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A baby
leatherback
turtle
crawls
toward
the sea
on Playa
Grande
beach in
Costa
Rica in
this
undated
photo.
New
efforts
by
nonprofit
groups
and the
government
have
protected
some of
the
endangered
reptiles'
nesting
areas,
though
they are
still
imperiled
by
poaching
and
harmful
fishing
practices,
experts
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Breakfast With Toucans
Shaney Hudson is
surrounded by jungle
wildlife and unexpected
luxury in a Costa Rican
lodge. I've only ever
seen a toucan on a box
of Froot Loops.
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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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Renting in
Costa Rica
Whether you are renting
for month, a year or
more, or are a tenant or
landlord, there are
myths and misconception
about the rental laws
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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 15 March 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
President Arias
in Nicaragua To Boost
Co-Operation; San Juan Conflict Still To
Go International Court
Costa Rican
President Oscar Arias
is in Nicaragua to
attend the 6th Binational meeting which
started Thursday in
Granada.
New Underwater Cable To
Boost Connection To The
World Wide Web
Costa Rica is soon to
have better internet
connection with the
outside world as the
installation of an
underwater cable in the
Pacific Ocean will begin
next Friday.
Drug Smuggler
Caught As Swallowed Capsules Burst
An American in Costa
Rica was caught smuggling nearly a half
kilo of cocaine in his stomach after he
went into convulsions on a plane bound
for Miami, police said on Friday.
Long-Lived
Grannies Had Few Grandkids, Costa Rican
Analysis Reveals
For grannies, this might
rather come as a huge shock. An analysis
of births and deaths in Costa Rica has
found that the longer grandmothers
lived, the fewer grandchildren their
daughters raised.
Rare Leatherback Turtles
Gain Protection in Costa
Rica
As dawn breaks on Playa
Grande, the light
reveals shallow sand
pits where leatherback
sea turtles laid their
eggs the night before.
Gasoline Price
Increase Requested
Get ready for a huge
hike in gasoline prices, as the state
refinery, RECOPE, submitted to the
Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios
Públicos (Aresep), its latest request.
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Panamanian Farmers March
for Environment
Panamanian farmers,
indigenous people and
environmental
organizations marched
Thursday to reject
government projects they
denounced would affect
their communities and
the environment.
Nicaragua Defends Iran's
Energy Deal
Managua - Nicragua's
President Daniel Ortega
Friday defended Iran's
intention to build a
us$230 million dollar
hydroelectric power in
his country against
charges it was an
illegal arrangement.
Ortega denounced
opponents of the deal as
"ignorant."
Colombian, Venezuelan
Leaders To Meet Soon
Colombian and Venezuelan
leaders have agreed to
meet soon to restore
mutual trust jeopardized
by a recent
confrontation over
Colombia's cross-border
attack on rebels in
Ecuador, the Colombian
foreign minister said
Friday.
Ecuadorian President
Says U.S. Should Stop
Accusations
Ecuadorian President
Rafael Correa Friday
told his U.S.
counterpart George W.
Bush to "shut up," in
response to U.S.
criticism that Ecuador
harbors rebels of the
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Chile Dismantles Book
Forgery Ring
Pirate books worth about
$2 million were seized
as part of a large
police operation
extolled on Friday by
president of the Chilean
Book Chamber Eduardo
Castillo.
SOUTH AMERICA:
La
Niña and Climate Chaos
It is still difficult to
predict the local
impacts of the cyclic
climate phenomenon known
as La Niña, which has
been responsible for
catastrophic floods in
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
and Argentina, and -- on
the other extreme --
severe drought in Chile.
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