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Semana
Santa
began
with a
number
of fatal
accidents
occurring
around
the
country,
like the
accident
pictured
above
where a
car went
off a
cliff,
falling
100
metres
into a
river,
near
Curre de
Buenos
Aires,
Puntarenas.
Apparently
the
driver
fell
asleep
at the
wheel,
surviving
the
accident,
while
killing
his
female
companion.
[Foto:
José
Luis
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Breakfast With Toucans
Shaney Hudson is
surrounded by jungle
wildlife and unexpected
luxury in a Costa Rican
lodge. I've only ever
seen a toucan on a box
of Froot Loops.
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Midas To Open Shops in
Costa Rica
Midas, Inc. has
signed an exclusive
franchise agreement with
Talleres Rapidos
Centramericanos TRC, S.A.
a subsidiary of Purdy
Motor S.A. to build and
operate Midas shops in
Costa Rica.
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Renting in
Costa Rica
Whether you are renting
for month, a year or
more, or are a tenant or
landlord, there are
myths and misconception
about the rental laws
and how they are
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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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Monday 17 March 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Cash Belonging to
Colombian Rebels
Believed Hidden in Costa
Rica For More Than Seven
Years
Costa Rican authorities
believed that the
us$480.000 stash found
last Friday and
belonging to the Rodrigo
Granda, of the Fuerzas
Armadas Revolucionarias
de Colombia (FARC) rebel
group, may have been
hidden in Costa Rica
since 2001.
A Woman President?
Arias Believes It Possible
Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, says
he believes that the country is ready
for a woman president, the same as it
has been in Panama and Nicaragua and in
Argentina and Chile in South America.
ICE Intensifies
Publicity Campaign For
Number Changeover
"Somate al Cambio" is
the phrase that the
Instittuto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE) -
state monopoly on
telecommunications - is
the awareness message
that is being sent to
the public for the
changeover from a seven
to eight digit telephone
number on March 20.
Traditional "Lagarteada"
To Continue Despite
Warning by Authorities
Residents of Guanacaste
say they will continue
with the "Guanacasteca"
tradition of hunting a "lagarto"
(crocodile) on Good
Friday even though the
Ministerio de Ambiente y
Energía (MINAE) has
prohibited the capture
of the reptiles.
Semana Santa Underway -
What is Open and Not
All banks and most
businesses will be open
normal business hours
until Wednesday and then
be closed for the Semana
Santa (Easter week)
holidays until Sunday,
re-opening business as
usual on Monday.
Thursday and Friday Are
The Only Legal Holidays
Thursday and Friday are
legal holidays in Costa
Rica and employees who
are required to work
will have to be paid
double pay and cannot be
part of their holiday
days nor can an employer
force an employee to
work on those days.
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Former Nicaragua FM Runs
for UN Chairmanship
Supported by the Latin
American and Caribbean
Group, the Nicaraguan
government on Sunday
reiterated the
candidature of former
Foreign Minister Miguel
D' Escoto to preside
over the coming period
of sessions of the UN
General Assembly.
Third Cuban
Ophthalmology Center in
Guatemala
The third ophthalmology
center equipped by Cuba
in Guatemala will be
soon opened in the
western department of
San Marcos, to provide
free services to
thousands of indigenous
people and the
population of mixed race
in the area.
Venezuelan President
Hits Back at Bush's
Accusation
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez said Sunday
that U.S. President
George W. Bush was a
"terrorist" responsible
for "genocide."
Uruguay, Venezuela To
Launch Communications
Satellite
Uruguay and Venezuela
are expected to have a
shared communications
satellite in the air
soon which will cover
South and Central
America, an official
from Uruguay's
Communication Services
Regulation Unit said
Sunday.
Brazil, Germany To
Develop Night-Vision
Radar Satellite
Brazil and Germany have
signed an agreement to
develop a night-vision
radar satellite to
observe the Amazon
region, the National
Space Research Institute
(INPE) said Sunday.
Q&A: ‘I Raise My Voice
in Constant
Denunciation, Demanding
Justice’
SAN JOSE, (IPS) - "As
for the terrorist FARC
organization, I describe
it in the terms I have
just used," said Spanish
Judge Baltasar Garzón,
replying to a
journalist’s question
during his visit to
Costa Rica.
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/Buy us$1 |
/Sell us$1 |
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¢492.19 |
¢498.15 |
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B.C.C.R.
15 March 2008 |
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