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Bad
roads in the area of Barva, Heredia -
like the one shown above - is a problem for
local residents, industrialists and tourism
operators. The roads are barely apt for
cattle, let alone the vehicular traffic that
connects most of the towns and tourist
attractions in the area.
[Foto: Mario Rojas / LA NACIÓN)
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updated by 7:00 a.m. CST each day
Two Americans
Found Dead of Overdose
Two young Americans - Clyton Alexande
Ecke, 24, and Caldwell Cushman, 23 -
died Thursday night in Montes de Oca in San Pedro,
possible victims of a cocaine overdose.
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US
Trade Negotiator in El Salvador for Talks on
Free Trade Agreement
The top U.S. trade negotiator, Robert Zoellick, is in El Salvador to continue efforts to push ahead with a
U.S.- Central America free trade agreement, despite differences with Costa Rica over its telecommunications sector.
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U.S. -
Brazil Free Trade Talks Make Little Progress
The United States and Brazil remain far apart in negotiations to create the world's largest free trade area, which would cover the Western Hemisphere, the Bush administration said Friday.
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Gloomy Outlook
There is growing pessimism among Ticos about the future of their country. >more
Schwarzenegger's campaign slowed down by new accusations
Republican front-runner Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign drive to take over the office of governor in California was slowed down Friday amid new accusations that he admired former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
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GC of EU opens in Rome to finalize constitutional treaty draft
The intergovernmental conference (IGC) of the European Union (EU) opened in the Palace of Congress here Saturday, with its ultimate goal to add final touches to the draft of the EU's constitutional treaty.
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Poll shows Putin is most popular contemporary Russian leader
A latest public opinion survey showed that Russia President Vladimir Putin enjoys more popularity than many other renowned state leaders in the country's history, Interfax reported.
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: LATIN AMERICA
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Autopsy
of a Failure
World Trade Organization talks in
Mexico were a total washout.
Luis Ernesto Derbez, Mexican foreign
minister and the official host of the
fifth ministerial meeting of the World
Trade Organization (WTO), took to the
podium on Sept. 14 to adjourn the
Cancun, Mexico trade summit that had
brought together 148 nations. Pounding
his wooden gavel sharply, Derbez
dismissed the delegates, but the sound
that emerged was like that of a hammer
pounding nails into the WTO’s coffin. >more
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