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A clean
running
stream
empties
into the
Sucio
River in
Guapiles,
113
kilometres
from San
José.
Costa
Rica has
been a
leader
on green
issues
for many
years,
with
more
than 25
percent
of its
national
territory
under
some
type of
protection,
be it
national
parks or
biological
reserves.
[Foto:
Juan
Carlos
Ulate] |
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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.
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Fiserv Announces Global Delivery
Centre in Costa Rica
Fiserv Global Services (FGS) ,
the offshoring arm of Fiserv,
Inc., a Fortune 500 company, and
one of the largest providers of
information technology services
to the financial services
industry worldwide, today
announced it has added a new
global delivery centre in its
network, in Costa Rica.
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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 08 September
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Countdown to TLC Referendum:
29
Days
Limón Carnival Proposed
for November
Due to the severe Dengue
situation in Limón, the
Ministerio de Salud
(Health Ministry) said
earlier this month that
it will not give permits
for the annual carnival
in Limón.
Regulating
Authority Ok's ICE To Purchase Energy
From Private Suppliers
The Autoridad Reguladora
de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep) -
regulating authority - has given the
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
(ICE) the green light to purchase
electrical energy from private
producers.
Mother Says Her Baby
Died Because of Poor
Medical Attention At
Limón Hospital
Officials of the
Hospital de Limón are
rejecting that the eight
month infant who died
earlier this week of
Hemorrhagic Dengue
received poor attention
at the medical centre.
Violent Election
Campaign Ends in
Guatemala
The most violent
election campaign over
the past two decades
will end in Guatemala on
Friday, when calls to go
to the polls on Sunday
to elect local and
national authorities
were made.
Burgos Offers Court
Theory On Who Killed His
Wife
Former public defender
Luis Fernando Burgos on
trial for the murder of
his wife, Maureen
Hidalgo, has taken the
witness stand in his
defense, offering the
judges a theory as to
who may have killed his
wife.
Hurricane Survivors
in Nicaragua Need Food,
Water, Medicine
PUERTO CABEZAS,
Nicaragua: Thousands of
people on Nicaragua's
remote Caribbean coast
urgently need food,
water, medical supplies
and tools to rebuild
their communities
following Hurricane
Felix, residents and a
U.N. official said.
Cuban doctors assist
victims of Hurricane
Felix in Nicaragua
Cuban doctors stationed
in this city in
northeastern Nicaragua
are continuing to attend
to victims of Hurricane
Felix, in the midst of
the devastation left in
its wake, including the
destruction of the local
hospital.
Panama Recalls End of US
Occupation
The fortieth anniversary
of the signing of the
Torrijos-Carter
agreements was recalled
by Panamanians Friday,
as it marked the end of
a century of military
and political
interference by
Washington.
Violent Election
Campaign Ends in
Guatemala
The most violent
election campaign over
the past two decades
will end in Guatemala on
Friday, when calls to go
to the polls on Sunday
to elect local and
national authorities
were made.
Bolivian Farmers Back
Constituent Assembly
Some 20,000 coca growers
and farmers from
Cochabamba marched to
this city on Friday to
participate in a
Cultural and Social
Summit in defense of the
Bolivian Constituent
Assembly on Monday.
VENEZUELA:
Not Even Funerals Safe
from Flying Bullets
At the wake of Yeison
Mendoza, a 25-year-old
construction worker shot
dead in Petare, a poor
neighbourhood on the
eastside of the
Venezuelan capital,
prayers, tears and
flowers set the
atmosphere until hooded
gunmen on motorcycles
fired a hail of bullets
into the Zambrano
funeral parlour, killing
three people and
wounding another five.
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08 September 2007 |
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