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Such was
the
scene in
downtown
San José
yesterday
on the
third
consecutive
day of
rain in
the
Central
Valley
and
Pacific
coast.
Authorities
have
issued a
"yellow"
warning
for the
entire
Pacific
coast
and
maintain
a
"green"
alert
for the
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Costa Rica Lures Big
Tour Outfits
Several years ago, when
the Chicago-based
Caravan Tours
(800-Caravan or
caravantours.com)
created a 10-day, $995
tour of Costa Rica (not
including airfare there
and back), it attracted
so many bookings that it
is today the largest
single source of
tourists to that Central
American nation.
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Mexican Mabe Buys Costa
Rica's Atlas
Costa Rica's
manufacturer of home
appliances, Atlas
Eléctrica, has been sold
and will soon be in the
hands of Mexican
manufacturer,
Controladora Mabe S.A.,
a subsidiary of
Electrodomésticos Mabeca
S.A.
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Costa Rica Names New
Rocket
The contest to name the
world's biggest rocket
is over and the winning
name is El Conyo De Su
Madre. The runner up
names were Mohon Grande
and La Putica Sussia.
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A collection of our best fotos
of news events, people,
happenings in Costa Rica and
more...
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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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Thursday 11 October
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Lack of Airport
Police Caused Long Lines At The San José
Airport Yesterday
The lack of sufficient "policías
aeroportuarios" (airport police
officials) was the cause of long lines
at the Juan Santamaría (San José)
international airport departures level
yesterday.
PAC Legislators Commit
Not To Obstruct TLC
Process
The legislative block of
the Partido Acción
Ciudadana (PAC) has
committed itself to not
obstruct the process of
approving the 13
parallel laws the
government needs to pass
before implementing the
Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement with the
United States - before
March 1, 2008.
Group Says Referendum
Vote Rigged
The Alianza Social
Continental (ASC) -
Continental Social
Alliance - denounced on
Wednesday the lack of
guarantee and clearness
shown by Costa Rican
authorities during the
referendum vote on the
free trade agreement
with the US (CAFTA-DR).
Constitutional Court
Orders Church To Quieten
Bells
The magistrates of the
Constitutional COurt or
Sala IV as it is also
referred to voted quiet
the bells of the
Catholic church de
Cristo Rey in San José.
The ban is due to
excessive noise the
church bells make.
World Poker Showdown
in Costa Rica
Bookmaker.com, one the
leading online
sportsbooks on the web,
today announced a
sponsorship deal with
the World Poker Showdown
(WPS) in Costa Rica.
Nicaragua Banana
Workers Blame Dow
Chemical, Dole for
Sterility
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A
jury in Los Angeles,
California, is about to
consider claims by
Nicaraguan banana
workers that Dow
Chemical and Dole Food
companies are
responsible for making
them sterile.
Venezuela to Fund
Overhaul of Ports in
Nicaragua
The government of
Nicaragua is investing
some us$60 million
dollars to overhaul
existing ports and build
new ones on the Pacific
and Atlantic shores in
order to meet growing
demand from the exports
sectors.
U.S.-Panama Trade Pact
Looks Shaky
PANAMA CITY -- In June
1992, on the eve of a
visit by President
George H.W. Bush, U.S.
Army Cpl. Zak Hernandez
was shot to death by a
group of assailants near
the Panama Canal. One of
the killers, according
to the U.S. government,
was the man recently
elected president of
this country's National
Assembly.
Fidel Castro: A Silence
Complicity
Cuban President Fidel
Castro states that the
world cannot afford to
let the tragedy of
NATO's war against
Yugoslavia be forgotten
due to the silence of
those who were actors
and accomplices of that
brutal genocide.
Colombian plane
carrying 15 soldiers
still missing
Despite a three-day
intensive search, there
has still been no sign
of the Colombian plane
carrying 15 soldiers and
three civilians which
has been missing since
Monday.
RIGHTS-ARGENTINA:
Priest’s Life Sentence
Draws Widespread Praise
The life sentence handed
down to former police
chaplain Christian Von
Wernich, a symbol of the
Argentine Catholic
Church’s complicity with
the 1976-1983 military
dictatorship, was
described Wednesday by
Argentine President
Nestor Kirchner as "a
good example for the
world."
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