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Take A Guess
This week the sell rate of the
Costa Rican colon to the US
Dollar will hit ˘500. Could be
tomorrow, could be later this
week or next. Take your guess,
buy sending us an email. The
first correct email will win a
shiny, commemorative ˘500
colones coin. Actually, it's
just a plain ˘500 coin we like to call it the "colooney".
Canadians know what we are
talking about.
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guess list!
Private Sector Salaries
Increased, Employers To Make
Adjustments
A law regulating private
employee wages passed last
December came into force January
1. Public employees already got
their pay increase of 6.3% on
their first paycheck for the
year, however, many private
company employees have not.
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Police and Red Cross workers
recover the bodies of C. Wesley
Randell and his wife Nancy
Randell, of Des Moines, Iowa, on
the slopes of the Irazú Volcano,
100 Kms southeast of San José.
The Randells were found after
their small plane had been
missing for three days.
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Scientists Find Genetic Link
to Infidelity
Scientists in London have given
unfaithful women a perfect
excuse for their promiscuity -
it’s in the genes.
América Móvil Eyes Costa
Rican Market
Mexican mobile giant América
Móvil is interested in entering
the Costa Rican and Panamanian
telecoms markets in the light of
the Central American Free Trade
Agreement (CAFTA), Spanish news
service EFE reported.
Costa Rica Open 2006 Pays
Posthumous Tribute to Kai
Fieberg
The 2006 Costa Rica Open, a
co-sanctioned event between the
European Challenge Tour and the
Tour de las Americas (TLA), has
been re-named the ‘Kai Fieberg
Costa Rica Open 2006’ as a
posthumous tribute to the
tournament’s promoter Kai
Fieberg, who lost his life in a
tragic car accident on January
11, 2006.
Glencairn Launches Commercial
Output at Bellavista
Commercial production has begun
at Toronto-based miner Glencairn
Gold's Bellavista gold mine in
Costa Rica, the company
reported.
NEWS BRIEFS;
Television Blamed For Reducing
Sexual Apetite
If you are one the many who have
a television set in your
bedroom, you probably already
know that your sex life has
dramatically - decreased.
Mexican Left Sure of Victory
Left-center coalition "For the
Good of All" declared Wednesday
it will win the elections in
July as it represents a real
alternative for change.
13 Leaders to Attend Morales
Inauguration
Until Thursday, 13 heads of
state have confirmed their
attendance at the new Bolivian
President Evo Morales´ swearing
in ceremony, reported Foreign
Affairs Minister Armando Loaiza.
Venezuela: Extradite or
Prosecute Posada Carriles
Venezuelan ambassador to the US,
Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, has
called on the American people to
demand that their government
extradite or prosecute terrorist
Luis Posada Carriles, during a
Washington Post´s forum
discussion.
35 illegal Guatemalan
immigrants arrested in Mexico
Mexican police arrested 35
illegal Guatemalan immigrants in
the eastern state of Veracruz
after a coach crash and
authorities are considering a
possible deportation of them,
local media reported on
Wednesday.
1.3
million Colombian refugees dying
of hunger, diseases
Colombians who have been forced
from their homes by the conflict
in their country, an estimated
1.3 million people, are dying of
hunger and preventable diseases,
according to a study presented
on Wednesday.
ENVIRONMENT-MEXICO:
Peasant
Activist Makes Her Mark
Mexican rural activist Celsa
Valdovinos, who won the 2005
Chico Mendes environmental
prize, forged her life as an
eco-leader in a context of
poverty, illiteracy and violence
in her home state of Guerrero.
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