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Semana Santa In Full Swing
All
roads leading outside of San
José were jammed yesterday as
the rest of vacationers made
their way to the beaches,
mountains and resorts for the
Semana Santa holiday. Many had
left last Saturday, but the rest
of the more than 2 million
vacationers where on the road
last night and will continue
early this morning.
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For
many Semana Santa is a week (11
days this year) at the beach.
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Energy
Solutions and RECOPE Work to
Ensure Environmental Safety in
Costa Rica
Energy Solutions International,
the Houston-based leading global
supplier of oil and gas pipeline
management software, today
announced that it will provide
PipelineManager® software to the
Refinadora Costarricense de
Petroleo (RECOPE) - the state
monopoly petroleum company that
handles all oil and gas
pipelines in Costa Rica.
FIFA
President Says Germany World Cup
Will Be Safe, Clean
The World Cup games will kick
off on June 9 with a match
between Costa Rica and Germany
and the president of FIFA,
Joseph Blatter, says he is
confident Germany has taken all
measures needed to ensure a
safe, clean and entertaining.
Miss Costa
Rica Celebrates Religious Wedding
Although joined in a civil
ceremony in November 2003, Miss
Costa Rica 200, Piarella
Peralta, and her husband, Dutch
banker Tiemo Wesseling, longed
for a religious celebration of
their love, and on April 1, 2006
the former beauty queen,
escorted by her mother and
brother, walked down the aisle
of the 18th century Iglesia de
Orosi in Cartago in order to
reaffirm her pledge of devotion
to the man she loves.
'Calvin
Ayre Wild Card Poker' TV Series
Set to Premiere April 15
Digital entertainment giant
Bodog.net announced today the
schedule for its six-episode
television series that was
recently filmed by FSN (Fox
Sports Net) at the luxurious
Bodog.net Compound in Costa
Rica.
Four South
American nations to hold talks
on gas pipeline
The presidents of Bolivia,
Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela
will discuss the feasibility of
a gas pipeline project at a
meeting in Paraguay next
Wednesday, local media reported
on Tuesday.
Garcia
surpasses Flores: final report
on Peru vote count
Social Democrat Alan Garcia has
qualified for the second round
of presidential voting in Peru,
surpassing right wing Lourdes
Flores of the National Unity
Alliance with more than 110,000
votes, according to an official
report on Tuesday.
At
least 50 injured in traffic
accident in Brazil
At least 50 people were injured
in southeastern Brazil on
Wednesday, when a coach was in
collision with two other
vehicles.
Haiti's
president-elect Rene Preval
visits Cuba
Haitian president-elect Rene
Preval began a four-day visit of
Cuba on Wednesday, where he will
discuss bilateral cooperation
with Cuban President Fidel
Castro.
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