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The "La
Ley del
Embudo"
(Funnel
Law) is
explained
in this
mural on
Avenida
9 in
Barrio
Amon.
"The law
stretches
and
tightens
depending
on whom
it is
applied.
This
happens
everywhere.
But in
Costa
Rica
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Stay Green ... 10 Ways
Hotel Guests Can Make A
Difference
You don't have to trot
the globe to be an
eco-friendly traveler.
While green travel
usually is associated
with visits to tropical
retreats in places like
Costa Rica or Belize,
it's possible to be a
responsible guest much
closer to home.
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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:
Driving The General Cañas
Keep clear of the
right hand lane of the General Cañas, the so
called highway between La Sabana and the airport
and the busiest in the country.
Click here for
more tips |
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Long-Lived Costa Ricans
Offer Secrets to
Reaching 100
At the age of 101,
Abuela Panchita is still
a social butterfly. The
centenarian, who lives
on Costa Rica's Nicoya
Peninsula, has a solid
support network of
friends and family,
which includes a son in
his eighties who visits
her every morning on his
bicycle. |
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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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Thursday 17
April 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Google Searches
Costa Rica
Google Inc., the
internet's most popular
search engine, will be
opening an office in
Costa Rica, according to
a government press
release yesterday. The
announcement was made by
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias and Google
executives at the World
Economic Forum on Latin
America being held in
Cancun, Mexico.
Fiscal General
Warns of Organized Crime In The Country
The Fiscal General
(Chief Prosecutor), Francisco Dall’Anese,
appearing before the Legislative
Assembly yesterday warned of the dangers
the country is facing becaue of the lack
of legislation to fight terrorism.
Maine's Senators Support
Nominee Peter Cianchette
For Ambassador to Costa
Rica
Peter Cianchette of
South Portland told a
Senate panel considering
his nomination to be
ambassador to Costa Rica
on Wednesday that he is
up to the job, even
though his Spanish is
rusty and he has never
traveled to Costa Rica.
Commuter Train
Involved in Two Collisions; 17
Injured
A collision between the Tren Urbano
(commuter train) and a San Pedro bound
bus left 14 people injured yesterday
(Wednesday) afternoon.
Costa Rica Melon Growers
Lose An Additional 5% of
Their Harvest Due To
Early Rains
Heavy rainfall during
the last two weeks
affected an additional
5% of the melon
production in Guanacaste.
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DCentral America to
Surpass EU Health
Demands
Central America will
have to surpass
technical, sanitary and
competitive demands to
obtain the approval of
the European Union, the
spokesman of the
commercial area of the
communitarian block
Rupert Schlegelmilch
affirmed Wednesday.
Salvadoran Workers
Protest Fuel Prices
At least 95 percent of
transportation workers
in El Salvador went on a
24-hour strike Wednesday
demanding government
steps to face rising
fuel prices.
Colombian President
Urges U.S. Congress To
Approve FTA Deal
Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe on
Wednesday expressed
concerns over the future
of a free trade
agreement with the
United States and urged
the U.S. congress to
approve the deal.
Uribe: No Apology for
Ecuador Raid
Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe refused to
apologize for the March
1 air raid of Ecuadorian
territory and called to
try Mexican survivor
Lucia Morett.
Brazil, Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru Seek To
Protect Amazonia
Diplomats and indigenous
leaders from Brazil,
Colombia, Ecuador and
Peru met Wednesday in
Bogota in a bid to
protect Amazonia, the
"world's lung," by
limiting the
exploitation of natural
resources.
LATIN AMERICA:
''Development Must Be
Inclusive"
The Latin American
Economic System (SELA)
will promote a regional
secretariat on social
inclusion, "based on the
idea that development,
to be worthy of the
name, must be
inclusive," said the
regional body’s new
permanent secretary,
José Rivera.
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