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San José - Caldera Highway Hits An
Environmental Roadblock
The completion of the construction of
section of the San José - Caldera highway is
in jeopardy as the Environmental Tribunal
put a halt to all construction on the final
section (Santa Ana - Orotina) of the
highway, ordering the Autopistas del Sol to
stop all construction, because of apparent
environmental damages.
Beware of Contaminated
Hamburgers
The Servicio Nacional de
Salud Animal (Senasa)
del Ministerio de
Agricultura y Ganadería
(MAG) has ordered the
immediate removal of all
El Arreo CIISA "tortas
de carne" (hamburgers)
from the national market
after it found some 80
boxes of meat
contaminated with EColi.
Former Czech Foreign Minister Being Held In
A Costa Rican Jail
The Czech national, Karel Ponocny, will be
spending the next two months in a Costa
Rican jail after being detained by Costa
Rican officials earlier this week, wanted by
the Czech Finance Ministry for fraud
committed in that country.
Costa Rica Calls On UN Security Council to
"Make Good On The Promise" For Peace
Costa Rica on Thursday called on the UN
Security Council to "make good on the
promise" for peace, saying that the
15-nation body "fails in its historic
mission every day that it turns a blind eye
to the rampant arms race."
Molson Sells Coors Light in Costa Rica,
Mulls Brewery
(Bloomberg) -- Molson Coors Brewing Co., the
biggest beer company based in North America,
begins selling Coors Light in Costa Rica
today and is considering adding a brewery in
Latin America.
Fishman's Wife In The
Running For Calderón
Vice-Presidency
Aida Faingezicht
Weisleder, former
reporter and legislative
deputy (2202-2006) and
wife of Luis Fishman,
president of the PUSC
party, will be
vice-president to Rafael
Angel Calderón, if
elected president next
February.
Wal-Mart Looking For
Local Suppliers in Costa
Rica
Wal-Mart, the giant
retail chain with
operations in Costa Rica
is looking for suppliers
and manufacturers in
Costa Rica to be sold in
its stores throughout
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Once again a San José "cuartería" (tenement) is the scene of a major fire, this time on Calle 6, between Avenidas 8 and 19, in downtown San José. Cuartería's are common in the downtown core and in most cases are also fire traps, as they lack sufficient exits and evacuation routes. Yesterday's fire consumed some 26 rooms and an apartment within minutes, displacing some 20 people who lived there. Fortunately no on was seriously hurt and the cause, as in most of the cases, is suspected to be faulty electrical wiring. [Fotos: Mabel Alpízar] |
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BRAZIL: Electric Car
Revolution in the
Making
The electric vehicle
- pure or hybrid -
will trigger an
energy and
industrial
revolution worldwide
in the coming
decades, dealing a
blow to liquid
fuels. But
plant-based ethanol
will survive and
grow, say Brazilian
experts consulted
for this report.
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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
residence. |
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