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Children enjoy the nightly festivities along the
Boulevard (Avenida Central) with the traditional
throwing of confetti.
Packages are sold by street vendors for 100 colones
and it is custom to throw the little white pieces of
round papers at passersby.
[Foto: insidecostarica.com]
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| NEWS |
updated by 8:00 a.m. CST each day
Instant Millionaires!
At
7:26, the National Lottery, drew the winner
number for the grand prize in the Christmas
lottery, also known as 'El Gordo'. This year,
300.000.000 Colones ($720.000 Dollars) was the
first prize prize, with a second prize of
35.000.000 Colones, and 20.000.000 Colones
going to the third prize winner. >more
Heavy Flood
Damages; Matina Recovering
More than 30 communities and 2000 people were
affected by the floods. Matina, west of Limon,
was the hardest hit. >more
Casa Alianza
Costa Rica Honored with Social Responsibility
Award
Casa
Alianza has been honored with the 2003
“Assuming Social Responsibility Award” for its
work in defense of children’s rights in Costa
Rica. The National Public Relations
Association will present the award to Casa
Alianza. >more
Model Forests
Costa Rica became a
member of the International Network of Model
Forests, an organization that focuses on
preservation initiatives and sustainable
development in areas of vast natural wealth
throughout the world. >more
Latin American
leaders Hail Saddam's Capture
Leaders from several
Latin American countries on Sunday voiced
their delight at the arrest of Iraq's former
leader Saddam Hussein by the US military
forces.
>more
Chinese Premier, Mexican
President Meet on Ties
Visiting Chinese
Premier Wen Jiabao held talks with Mexican President
Vicente Fox on China-Mexico relations on Friday and
they announced the establishment of a strategic
partnership between the two countries.
>more
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SPECIAL
REPORTS: ARGENTINA |
First ”Green-Friendly” Refrigerator
By year-end, a small company in
Argentina will put a new kind of
refrigerator on the market, which will
go down in history as the first in South
America to operate without damaging the
ozone layer or contributing to global
warming.
The ozone-safe model has been used in
Europe for nearly a decade. But the
transnational corporations that
manufacture the refrigerators there have
been reluctant to make the investment
necessary to adopt the new technology in
the Americas.
>more
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TRAVEL:
RETIREMENT |
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Rice and
Beans
Rice and Beans is OK, but, IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE TO EAT?
My December guests, Godfrey from Wales
and Donna from Indiana who are now from
Marcos Island Florida wanted to see if
Costa Rica would be a good place to
escape the incredible inflation and
snobbery of this part of Florida. A 100
by 100 foot lot, not on a water channel,
now costs $200,000 there.
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