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Cattle
is seen
in
Tenorio
Volcano
National
Park in
Upala
March
18,
2008.
Rio
Celeste,
the
crown
jewel of
Northern
Costa
Rica,
dyed a
pale
blue
from
chemical
reactions
of
calcium
carbonate
and
sulfur,
is
surrounded
by
amazing
rainforest
of
12,819
hectares.
The
Celeste
river
carries
its
color
for a
distance
of 36 km
(22
miles).
[Foto:
Juan
Carlos
Ulate] |
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Living Healthy to 100
A remarkable group of
centenarians living on
Costa Rica’s Nicoya
Peninsula share their
secrets.
It was sunrise in the
village of Hojancha when
Tommy Castillo and I
mounted a pair of bikes
and whizzed downhill
from his pink wooden
house into the steamy
Costa Rica morning.
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Spirit Carves Out Latin
Niche
U.S.-based Spirit
Airlines is expanding
its presence in Latin
America, aiming to cater
to passengers not served
by the big commercial
carriers like American
Airlines, Continental
and Delta.
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Tip For Dialing The Eight Digits
To
make dialing less confusing under the new eight
digit number system, dial the 2 or 8 prefix
first then dial the seven digits as always.
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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 28 March 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Tamarindo Could Be
Cleaned Up in A Week
The Tamarindo sea could
be clean within a week
if the sources of the
contamination are
identified and closed
off, said Darner Mora,
director of the Programa
Bandera Azul Ecológica (BAE)
- blue flag program.
Jacó Construction At
Risk From Seismic
Actitivity
More than half of the
construction in Jacó do
not comply with the
requirements of the
Código Sísmico,
according to a study by
the Colegio Federado de
Ingenieros (CFIA).
Cuban Woman Deported
The ending was not a
happy one for Yuderci
Abralantes García, the Cuban woman who spent
the last two weeks
living in the Juan
Santamaría (San José)
airport terminal,
as the Sala
Constitucional ruled in
favour of immigration
officials, who
immediately deported
her.
Colombian Criminals
Just Love Costa Rica!
It appears that Costa
Rica is haven for hired
killed and drug
traffickers and the
recorded by the Policía
de Migración
(immigration police)
confirm it, as it
reports that the 292
Colombian hired killers
and drug traffickers
deported have made their
way back to Costa Rica.
Bodog Billionaire Shows
Off His Crib
It's a long way from
Lloydminster,
Saskatchewan, to Costa
Rica but Calvin Ayre has
clearly landed on his
feet. The Bodog
billionaire shows off
his Costa Rica party
palace on MTV's Cribs
show.
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Quake Shakes Nicaragua
Atlantic Coast
The Nicaraguan Institute
of Territorial Research
(INETER) reported an
earthquake in front of
the Honduran Atlantic
Ocean coast without
material damages or
victims.
Panama Approves FTA With
Guatemala
Panama's cabinet has
approved the free trade
agreement (FTA) between
Panama and Guatemala
signed on Feb. 26,
Commerce and Industry
Minister Alejandro
Ferrer said Thursday.
Guatemalan Narcos Carry
Powerful Weapons
Alleged drug-dealer
groups that clashed in a
battle in the Zacapa
department had powerful
weapons as those used by
the US army, the
Guatemalan media
reported on Thursday.
Brazilian President Lula
Calls Chavez "A Great
Peacemaker"
Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva
Thursday hailed the role
played by his Venezuelan
counterpart Hugo Chavez
in the Colombia-Ecuador
crisis, saying he was
"the great peacemaker."
Chavez Blames U.S.
Invasion Of Iraq For
Soaring Oil Prices
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez said on
Thursday that the U.S.
invasion of Iraq is
partly to blame for
rising oil prices.
ARGENTINA:
The Return of the
"Cacerolazo"
Thousands of
middle-class Argentines
took to the streets late
Tuesday in a "cacerolazo"
or pot-banging protest,
this time against the
centre-left government
of President Cristina
Fernández, showing that
the methods learned in
the crisis that broke
out in late 2001 are
still alive.
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28 March 2008 |
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