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A jaguar
enjoys a
meal at
the Las
Pumas
Rescue
Shelter
in Canas,
Guanacaste,
The
shelter
was
created
40 years
ago, by
Swiss
Werner
Hagnauer
and his
late
wife
Lilly
Bodmer,
when the
deforestation
levels
in
Guanacaste
were
high.
Hagnauer
received
animals
that the
neighbours
brought
to save
their
lives,
as well
as those
the
Ministry
of
Environment
confiscates.
At the
moment
the
shelter
is home
to more
than 160
animals
from 60
different
species.
[Foto:
Juan
Carlos
Ulate] |
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Living Healthy to 100
A remarkable group of
centenarians living on
Costa Rica’s Nicoya
Peninsula share their
secrets.
It was sunrise in the
village of Hojancha when
Tommy Castillo and I
mounted a pair of bikes
and whizzed downhill
from his pink wooden
house into the steamy
Costa Rica morning.
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Spirit Carves Out Latin
Niche
U.S.-based Spirit
Airlines is expanding
its presence in Latin
America, aiming to cater
to passengers not served
by the big commercial
carriers like American
Airlines, Continental
and Delta.
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Tip: Dialing The Eight Digits
To
make dialing less confusing under the new eight
digit number system, dial the 2 or 8 prefix
first then dial the seven digits as always.
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A collection of our best fotos
of news events, people,
happenings in Costa Rica and
more...
click
here!
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People Words
Spanish like
English has different names for different people. By learning the words
below you will increase your vocabulary, comprehension and language fluency.
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Wednesday 02
April 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Colombia "Officially"
Denies Any Links Between
Costa Rican Politicians
An the FARC
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, said he
received an "official
communication" from the
government of Colombia
which denies any links
between the Colombian
rebel group - the
Fuerzas Armadas
Revolucionarias de
Colombia (FARC) - and
Costa Rican politicians.
Colombian Government To
Investigate Tico Couple
The Fiscalía General de
Colombia said it would
investigate fully the
connection of Cruz Prado
Rojas and Francisco
Gutiérrez Pérez for
"alleged terrorism"
following the find of
us$480.000 dollars
belonging to the
Colombian rebel group,
the Fuerzas Armadas
Revolucionarias de
Colombia (FARC), in
their home in Santa
Barbara de Heredia.
Conavi Begins Painting
Of Lines on Highways
Beginning this week the
Consejo Nacional de
Vialidad (Conavi) -
national road council -
will begin painting some
550 kilometres of four
national highways. In
addition to the line
painting, Conavi workers
will also install "cat
eyes" reflector on the
pavement.
82 Primary Grade
School Girls Pregnant
In Costa Rica there some 14.000
adolescents pregnant, but only 1.600 are
in school, according to information by
the Ministerio de Educación Pública (MEP),
which confirms that 82 are in primary
school, who are expected to leave the
classroom to fave maternity.
INS To Concentrate Only
On Costa Rica
The Instituto Nacional
de Seguros (INS) -
national insurer -
cannot sell policies out
of Costa Rica if the law
- Ley Reguladora del
Mercado de Seguros -
whose main objective is
to break the state
monopoly on insurance.
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Panama Canal Seeks
Billions This Year
The Panama Canal
Authority will seek $2.3
billion in financing
before the end of the
year to pay for part of
the biggest-ever
expansion of the famous
waterway.
Guatemala Security
Advisor Dismissed
The Guatemalan
government agreed to
remove controversial
security advisor Victor
Rivera from his post,
amid criticism of his
participation in
parallel structures
within the police
forces, it was revealed
Tuesday.
Venezuela Denies Link
With Colombian Rebels
Venezuelan Foreign
Minister Nicolas Maduro
Tuesday formally
rejected allegations of
his country's links with
the Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Paraguay Backs
Venezuela's Bid For Full
Membership of Mercosur
Paraguay supports
Venezuela's bid for full
membership of the Common
Market of the South (Mercosur),
visiting Paraguayan
Foreign Minister Ruben
Ramirez said here
Tuesday.
Ecuador Sues Colombia in
The Hague Over Herbicide
Spraying
Ecuador began suing
neighboring Colombia
Monday at the
International Court of
Justice, demanding an
end to Colombian
herbicide spraying,
which is alleged to have
affected the health of
Ecuadorians as well as
their animals and crops.
NICARAGUA:
Houses Without Water or
Water Without Houses?
Authorities in Nicaragua
are facing the dilemma
of generating thousands
of jobs through the
development of the
construction and real
estate industry in the
capital or putting a
priority on future water
supplies for the city’s
1.2 million people.
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02 April 2008 |
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