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Migratory ducks (Dendrocygna Autumnalis) take flight during sunset at the National Park Palo Verde in Bagaces, Guanacaste. The 20,000-hectare park, bordered by rivers and a ridge of limestone hills, is home to some 250,000 migratory birds, such as teal, geese and ducks that arrive from North America to winter in the park, making up one of Central America's largest concentrations of waterfowl and wading birds, both native and migratory. [Foto: Juan Carlos Ulate]

Most Costa Ricans Would Ratify TLC; Poll Shows
Many adults in Costa Rica believe the Tratado Libre de Comercio (TLC) - free trade agreement with the United States known as CAFTA -  should be implemented, according to a poll by CID-Gallup; 63% of respondents who are familiar with TLC support its ratification.

Women Call Costa Rica to Defend Rights
Costa Rica's INAMU (National Institute of Women and other three organizations called on the Legislature to increase female labour rights and eliminate gender discrimination.

Probe Into Death Of 500 Pelicans
Authorities said Tuesday they are investigating the mysterious deaths of about 500 brown pelicans along the country's Pacific coast over the last five days but do not suspect bird flu was the cause.

Nespresso Calls for Student Applications for 2007 Summer Campus Program in Costa Rica
What goes into producing the perfect cup of coffee? Twenty students will soon have the chance to find out first-hand as Nespresso, the pioneer in premium-portioned coffee, is accepting applications for its first Summer Campus Program in Costa Rica.

Yesterday Was Second Hottest Day in Last Decade
As most of the northern parts of the United States and Canada are going through a nasty cold winter, yesterday Costa Rica the second hottest day in ten years, as temperatures reached as high of 35C in Liberia, 29C in San José and 26C in Cartago.

IDB to promote biofuel production and SME competitiveness in Central America
The Inter-American Development Bank, at a meeting with finance ministers and central bank presidents from Central America and the Dominican Republic, offered to step up its efforts to promote alternative energy sources, biofuel production and the competitiveness of small and medium-size enterprises.

SHOW BUSINESS
Sexy Costa Rican Model In US Jail And Not in Italy As First Reported
A phone call to the local press cleared up the whereabouts of Costa Rican model, Sonia Barrantes, who recently made headlines of her engagemenent to Cuban-American millionaire Antonio Quiñónez. Barrantes is in a US federal jail and not in Italy, the caller, Orlando Quiñónez said.

RACSA Internet Down For 20 Hours
Although it has been impossible to confirm what happened or the extend of the problem, one thing is for sure, most of the San José's west side was without internet from 9:00 pm Monday night to a little over 4:00 pm Tuesday.
 

Cuban Doctors to Advise Nicaraguan Colleagues
Cuban physicians arriving in Nicaragua in the coming weeks to assist the population of the Atlantic coast will also contribute to the training of their Nicaraguan colleagues, Health Minister Maritza Cuan informed.

Nicaragua May Go Parliamentary
Rafael Solis, vice president of the Nicaraguan Supreme Court of Justice, announced here Monday that the Nicaraguan political constitution will be reformed this year, to give way to a parliamentary government system, or at least semi-parliamentary.

OAS to Audit Salvador Voting Rolls
The Organization of American States signed an agreement on Tuesday with the Supreme Tribunal (TS) of El Salvador to inspect the electoral register before the 2009 presidential elections in this nation.

UNESCO Leads AIDS Drive in Guatemala
UNESCO launched a campaign in Guatemala against the discrimination of AIDS patients on Tuesday, because it said, 25 years after first hearing of HIV, the patients still suffer physical and verbal abuse and social exclusion.

US-Central America Migration Plan Underway
Deputies from Mexico and Central America will create a common bloc to boost a comprehensive migration proposal and submit it to the US, announced the coordinator of migration from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).


CLIMATE CHANGE:
Brazil Has No National Policy
Brazil has no national strategy to fight pollution that contributes to global climate change, in spite of being part of the trio of developing countries, with China and India, that emit most greenhouse gases, experts and environmentalists complain.