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Workers
select
waste
products
for
recycling
at a
collection
centre
in San
Antonio
de
Escazú
after a
group of
seven
Costa
Rican
women
formed a
foundation
to
recycle
plastic,
paper
and
glass
from the
approximately
11,000
tons of
waste
produced
daily,
with the
aim of
reducing
the
pollution
and its
environmental
impact
in the
country.
[Foto:
Juan
Carlos
Ulate] |
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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
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of news events, people,
happenings in Costa Rica and
more...
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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 01 March 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Editor's Note:
A reminder that all cellular telephones
will not be working between 12:01am and
6:00am Sunday. The network shutdown is
in preparation to the eight digit system
to go into effect on March 20.
Traffic Problems
Continue To Plague San
José
Four separated accidents
and road repairs
accumulated to create a
traffic chaos in the
area known as La Uruca,
as traffic on the
General Cañas in the
direction of San José
backed up to Plaza
Cariari and at an almost
stand still at the Juan
Pablo II bridge.
More Funds For The
Environment
The National System of
Conservation Areas
increased its budget fro
2008 by 28 percent, in
comparison to last
year’s. According to
Minister of the
Environment Roberto
Dobles.
Boat Seized With 800 Kg
of Cocaine
Costa Rican authorities
have seized another boat
off its coast, this one
loaded with 800 Kilos of
cocaine.
Islamic University
Signs
Pact With Costa Rica
University
The Islamic University
of Science and
Technology (IUST) has
signed a memorandum of
agreement with United
Nations mandated
University for Peace (UPEACE),
Costa Rice, to start
masters programme in
peace and conflict
studies later this year.
$72.5 million for
Limon
The World Bank pledged granting Costa
Rica us$72.5 million for the
modernization of the Caribbean city port
of Limon.
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Panamanian President:
Economic Growth
Historical
Panama's President
Martin Torrijos regarded
the national economic
growth of 11.2 percent
and the reduction of
unemployment to almost
50 percent in 2007 as
historical.
US Accused of State
Terrorism
The "Freedom of Speech
and State Terrorism,"
forum at the University
of Panama found the US
government a criminal
State for violating
international law and
crimes against nations
while allegedly fighting
terrorism.
El Salvador´s FMLN Seeks
Integration
The presidential
candidate for El
Salvador´s Farabundo
Marti Liberation Front (FMLN),
Mauricio Funes,
announced that if he
wins the 2009 elections,
he would boost
international relations.
Guatemala President: No
Army Boost
Guatemalan President
Alvaro Colom denied that
his government had the
intention of increasing
the number of troops, an
important issue today,
due to army
participation in human
rights violations in the
recent past.
Fidel Castro Denies
Sharp Disagreements With
Cuba's New Leader
Cuba's former leader
Fidel Castro denied he
had critical
disagreements with the
country's newly elected
leader Raul Castro as
some Western media had
reported, Cuban daily
Granma said Friday.
COLOMBIA:
Ex-Hostages Call for
Political Solution to
Conflict
The solution to
Colombia’s armed
conflict must be a
political one, and the
government should "demilitarise"
an area in order to
negotiate a humanitarian
swap of hostages held by
the FARC guerrillas for
imprisoned insurgents,
the four hostages who
were released this week
said in the Venezuelan
capital.
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