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China's
Deputy
Foreign
Minister
He Yafei
(left),
Costa
Rica's
Foreign
Minister
Bruno
Stagno
(centre),
and
China's
Vice
Minister
of
Commerce
Ma
Xiuhong
attend a
press
conference
after
signing
agreements
at the
Ministry
of
Foreign
Affairs
in San
José. He
Yafei
and Ma
Xiuhong
are
leading
the
first
commercial
delegation
to Costa
Rica
since
China
and
Costa
Rica
established
diplomatic
relations
on June
1, 2007.
[AP
Photo/Kent
Gilbert]
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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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more...
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People Words
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Saturday 25 August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Circunvalación To
Be Completed by 2010, MOPT MInister
Assures
The Ministerio de Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT) said yesterday it
will negotiate a deal with the company
now building the San José-San Ramón for
the completion of the Circunvalación -
ring road - in San José with an expected
completion date of 2010.
Costa Rica, Lebanon
Re-Establish Diplomatic
Ties
Costa Rica and Lebanon
re-established
diplomatic ties on
Friday after a 23-year
freeze, said Costa
Rica's Foreign Affairs
Ministry.
Domestic Flights To
Increase by 20%,
Regional Airline
Predicts
The regional airline
Servicios Aéreos
Nacionales S.A. (Sansa)
estimates that the
number of passengers
flying within Costa Rica
to the various tourist
destinations will grow
by 20% in relation to
the past year.
Abel Pacheco Home After
Prostate Surgery
Former president Abel
Pacheco, who will be 74
years of age on December
22, left the Hospital
Calderón Guardia
yesterday following
prostate surgery on
Thursday.
Thief Used Small Girl To
Rob Victims
Television channel 7's "Telenoticias"
put a face to a thief
who used a little girl
as an accomplice in his
a number of robberies,
as the number of
complaints continue to
pour in as the man's
identity was shown on
television.
U.S. Ambassador
Demands that Nicaragua Return Seized
Esso Storage Tanks
The Associated Press, MANAGUA,
Nicaragua: The U.S. ambassador insisted
that the Nicaraguan government
immediately return a storage terminal
seized from a U.S. oil company, saying
the takeover threatens foreign
investment and is a ploy to promote
Venezuelan petroleum products.
Panama's Noriega May
Walk Soon
Panamanians are waiting
Friday for the US judge's decision
regarding France's demand of extradition
for Manuel Antonio Noriega or his
repatriation to Panama.
Famine Rages Rainless
Guatemala
More than 50 communities
ail with famine in
drought-stricken eastern
Guatemala, namely the
child population.
Argentine Industry
Growth Picks up
Argentine industry
announced an increase of
5.4 percent in July
compared to the same
month of last year,
National Institute of
Statistics and Census -INDEC-
reported Friday.
Bolivia Bares
Destabilization Plot
The Bolivian government
accused Friday
opposition parties and
authorities from six
departments of trying to
destabilize the country
during the strike slated
for August 28.
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Taiwan on the Prowl for
Diplomatic Support
The president of Taiwan,
Chen Shui-bian, is
visiting Central
America, fearful of
losing more allies in
the region, as occurred
with Costa Rica which
broke off diplomatic
relations with Taiwan in
order to reestablish
them with China.
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