New Costa
Rican Immigration
Law Approved!
In second and final debate, the new
immgration law was passed by the
country's legislators Tuesday
evening. But, it won't be until next
year and the next government to
apply the new rules.
AH1N1 Flu Death Toll Rises to 25 in Costa
Rica
The
number of AH1N1 deaths in Costa Rica
has risen to 25 while the number of
cases being investigated by the
Investigación y Enseñanza en
Nutrición y Salud (INCIENSA) has
risen to 1.000, confirmed the
ministerio de Salud on Tuesday.
Virilla Bridge
To Continue As Is For Some Time.
MOPT Minister Says
According to Pedro Castro, the vice-ministro
de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT),
the bridge, with gaping hole and
all, poses no threat to the safety
of drivers and the integrity of the
bridge.
Costa Rica
Offers Tourists Digital Maps
Costa Rica has created an Internet-based
digital map for tourists, tourism
authorities said on Tuesday.
Escazú Tolls More Expensive Today
Beginning today the cost of the
tolls for automobiles and
motorcycles at the Escazú toll
station on the San José - Caldera
highway increases by ¢10 colones.
Gasoline
Prices To Drop Next Week
Although the amount is slight, it is
a drop in any event, as the
Autoridad Reguladora de los
Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) approved
a reduction of ¢3 colones for the
price of super gasoline and ¢2
colones for regular.
LETTERS
I
was reading the article in your
webpaper" (sic) Why Not Ask The
Chinese To Fix The Virilla Bridge?" with amusement.
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It's good to be a cop in Costa Rica. A local police official in the Zona Sur, Álvarez, was caught on camera getting a pedicure in a salon in Cuidad Neily while on duty. [Foto:Diario Extra]
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CUBA:
Following the Trail
of a Woman Who Lived
as a Man
When Cuban historian
and anthropologist
Julio César González
and his Spanish
friend Alberto
Góngora Sanz arrived
at the birthplace of
Swiss physician
Enriqueta Favez, in
the city of
Lausanne,
Switzerland, their
joy at finally
reaching their
destination was so
great that they
broke into tears and
dropped to the
ground in the square
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Rocking Time
Often when planning a trip,
you can do a little too much
of well – planning. Ruining
your vacation like pulp
ruins a glass of OJ. Its not
juice. Researching where to
stay and what beaches to
visit, you strip your
travels of any spontaneity
and uncertainty.
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Could Costa Rica
Overthrow Its President?
The
Honduran legislature
decided last week
decided that that the
president as unfit to
govern and Sunday
morning a group of
soldiers took Manuel
Zelaya by force and put
on a plane headed for
Costa Rica, in a coup
d'etat since the Cold
War. Zelaya said he was
kidnapped by Honduran
military officers, who
dragged him from his
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