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Happy
Mother's Day!
Happy
Mother's Day to all the Mothers in North
America, Europe, South America and many
other countries around the world,
including Costa Rica, although Mother's
Day in Costa Rica is celebrated on
August 15th. The earliest Mother’s Day
celebrations are thought to originate in
ancient Greece to honour Rhea, mother of
the gods. In Rome, celebrations to
honour the mother of their gods, Cybele
lasted 3 days.
Early Saturday Morning
Fire Destroys Downtown
San José Landmark
It was shortly after
11:00am when the alarm
came in, as a fire broke
out in the historic
building that houses the
Manolo's restaurant on
Avenida Central,
diagonal to the Banco
Central de Costa Rica.
Estadio Nacional
Ready For the Wreckers Ball Tomorrow
The old and legendary
Estadio Nacional (National Stadium) in
La Sabana will see its last soccer game
today when at 11:00am the Universidad de
Costa Rica will face the Brujas F.C.,
ending its 84 year history.
Rainy Season Begins As
Predicted
The rainy season arrived
on Friday as predicted
for the Central Valley
and the Central Pacific,
according to Max Mena of
the nstituto
Meteorológico Nacional (IMN)
- national weather
service.
Service Industry
Expanding
Services are expanding
fast in the economy of
Costa Rica. Ten years
ago, they accounted for
54 percent of the Gross
Domestic Product, but
now they are 58 percent.
Costa Rica On U.S.
Buses
Sights of Costa Rica will be enjoyed by
people traveling on buses in New York
and San Francisco, California, as part
of the strategy developed by the
Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT)
- Costa Rican Tourism Board - to attract
more visitors.
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Fenosa, Nicaragua Drift
Over Stake Sale Terms
Union Fenosa SA does not
believe it can sign a
preliminary agreement at
present to give the
Nicaraguan government a
16 percent stake in its
unit there, following
changes made by
President Daniel
Ortega's administration,
sources at the Spanish
utility said.
Guatemalan Scandals Over
Adoption Procedures
The recently created
National Council of
adoptions (CNA) detected
40 cases of children who
were selected by
physical similarities to
offer different foreign
couples.
Request for
Investigation of Human
Rights Violations
The Group for Mutual
Support (GAM) presented
a penal demand because
of 242 human rights
violations committed in
Guatemala during the
government of General
Romeo Lucas (1978-1982).
Venezuela Strengthens
Relations with Africa
Venezuelan ties with
African nations are
increasingly stronger,
expressed Reinaldo
Bolivar, vice minister
of Foreign Affairs of
the South American
nation.
ALC-UE Summit to Tackle
Food Crisis
World crisis on rising
in food prices that,
like all calamities,
hardest hits poor
people, came into the
agenda of coming
Euro-Latin American
Summit Eurolat during
recent hours.
CLIMATE CHANGE-CUBA:
Prized Wetland in Danger
If the worst outcomes
predicted for climate
change in Cuba become
reality, a large portion
of the Ciénaga de
Zapata, the largest and
best preserved wetland
in the islands of the
Caribbean Sea, could
disappear by the second
half of this century.
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10 May 2008 |
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