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A group
of
Indigenous
protest
outside
the
Corte
Suprema
de
Justicia
(Supreme
Court)
building
in
downtown
San José
opposing
the
Tratado
de Libre
Comercio
(TLC) -
free
trade
agreement
with the
United
States,
Central
America
and the
Dominican
Republic.
[Foto:
Mariano
Ramírez] |
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Off To Costa Rica
Mention Costa Rica at
the office cooler or
Friday-night beer blast
these days, and you're
likely to hear that just
about everyone either
has plans to go, has
just returned or at
least knows someone
who's just been there.
And all the reviews are
raves.
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Midas To Open Shops in
Costa Rica
Midas, Inc. has
signed an exclusive
franchise agreement with
Talleres Rapidos
Centramericanos TRC, S.A.
a subsidiary of Purdy
Motor S.A. to build and
operate Midas shops in
Costa Rica.
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Bananas!
Costa Rica’s banana
industry, now second to
the the tourism as the
country’s number one
earning industry,
continues to expand to
meet the demand of a
growing international
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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 29 February 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Costa Rica Says To Be In
Good Finances To Resist
US Downturn
Costa Rica expects to
maintain healthy
government finances
despite a downturn in
the economy of the
United States,
according to the Costa
Rican Ministro de
Hacienda, Guillermo
Zuniga.
Sunday Without
Cellular Phone Service
Come this Sunday, beginning at 12
midnight and until 6:00am, 2 million
cellular service subscribers - all
cellular phones - will not have any
service.
Constitutional
Court Rules Self Employed To Receive
Disability Benefits
The Sala Constitucional (Constiutional
Court) ruled in favour of a man
identified by his last name, Rodríguez
Gutiérrez, who appealed a ruling by the
Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS)
when he was refused disability benefits
because he was self employed.
Tens of Thousands of
Ticos Have Sickle-Cell
And Are Unaware Of It
Some 100.000 Costa Rican
are carriers of
Sickle-cell disease and
don't even know it, of
which there is no cure.
Thieves Turning to Rural
Areas For House
Break-Ins
Figures realeased by the
Instituto Nacional de
Seguros (INS) - state
monopoly on insurance -
show that thieves have
moved to rural areas to
commit their crimes, as
areas like Garabito de
Puntarenas and Pococí de
Limón are showing an
increase in the number
of break-ins.
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Nicaragua Aims to Reduce
Illiteracy
Cuban and Nicaraguan
teachers are working to
reduce the level of
illiteracy in Nicaragua
to less than five
percent, after
increasing during 16
years of neoliberal
governments.
Hondurans Leaving for US
By the Hour
About 25 Hondurans leave
their country each hour
to try to enter US
national territory
illegally, Honduran
governmental authorities
said Thursday.
Central America to EU:
More Time to Abolish Tax
Central America will ask
the European Union to
extend from 10 to 15
years the suggested
deadline for lifting
taxes, in order to sign
an association agreement
between both nations
blocs.
Guatemala Congress
Dithers on Arms Control
A bill aimed at
controlling firearms
sale in Guatemala is
currently stalled in
Congress, in spite of
the country's high level
of violence.
Cuba Signs Two
International Treaties
On Human Rights
Cuba signed on Thursday
two international
treaties on the
protection and promotion
of human rights.
RIGHTS-LATIN AMERICA:
Men Have Gender Issues,
Too
Although it may seem
obvious, the need to
involve men in the
effort to attain gender
equality is not clear to
everyone in Latin
America and the
Caribbean, where quite a
few people think it is
an issue that mainly
concerns the women’s
rights movement.
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B.C.C.R.
29 February 2008 |
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