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Police
had to
forcibly
remove
13
indigenous
Guaymíes
children
from
their
home to
get them
medical
attention
after
being
enclosed
with
their
parents
for more
than a
week,
hiding
from
evil
spirits
cast on
them by
a local
sorcerer.
The
children
are in
stable
condition
in
hospital
in
Cuidad
Neily. [Foto:
Roberto
Fernández] |
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Turtle power in Costa
Rica
Ostional is a four-mile
stretch of black-sand
beach in northwest Costa
Rica. You probably
haven’t heard of it –
not many people have –
but every year it plays
host to one of the most
dramatic, enormous,
mind-blowing,
jaw-dropping spectacles
in nature.
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Global Crossing
Completes Pacific Cable
Access
International IP
connectivity solutions
provider Global Crossing
has completed the
landing of its new fiber
optic submarine cable in
southwestern Costa
Rica's Puntarenas
province, Global
Crossing said in a
statement.
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Inside Tip:
Driving To And From Santa Ana On The Pista
With the
commencement of the work on the new highway to
Caldera, the Autopista Próspero
Fernández.. Click here for
more tips |
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Bogotá, Colombia,
A Modern and Vibrant
City
Bogotá — officially
named Bogotá, D.C. (D.C.
for "Distrito Capital",
which means "Capital
District"), formerly
called Santa Fe de
Bogotá, is the capital
city of Colombia, as
well as the most
populous city in the
country, with 7,033,914
inhabitants (2007).
Unofficially, the number
of inhabitants is
believed to be more like
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Economy Growing, But At
A Slower Pace
Although the economy
keeps growing, it is
growing at a slower pace
than last year,
according to the
statistics released by
the Banco Central de
Costa Rica (BCCR) -
Central Bank.
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Children Recovering In
Hospital After Family
Claims Of Being Victims
of Witchcraft
The Cruz Roja (Red
Cross) reports
hospitalizing 13
indigenous Guaymíes
children whose parents
assure that they are
victims of witchcraft.
The children, all 7
years of age, are from
the Río Bonito
community, in Ciudad
Neily.
China Willing To Promote
Ties With Costa Rica
China attaches great
importance to its ties
with Costa Rica and is
ready to work with the
Central American country
to promote the stable,
sustainable and healthy
development of bilateral
relations, a leading
Chinese lawmaker said in
San José on Monday.
Tránsitos Cannot Tow
Illegally Parked
Vehicles
Due to a recent Sala IV
(Constitutional Court)
decision, the Policía de
Tránsito (traffic
police) cannot tow
illegally parked
vehicles unless the
owner of the vehicle is
present.
Vehicular Restrictions
Passed The Grade
The vehicular
restrictions of San José
passed the grade
yesterday, the day when
children where back to
school and everyone back
to work after the two
week mid year school
break.
Standard & Poor’s Says
Costa Rica’s Risk Rating
Improved
(Infocom) —
Risk-analysis firm
Standard & Poor’s (S&P)
has announced an
improvement in Costa
Rica’s risk rating,
moving the country’s
credit rating up from
stable to positive.
According to the global
firm, this comes in
recognition of Costa
Rica’s good fiscal
policy management and
its overall economic
policy in the past few
months — which has led
to reducing public debt
and reaching positive
fiscal results without
affecting public
investment and
expenditures in social
programs.
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Panama: Strike
Preparations Stepped Up
Unions and student
organizations in Panama
said on Monday to be
stepping up preparations
for a national strike to
demand better living
conditions.
More Meningitis Cases in
Honduras
Meningitis cases have
increased nearly 60
percent in Honduras from
January to date,
compared to the same
period in 2007,
according to the head of
the health department of
the Metropolitan Region,
Ramon Arita.
Venezuela Hosts
International Strategy
Seminar
Cuban and Venezuelan
former internationalist
fighters and scholars
are attending a
traveling seminar on
struggles for freedom in
Africa, Asia and Latin
America.
New Ecuadorean
Constitution:
Paradigmatic
The new Ecuadorean
Constitution is
revolutionary,
paradigmatic and
democratic, because it
guarantees the rights of
citizens and nature,
according to Constituent
Assembly Vice President
Aminta Buenaño.
Presidential Helicopter
Crashes in Bolivia,
Kills 5
A military helicopter
given by Venezuela to
Bolivian President Evo
Morales crashed in a
mountainous zone and
five militaries aboard
died, according to
information reaching
here from La Paz,
administrative capital
of Bolivia on Monday.
MIGRATION-BOLIVIA:
European Dream Becomes a
Nightmare
His deportation order
from Spain in his
pocket, Juan Mercado
walks the streets of
Madrid for the last time
as he waits to board a
plane to return to the
western Bolivian city of
Oruro, with little in
the way of savings, but
"with dignity," he says
clearly and firmly.
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22 July 2008 |
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