Only 3 days until the Venus Transit! What is your impression when you think about the Venus Transit? Do you think of the planet and its star, our Sun? The cosmic clockwork that keeps Venus in its orbit over billions of years? The people who travelled to distant shores in past centuries to make observations? The fun of observing the transit on June 8th? Click for larger image! Click  here for more on the Venus Transit!

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Costa Rica All Shook Up in April
Seismologists keeping a close eye on seismological activity say that there was a 160% increase in earthquakes April, compared to the previous month of March. Most of the activity was concentrated in the Central Valley.  ...more
 

Vice President Annette Lu Receives More Honors in Costa Rica
Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco decorated visiting  Taiwan's Vice President, Annette Lu, Thursday with the nation's highest honor - the Juan Mora Fernandez en el Grado de Gran Cruz Placa de Plata.  ...more
 

Basic Telephone Service Cost to Increase, Long Distance Rates Will Drop
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has made a request to the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep) for an increase of 12% in telephone rates.  ...more
 

Chavez acceptance of referendum welcomed
The Organization of American States(OAS) and the Carter Center (CC) on Friday congratulated Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for accepting the calling of a recall referendum that might cut short his term.   ...more
 

Argentina warns of risks in sending troops to Haiti
Argentine Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa admitted Friday that Argentine troops serving as UN peacekeepers in Haiti will face risks because "they are militaries."  ...more
 

APEC trade ministers meet in Chile
The ministerial meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum opened here Friday to focus on trade liberalization.   ...more
 

 

TODAY'S EROTICA!