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There are
only a few days left to take in
the action of the bulls at the
Zapote Fair, which features "toros
a la tica", where grown men
taunt the bull and then run for
their lives. In the foto above,
a man is gored by a bull during
the annual festival in San José.
The event closes on January 3. [Foto:
Juan
Carlos Ulate] |
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Early
Morning
Emergency
At The Juan Santamaría
The morning calm of the Juan
Santamaría (San José)
international airport was broken
with the sounds of the sirens of
the dozen ambulances and half
dozen fire trucks rushing to the
cargo terminal of the airport,
when the Continental jetliner
that had minutes before taken
off from the Santamaría,
announced its return to port.
Police
Detain Two Women Linked To Gang
Who Lured Male Victims
Imagines yourself a man sitting
in a downtown San José bar and
being approached by one or two
attractive women proposing a
romantic encounter. The scenario
is not uncommon, however, in
some cases it came with a twist,
the women were using their
assets to lure the men to rob
them.
Costa Rica On The Hunt For More
Canadian Tourists
The Cámara de Turismo (Costa Rican tourism
chamber) announced an aggressive advertising
plan to attract Canadian tourists. |
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CENTRAL AMERICA
U.S. Cash Flow Aids Central American Economies, Lending
SAN SALVADOR - A young German Molina enrolled in business administration classes near his hometown in the mountains of southern El Salvador, with hopes of starting his own business. Then the war came.
PANAMA
Tourism Fair to be Held in Panama
PANAMA - Panama will hold in 2010 the first
edition of the International Tourism Fair,
aimed at promoting the development of the
tourism industry in the country, organizers
announced on Tuesday.
GUATEMALA
Guatemala Peace Deals Incomplete
GUATEMALA - The war conflict in Guatemala
was brought to a legal end 13 years ago with
the signing of Peace Deals, but there are
too many pending affairs to talk about their
true accomplishment. |
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COLOMBIA
Colombia
Says Coca Crop Eradication Down
in 2009
BOGOTA (AP) - Colombia said
Tuesday it has fallen short of
its goal for eradicating coca
crops this year, blaming it on
violent reactions from drug
traffickers and budget problems
despite having received billions
of dollars in U.S. aid.
VENEZUELA
Venezuela Reinforces Defensive Capacity
CARACAS - Venezuela has reinforced its
defensive capacity with the incorporation of
two new combat units, amid tensions
resulting from threats posed by the setting
up of seven US military bases in Colombia.
CHILE
Magnitude 5.3 Tremor Hits Southern Chile
SANTIAGO - An earthquake measuring 5.3 on
the Richter scale jolted the southern
Chilean region of Bio Bio on Tuesday
morning, with no immediate reports of
casualties or damage.
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GENDER/LANGUAGE:
Rejecting the Derogatory 'Feminine'
What happens to language and the way women
are addressed when they start to occupy
positions of responsibility? Well, it
depends on the language. In Italian, most
women prefer the masculine titles, because
the feminine version (when it exists) is
considered ludicrous, even derogatory.
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Your Photos Could Be Product Placements
One day soon, our society will be ruled by an all-intrusive advertising technique in which individuals are paid to walk around 24/7 holding a product next to their wide-smiling faces |
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So What
Is 3G
And Do
You
Really
Need It?
By the
end of
the
year,
Costa
Rica, by
way of
the
Instituto
Costarricense
de
Electricidad
(ICE)
will
join the
rest of
the
world
with the
introduction
of the
3rd
generation,
better
known as
3G,
cellular
network.
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