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Vicepreisent,
Laura
Chinchilla
(right),
Costa
Rica's
negotiator.
Roberto
Echandi
(centre)
and the
director
adjunto
de la
Dirección
General
de
Relaciones
Exteriores
de la
Comunidad
Europea,
Joao
Aguiar
Machado
(left),
during
inauguration
of the
first
round of
trade
talks
between
Central
America
and the
European
Union
being
held in
San
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The Best Course to Play
on a Costa Rica Golf
Vacation
The 2004 opening of the
Four Seasons Costa Rica
Golf Club lent great
support to the idea that
Costa Rica can be more
than the low-budget
playground for
rough-and-ready
trekkers, backpackers,
surfers, and
eco-adventurers.
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Blues in the Boondocks
For the past 25 years I
have been helping people
relocate to Costa Rica.
During that time I have
had the opportunity to
observe where people
settle and how they fare
in different areas of
the country.
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A collection of our best fotos
of news events, people,
happenings in Costa Rica and
more...
click
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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Tuesday 23 October
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
The Sun Shines Again
on Guanacaste
After 15 days of
constant rain that
flooded many parts of
Guanacaste, the sun
finally shone, if only
for a few hours.
Government Has ¢20
Billion Ready For
Emergency Relief
The government assures
that is has the ¢20
billion colones (us$387
million dollars) needed
to attend to the
emergencies produced by
the heavy rains for the
past weeks.
Central America,
European Union Hold
Negotiation Round
Central America and the
European Union started a
round of talks in San
José on Monday, to
discuss a Partnership
Agreement, including a
free trade agreement, a
political dialogue, and
a chapter on
cooperation.
CCSS To Distribute
Female Condoms
The board of directors
of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro
Social (CCSS) has decided to issue
condoms to women, giving in to requests
by different women's groups that have
been soliciting the CCSS for months.
Man Faces 16 Years
in Jail For Causing Traffic Accident
Deaths
The Fiscalía
(prosecution) yesterday asked the court
to condemn Carlos Alberto Robles Ureña,
25, to 16 years in jail for causing the
death of four people in a traffic
accident while being drunk at the wheel.
Panamanian Farmers
Suffocated by US Banana
Co.
The 2,850 Panamanian
banana growers of the
Chiquita Brands business
denounced on Monday to
be heading for
bankruptcy, due to a
suffocation policy
applied by the US
transnational company.
Panamanian
Organizations Step up
Actions against US
Blockade
Students of the main
school of Agua Dulce
district, in Cocle
province, reflected on
the cause of Cuba
against the US blockade
during a local cultural
festival, according to
reports by organizers.
Panama Canal Expansion
Creates Jobs
The expansion of the
Panama Canal must
generate some 42,000
jobs, according to
official statistics,
although only 300
employments have been
created so far.
Ecuador introduces entry
cards to protect
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador began issuing a
special entry card to
the Galapagos Islands on
Monday in a bid to
protect the endangered
world heritage site.
Chilean president signs
legislation to
professionalize armed
forces
Chilean President
Michelle Bachelet on
Monday signed
legislation to raise the
professional standard of
the country's armed
forces, an initiative
granting better
conditions to soldiers
while raising the
minimum requirements to
join the army.
RIGHTS-ARGENTINA:
Tortured Labour, Stolen
Newborns
"Torture with the
electric prod when she
was close to term
induced accelerated
labour," says the report
"Maternidades
Clandestinas"
(Motherhood in
Clandestine Prisons),
which tells the stories
of dozens of women
illegally imprisoned
during Argentina’s
1976-1983 dictatorship.
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