Finals Sunday
Italy vs. France
at 12:00pm local
time on Repretel channel
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President Defends Housing
Minister Over Mega Housing
Project
President Oscar Arias Sanchez
has entered the ring in the
fight between Vivienda (Housing
Ministry) officials and
legislative deputy, Óscar Núñez,
who has heavily criticized the
3.000 middle income home
development in Patarrá,
Desamparados.
For all the marbles.
Today, Italy and France
square for the 2006
World Cup. Only one team
can go home with the
trophy. Most Costa
Ricans are rooting for
Italy.
A 1-0 game today doesn’t
seem unreasonable, but
it’s not a certainty.
Game
time 12 noon (local
time) and is televised
live on Repretel Channel
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Franklin
Chang Space Tech Lab in Liberia
Ready
Next Saturday, former NASA
astronaut Franklin Chang will be
inaugurating the Costa Rican
laboratory dedicated to
developing space technology.
Students Learn Spanish The Fun
Way - On Summer Vacation in
Costa Rica
Spanish classes from East
Lansing High School are in Costa
Rica, spending time with local
families who speak only Spanish.
Miss Costa
Rica To Participate In Miss Universe
The Miss Universe 2006 annual
international beauty contest, is
getting ready for finals on July
23. This year the event will be
held in Los Angeles
World Cup, It’s Not How You
Start, But How You Finish
Unfortunately for World Cup
fans, it’s applied to scoring.
The opener featured six goals
from Germany and Costa Rica, and
there were hopes for a
high-scoring tournament. But
that didn’t materialize, with an
average of just 2.2 goals per
game.
Cuba Slams US Plots, Boosts
Latin American Ties
Cuba´s rejection of an
annexationist report approved by
the US president, and the visit
by the Ecuadorian foreign
minister feature as the most
transcendental events this week
here.
Latin American Gas Pipeline
Begins
Presidents of Venezuela, Hugo
Chavez; Colombia, Alvaro Uribe
and Panama, Martin Torrijos, are
in western Zulia state Saturday
for the groundbreaking of the
Colombia-Venezuela gas pipeline.
Venezuela hopes to improve
relations with Peru
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
said on Saturday that he was
willing to "forget" the
unhappiness with Peruvian
President-elect Alan Garcia and
to improve relations with the
country.
Colombian authorities arrest 536
former paramilitaries
Colombian police have arrested
536 former paramilitary fighters
in recent months for crimes
against humanity, but the
crackdown has also put the peace
process to test,local media
reported on Friday.
Guerrilla
attack on oil pipeline pollutes
3 Colombian rivers
A Thursday night guerrilla
attack on the Trasandina oil
pipeline in southern Colombia
has released at least 4,000
barrels of petrol into three
rivers -- the Putumayo, the San
Miguel and the Riosucio, local
authorities said on Friday.
EDUCATION-LATIN AMERICA:
Examining
the Teachers
What role does teacher expertise
play in education quality? How
can what teachers do be
evaluated? By an internal
process involving reflection, or
using external mechanisms with
rewards for good practice?
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