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Jannina
Del
Vecchio
(left)
gets
some
tips
from the
former
vice-ministra
de
Seguridad,
Ana
Helena
Chacón.
Del
Vecchio,
who is
currently
a
legislator,
will
take
over as
ministra
de
Seguridad
Pública,
y
Gobernación
y
Policía
on April
25,
taking
over
from
vice-president
Laura
Chinchilla,
acting
interim
minister,
after
Fernando
Berrocal
stepped
down as
minister
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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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ICE Signs With MACH For
Roaming
The Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE)
announced that it has
contracted MACH to
provide effective and
reliable processes to
optimize roaming
profitability, dropping
VeriSign.
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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.
Click here for
more tips |
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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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Saturday 05
April 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Burger King Commercial
Banned in Costa Rica
Costa Rican officials
decided on Friday to ban
the commercial,
depicting a group of
mothers hiring a hit man
to kill the Burger King,
the company's plastic
headed signature
character, aired on
television by Burger
King.
Former Security Minister
Says Berrocal Departure
Was Political Move To
Help Laura
The outspoken former
ministro de Seguridad,
Juan Diego Castro, said
yesterday that the
charge of Security
minister is one of the
most difficult and very
few last out their term.
Route 32 Closed
This Weekend As Work Crews Paint Lines
Travelling on Route 32
(San José - Limón highway) around the
Zurquí will be closed today (Saturday)
and tomorrow (Sunday) between 9:00am and
3:00pm as work crews continue with the
painting of lines on the pavement.
Man Detained For
Production and
Distribution of Child
Pornography
Authorities of the
Dirección de
Investigaciones
Especiales del
Ministerio de Seguridad
Pública said yesterday
that they arrested a man
for distribution of
child pornography by way
of the internet.
Torrential
Downpour Surprises Josefinos
For those who did not
take the national weather service
warning earlier this week not to forget
the umbrella, they got an unpleasant
surprise, as a torrential downpour hit
most of the San José area yesterday
afternoon.
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Nicaragua: Gioconda
Belli's Recent Work
"El infinito en la palma
de la mano" (Infinity in
the Palm of Her Hand),
allegory about Adam and
Eve in paradise, part of
the award winner work of
the Nicaraguan writer
Gioconda Belli will be
launched and easily
accessible for every
public in Nicaragua.
Cuba UNEAC Congress
Termed Revolutionary
Cuba Vice President
Carlos Lage termed as
deeply revolutionary the
documents of the 7th
Congress of the National
Cuban Writers and
Artists Union (UNEAC),
being held in Havana.
Thousands of Colombians
Demonstrate To Demand
Release of FARC Hostages
Thousands of Colombians
in major cities took to
the streets on Friday,
waving banners and
chanting slogans, to
demand the release of
hostages held by
Colombia's Revolutionary
Armed Forces (FARC).
Venezuelan, Slovenian
Presidents Meet On
EU-Laitn America
Cooperation
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez on Friday
met with his visiting
Slovenian counterpart
Danilo Turk on
cooperation between the
European Union and Latin
America.
Paraguayan Opposition
Candidate Ahead In Polls
Paraguayan opposition
presidential candidate
Fernando Lugo is ahead
in the polls with 33.6
percent of vote
intentions ahead of the
April 20 elections, a
survey revealed Friday.
MEDIA-COLOMBIA:
Unraveling the "New"
FARC Announcement
Colombian and
international media
outlets reported
Thursday and Friday that
the FARC guerrillas had
"ruled out" the release
of Colombian hostage
Ingrid Betancourt in an
article issued after a
French emergency medical
mission to save the
gravely ill hostage got
underway. The problem is
that the FARC statement
is actually more than
two weeks old.
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