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Costa
Rican
boxer,
Carl
Davis
Drummond
(right),
ranked
13 in
heavyweight
by the
World
Boxing
Association
celebrates
his
freedom
from
preventive
detention
(jail)
after
prosecutors
decided
to let
him free
after
hearing
conflicting
testimony
of his
accuser
of rape.
The day
before,
a judge
had
ordered
Carl to
one
month
preventive
detention.
[Foto:
Oldemar
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Edward Stourton's Heaven
On Earth
Radio and TV presenter
Edward Stourton on the
rich diversity of Cosat
Rica. I've been through
Portugal, America and
France phases but my
favourite destination at
the moment is Costa
Rica, which I visited
for the first time last
year.
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The Life of Your Dreams
The fact is; you could
not have dreamed of the
new and exciting life
possible here. The
cultural generosity of
the people, the
excitement of doing all
of the things you never
had time for, the health
benefits of unprocessed
food, clean air, and
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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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Friday 15 February 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Women Gain Equal Right
To Remarry After Divorce
The Sala Constitucional
(Constitutional Court)
struck down, as
unconstitutional, the
law that forced women to
wait 300 days before
being able to remarry
after a divorce or
submit herself to a
pregnancy test.
United
States Deports 200 Costa Ricans
The United States
immigration service has deported
some 200 Costa Ricans over the
last several months mainly for
immigration fraud, having fake
stamps of travel to and from
Costa Rica and the United
States.
Business Owners
Express Confidence in Economy
According to the latest
quarterly survey
released by the Unión
Costarricense de Cámaras
y Asociaciones de la
Empresa Privada (UCCAEP)
- Union of
Private-Sector Chambers
and Associations -
business owners are
feeling positive about
the economy in Costa
Rica.
Colorado Stops
Questionable Costa Rica
Deals
A pair of Silverthorne
companies, its owner and
the Minnesota firms it
represented in wooing
investors to
questionable waterfront
development deals in
Costa Rica have agreed
to stop selling in
Colorado, state
securities officials
said Thursday.
Costa Rica
To Adopt New .CR Domain
Registrants of the .ac.cr, co.cr,
ed.cr, fi.cr, go.cr, or.cr,
sa.cr. Internet domain names in
Costa Rica face losing them in
April unless they take action to
register to the new "official"
.CR domain.
The
Quintavalle Saga Continues;
Fiscalía Requests Revoking
Conditional Liberty
Matteo Quintavalle, the Italian
businessman accused of
defrauding his investors, may
soon be back behind bars, as a
Pavas judge will have the final
decision on the request by the
Fiscalía (prosecutors) to return
Quintavalle to preventive
detention after he was released
on conditional bail.
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Panama Cough Syrup
Death Toll Rises Further
PANAMA CITY - At least 115
Panamanians died after drinking toxic
cough syrup in 2006, investigators said
on Thursday, as the slow probe into the
health disaster turned up more cases.
Insecurity: Achilles'
Heel of the Guatemalan
Government
Insecurity and the
crisis in the
transportation as a
result of attacks
against drivers are the
main problems that the
government of Guatemalan
President Alvaro Colom
will have to tackle, a
month after his
inauguration.
Oil Behind Aggressions
Against Venezuela
The coup of 2002,
destabilizing attempts
and aggressions against
Venezuela's sovereignty
"have a strong oil
component," Minister of
Energy Rafael Ramirez
said.
FARC for Peace, Social
Justice
The Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC)
called for a country
without war after
necessary steps are
taken to promote peace
with social justice.
Colombian Former
Paramilitary Commanders
Could Face Extradition
Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe said on
Thursday that the former
paramilitary commanders
in the country could be
extradited to the United
States if they are found
linked to weapons and
money smuggling into the
prison where they are
held.
CUBA:
Cultural Policy Debate
Keeps Growing
More than a year after
the outbreak of the
so-called "e-mail war",
the debate on cultural
policy has not died down
in Cuba. And although
the issue is not
addressed in the
national media, the
discussion continues,
and is spreading to
embrace other aspects of
life in this socialist
island nation.
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15 February 2008 |
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