 |
Costa
Rica's
foreign
minister,
Bruno
Stagno
(left),
courts
his
South
Africa's
counterpart,
Nkosazana
Dlamini,
for
support
for seat
on the
United
Nations
Security
Council.
Stagno
is on
tour of
12
African
countries
to drum
up
support.
[Foto:
EFE] |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Costa Rica Hotels Rank
in the Top 25
Recently the magazine
Travel & Leisure
unveiled its ¨2007
World’s Best Awards.¨
They sent out a
questionnaire to their
subscribers and asked
them to rate hotels,
cities, cruises,
agencies, islands,
business hotels, and
more.
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
A collection of our best fotos
of news events, people,
happenings in Costa Rica and
more...
click
here!
|
|
|
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Friday 07 September
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Traffic Accidents
Costing INS Billions
Drunk driving, speeding and reckless
driving that are the leading cause of
traffic accidents have cost the
Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS) ¢3
billion colones (us$58 million dollars)
between January and June of this year in
payouts to medical services and payments
to victims of traffic accidents.
Avenida 4 Boulevard Will
Be Solely For
Pedestrians
The Municipalidad de San
José reached an
agreement with the
Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes (MOPT)
to eliminate completely
the bus stops along
Avenida 4 thus making
the "bulevar"
(pedestrian walkway)
under construction on
the south side of
downtown San José,
completely vehicle free.
Outskirts of San Pedro
Mall "Jackpot" For
Thieves
The doors outside of the
San Pedro Mall, as well
as Terramall on the East
side of San José has
become a jackpot for
criminals, intercepting
pedestrians as they
leave the commercial
centres.
DHL Announces Costa Rica
Expansion
The international
shipping company DHL
announced this week
plans to expand its
Costa Rican operations
that will create some
500 new jobs by February
2008.
Bedford's Jazic to play
in friendly against
Costa Rica
Bedford's
Ante Jazic will be in
the lineup when the
Canadian men's soccer
team meets Costa Rica in
a friendly on Sept. 12.
Felix Toll in Nicaragua
Rises
The official death toll
caused by category 5
Hurricane Felix rose
above 40 in Nicaragua
Thursday, and may rise
above that, since dead
are reported in the
waters of Honduras and
on Misquitias keys.
Honduras Recovers 24
Nicaraguan Bodies
The bodies of 24
Nicaraguans, 21 men and
three women, were
recovered Thursday by
Honduran settlers in the
western department of
Gracias a Dios, in
different keys of the
Nicaraguan Mosquitia.
Honduras On Alert
Despite Weaker Felix
The fear of possible
landslides has the
Honduran capital under
maximum alert, although
Hurricane Felix has been
depleted, going from
highest Category 5 to a
tropical storm on the
Saffir-Simpson scale.
Panama to seek
extradition of former
leader Noriega
Panama's Foreign
Minister Samuel Lewis
Navarro said Thursday
that Panama will try to
extradite former
president Manuel Antonio
Noriega from France if
he arrived in the
European country to face
money laundering charges
from the United States.
Bolivia Bares Subversion
Plot
A projected strategy to
destabilize Bolivia and
attempt against the
government of Evo
Morales encourages
violence and clashes
among regions, local
press warned Friday.
GUATEMALA:
Genocide Plans May Be
Declassified
Guatemala’s
Constitutional Court
must decide whether or
not to declassify
documents from 1982 and
1983 military operations
commanded by then
dictator José Efraín
Ríos Montt that would
shed light on the
genocide committed in
this Central American
country. |
|
 |
|
/Buy us$1 |
/Sell us$1 |
|
¢516.37 |
¢520.75 |
|
|
B.C.C.R.
07 September 2007 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
