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Surfers
leaves
the
Pacific
Ocean
during
sunset
in Santa
Cruz de
Guanacaste,
northwest
of San
José. [Foto:
Juan
Carlos
Ulate] |
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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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Inside
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
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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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Tuesday 29 April 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Legislators Keep Promise
and Pass Fire Hydrant
Bill
It took twelve years but
finally legislators
yesterday voted to make
fire hydrants a "public
good", paving the way
for the Cuerpo de
Bomberos - fire
department - to take
over the maintenance and
location of the hydrants
around the country.
Students Demand in
Protest The Elimination Of Exams
For almost four weeks
teachers belonging to the Asociación de
Profesores de Segunda Enseñanza (APSE)
union abonded the classroom in a strike
action that ended last week. Yesterday,
students decided to abandon the
classroom in a collective action that is
to be continued on Friday.
Supreme Court Judges
Complained Of Bad
Treatment By US
Officials in New York
Three Supreme Court
judges say that they
received similar
treatment at the hands
of U.S. immigration
authorities, similar to
the treatment given the
Fiscal General de la
República (chief
prosecutor), Francisco
Dall’Anesse, last week
at the Miami
International airport.
More Tourists
This year’s first
quarter, the number of tourists
increased by 92,000 - or 17% -
compared to the first three months in
2007.
Gilbert Brown Wins Costa
Rica's Circuito Nacional
De Surf
Playa Hermosa -- "We did
it, now the pressure is
over," said Gilbert
Brown, after he claimed
the Costa Rica national
surf championship at the
Circuito Nacional de
Surf (CNS) Gran Final
Terraza-REEF in front of
over 1,000 people in
Playa Hermosa.
Public Holiday Thursday
May 1 is an official
public holiday in Costa
Rica and all government
offices, institutions,
banks and most private
businesses will be
closed.
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Nicaragua Hosts Food
Crisis Talks
Nicaragua's president.
Daniel Ortega, has
opened an "emergency
meeting" to address food
shortages across South
and Central America.
Guatemala May Day for
Wages
Rejection of the high
cost of living,
insecurity, and low
wages will center
Guatemalan
demonstrations on May
Day, their organizers
informed.
Quito Asks Colombia For
Evidence of FARC's
Wealth in Ecuador
The Ecuadorian
government Monday asked
the Colombian government
to hand over evidence
about the alleged wealth
accumulated by the
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC)
in Ecuador, local media
reported.
Spanish Court Rejects
Argentina's Extradition
Request For Ex-President
A Spanish court said
Monday that it would
reject Argentinina's
request to extradite its
former President Isabel
Peron.
Brazil, Colombia Discuss
Creation of South
American Defense Council
Colombian Foreign
Minister Fernando Araujo
and visiting Brazilian
Defense Minister Nelson
Jobim Monday discussed
Brazil's proposal to
create a South American
Defense Council,
government officials
said.
PERU:
Preserving the Potato in
Its Birthplace
Thousands of varieties
of potato (Solanum
tuberosum), one of the
most widely-eaten and
well-known foods in the
world, have been
developed in the heart
of South America’s Andes
mountains, where the
crop was domesticated
more than 8,000 years
ago.
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28 April 2008 |
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