have met
since
the
1980's
when
both
were
presidents
of their
respective
countries.
Ortega
met
Arias at
the
Managua
airport
and
drove
him
personally
in his
private
vehicle
to the
conference.
[Foto:
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Costa Rica Ecolodge Ups
Environmental Ante
Actions speak louder
than words, especially
when it comes to issues
of sustainability—that’s
why Lapa Rios Ecolodge,
honored as Rainforest
Alliance’s 2007
Sustainable
Standard-Setter, is
announcing an
environmentally
conscious transition to
primarily biodiesel
powered electricity.
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Government Plans to Kick
Off Limón Works in 2008
The Costa Rican
government expects to
begin in 2008 sewage
expansion and flood
prevention works as part
of a project to
redevelop port city
Limón on the Caribbean
coast, according to
Limón province
inter-institutional
coordinator Álvaro
Rodríguez.
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Green-speak in Costa
Rica
Some things naturally go
together: beach
vacations and sunburn,
airplane seats and neck
stiffness, five-star
hotels and five-figure
bills for a week's stay.
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A collection of our best fotos
of news events, people,
happenings in Costa Rica and
more...
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here!
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People Words
Spanish like
English has different names for different people. By learning the words
below you will increase your vocabulary, comprehension and language fluency.
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Wednesday 22
August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Arias
Welcomed by Ortega in
Nicaragua
Nicaraguan
President Daniel Ortega
welcomed his Costa Rican
counterpart, Oscar
Arias, at the Managua
airport Tuesday for his
first visit since the
Sandinistas regained
power in January.
Paso Ancho and
Alajuelita Rotondas Also To Have
Overpasses, MOPT MInister Announces
The Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes (MOPT) continues
with its program to build more bridges
along the Circunvalación - the ring road
on the south side of San José - with the
announcement of the construction of an
overpass at the Alajuelita and Paso
Ancho rotondas.
Seguridad Minister Calls
For Investigation Into
Police Action
The Ministro de
Seguridad Pública,
Fernanod Berrocal, has
ordered an investigation
into the confrontation
between members of the
Fuerza Pública (police)
and oppositors to the
Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) in San
Ramón last week.
China's Trade
Promotion Council to
Open Office in Costa
Rica
China's Council for the
Promotion of
International Trade (CCPIT)
will set up its
representative office in
Costa Rica by the end of
2007, the vice president
of the council said on
Tuesday.
RACSA Chooses Alvarion's
WiMAX Solution
The Radiografica
Costarricense S.A. -
Costa Rica's internet
provider - has chosen
Alvarion Ltd., the
world's leading provider
of WiMAX and wireless
broadband solutions,
to provide extended
wireless access services
to business and
residential customers in
several major cities in
Costa Rica.
Mas X Menos Adotps
Biodegradable Grocery
Bags
The Mas x Menos
supermarket chain may
soon do away with all
plastic bags, replacing
them with biodegradable
bags.
No Commissions
Charged for Remittances to Perú
In the face of the
devastating earthquake in Perú,
Teledólar and other remittances
companies operating in Costa Rica,
announced in a show of solidarity, they
will not be charging commissions on
money transfers to Perú.
Nicaragua Recalls
Signing Peace Accords
Nicaragua President
Daniel Ortega asserted
Tuesday in Managua that
only the unity of
Central American, Latin
American and Caribbean
peoples will allow peace
to be consolidated on
the subcontinent.
Strike Shuts Down
Panama
Morning found hundreds
of jobs paralyzed in
Panama with over 40
thousand construction
workers joining a
national strike in
protest of the murder of
workers at the doors of
two foreign enterprises.
Colombian President
Uribe's would-be
assassin arrested
Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe's would-be
assassin, a female
member of the rebel
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC),
has been captured in the
southern province of
Caqueta, the military
announced on Tuesday.
Peruvian president
announces reconstruction
plan for quake-hit south
Peruvian President Alan
Garcia announced Tuesday
that a reconstruction
plan would be launched
in the country's
quake-hit southern
region.
Venezuelan congress
approves initial
constitutional reforms
Venezuela's National
Assembly on Tuesday
unanimously approved the
disputed constitutional
reforms proposed by
President Hugo Chavez to
allow the president to
be reelected, possibly
for decades.
NICARAGUA:
‘Invisible’ Victims of
Pesticide Protest
Government
For months, more than
3,000 Nicaraguans in a
makeshift camp in the
centre of Managua have
been demanding a
government response to
their health needs and
legal backing for their
cause. They have been
poisoned by the
pesticide Nemagon, but
in spite of their
protests they are
apparently invisible to
those in power.
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22 August 2007 |
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