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Tourists,
farmers and hundreds of residents are
affected by the fall of the bridge between Vara Blanca y San
Miguel de Sarapiquí
The bridge connects the two communities. It
fell under the weight of a truck as it
crossed it.
[Foto: Jorge Castillo / LA NACIÓN ]
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No Pay For
Protestors, Government Warns
Facing a real possible threat of a work stoppage on
Monday Oct. 20, the government has issued a
strong warning that it will not pay salaries to
those who participate in the walk out. >more
One
More Month 'til Summer
This
October can be classed as the wettest months
for the Central Valley. According to the
Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) -
the National Meteorological Institute
- in the first 9 nine days of this
month we received about half of what is
normal for the entire month. >more
Investor
Was Wanted
His
life as an investor and his love for
motorcycles was not an effective disguise to
confuse the law enforcement agents that
arrested Miron Wendell Sheppard, who was
wanted in the US, at Nosara Beach, in
Guanacaste, on the Costa Rican
Pacific. >more
Zoo Network
The
director of the Simon Bolivar Zoo in San
Jose, Yolanda Matamoros, became the first
Costa Rican to be appointed to the board of
directors of the World Aquarium and Zoo
Association (WAZA), with headquarters in
Rotterdam, Holland. >more
Less Deaths
from Heart Condition
Even
though six people died from heart attacks
every day last year, Costa Rican health
authorities point out that this figure shows
vast improvement in preventing deaths from
heart conditions. >more
Bolivia's vice president sworn in as new president
Bolivia's newly-appointed President Carlos Mesa has sworn in late on Friday to replace Gonzalo Sanchezde
Lozada, who resigned as president Friday amid riots and mounting calls for him to step down.
>more
Brazilian-Argentine mission to mediate Bolivian crisis
The presidents of Brazil, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and of Argentina, Nestor Kirchner, sent their representatives to Bolivia Friday to attempt to facilitate a solution to the month-long unrest which has left at least 86 people dead.
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One killed, six injured in explosions in Colombia
One was killed and six others were injured in two explosions taking place on Thursday night in downtown of Colombia's second largest city of Medellin, as informed on Friday by the metropolitan police.
>more
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ARGENTINA:
Saving
Patagonia's Wild Cattle
The wild cattle of the glaciers of
southern Patagonia may be saved from
oblivion by two Argentine scientists
who, for the past 15 years, have been
studying these abandoned animals in a
bid to decipher what could be crucial
genetic information.
There are around 1,500 ”criollo patagónico”
(from the line of Europe's Bos taurus
taurus) surviving in Bahía Onelli and
Peninsula Avellaneda, to the west of
Lake Argentino, in Santa Cruz province. >more
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