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Police,
Bomberos
(firefighters),
Cruz
Roja
workers
and
residents
of
El Roble,
Puntarenas
captured
an "old
crocodile"
almost 4
metres
in
length
that
threatened
the
area,
ready to
breakfast
on a
small
dog in
the
patio of
the home
of
Heriberto
Méndez.
[Foto:
Marvin
Contreras] |
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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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Costa Rica Telecom
Outlook
New entrants will help
boost Costa Rica's
wireless telecom sector
to the benefit of all
consumers experts say.
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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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Saturday 27 October
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
2008 Marchamo Increase
Set
The Contraloría General
de la República
(Comptroller's office)
yesterday approved the
"2008 marchamo" fees
that will increase by
11.59%. The marchamo is
the annual circulation
permit for all vehicles
and sold through the
Institution Nacional de
Seguros (INS) - state
monopoly on insurance.
Two Women Shot In Less
Than 24 Hours in
Separate Incidents
Two women are battling a
life and death struggle
after being shot, in
separate incidents, by
their former sentimental
companions who each took
their own lives
afterwards. The
incidents occurred
within 24 hours of each
other.
ICE Announces Digital
Billing
Customers of the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE) -
the state monopoly on
communications - can now
get their phone bill by
email in place of a
printed monthly bill.
EU Donates us$50 Million
to Costa Rica
The first round of
negotiations between the
European Union and Costa
Rica has come to a good
end this week with the
EU giving Costa Rica a
little under us$50
million to promote
social development and
regional integration
over the next 6 years.
7 Regions, 7 Coffees
The excellence of Costa
Rican coffee can be
enjoyed in seven
different ways, given
that the country has
many different
coffee-producing zones.
Panamanian
Celebrities Head Tourist
Campaign
Panama's Minister Ruben
Blades and celebrities
like athlete Irving
Saladino, pro model
Justine Pasek and former
professional boxer
Roberto Duran, will
promote Panama like an
international tourist
destination, it was
reported Friday.
Brazil Plans to Get
Dengue Vaccine in Four
Years
Brazil's Ministry of
Health announced
Thursday that the
country is expected to
import a U.S. technology
for producing
anti-dengue-fever
vaccine.
Guatemalan Politician
Deflates Bush
Miguel Angel Sandoval,
former presidential
candidate for the
Guatemalan National
Revolutionary Unity (URNG),
condemned Friday US
President George W.
Bush's speech, where he
launched new plans on
Cuba.
Venezuela Voices Latin
American Cuba Support
Latin America and the
Caribbean must not be
quiet about the US
president's scheme for
Cuba, because it is also
a plan against our
people, Venezuelan
Foreign Minister Nicolas
Maduro stated in this
capital.
Green-Powder Mailer
Arrested in Brazil
Divino Aluizio de Souza,
the mailer who allegedly
sent a suspicious green
powder substance to
nearly 20 embassies
here, has been arrested
at Itapevie, west of
Gran Sao Paulo, police
said Friday.
CUBA:
Separating the Wheat
from the Chaff -
Studying the Soviet
Legacy
Although Cuba survived
the demise of its
communist allies in the
early 1990s, the legacy
of its close
relationship with the
Soviet Union and Eastern
Europe may still have a
bearing on the future of
socialism on this
Caribbean island nation.
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27 October 2007 |
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