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Virilla Bridge Repair Gets Go Ahead, But It
Won't Occur For Some Time To Come
The Contraloría General de la República has
authorized the Consejo Nacional de Vialidad
(CONAVI) to spend up to us$4 million dollars
to repair the now famous "platina" bridge,
the bridge over the Virilla river on the
autopista General Cañas.
Luxury Home Tax Takes Effect Today
Today, October 1, 2009, is not a good day
for owners of homes categorized as "luxury",
as owners such homes, beginning today will
have to pay a special tax for a period of 10
years.
Government "Will Pay"
Aguinaldo
The ministro de la Presidencia, Rodrigo
Arias, assured yesterday that this year's "aguinaldo"
(Christmas bonus) will be paid to all public
employees as established by law that
obligates every employer - public or private
- to pay to its employees between December 1
and 20 of each year.
Costa Rica's Arias Warns Honduran Elections
Won't Be Recognized Under Interim Government
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Costa Rica's President
Oscar Arias on Tuesday commended the interim
president of Honduras for saying he will
reverse an emergency decree suspending civil
liberties in Honduras.
Gasoline Price Drop Approved
The price of gasoline products at the pumps
will be dropping in the coming weeks with
the latest and fifth reduction approval this
year by the Autoridad Reguladora de
Servicios Públicos (Aresep).
Calderón Takes His
Legal Battle To The Media
The verdict is only days away and former
president, Rafael Angel Calderón, is not
leaving his freedom to chance, using the
media to get his message to the judges and
support of the public in his favour, in case
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How many men does it take to make a pothole, sorry repair a broken water pipe?
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his assistant, a holder of the pails used to extract water, another to hold the shovels, another to run the backhoe and finally one to find the leak. Count them, six. |
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LATIN AMERICA: Black
Population – Still
Largely Invisible
Making the
contributions by
black people to the
cultural heritage of
Latin America
visible is one big
step towards pulling
people of African
descent out of the
poverty and
marginalisation in
which so many still
live, said
participants at a
regional seminar in
the Uruguayan
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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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