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Paseo
Colón on Sundays is for pedestrians. Municipal
police block the roadway to vehicular traffic
from the east entrance to the La Sabana to the
Torre Mercedes building, Today, the road
will be host to thousands of marchers on their
way to Legislative Assembly building in
protest of the Free Trade Agreement.
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March Is Set For Today
The
announcement came several weeks ago. The Free Trade Agreement with the
United States in Washington last Friday and today Costa Ricans get their
chance to demonstrate their displeasure at the accord.
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Gasoline Prices Up Tomorrow
Following the
announcement last week in a new wave of increases in the price of gasoline
due to rising world prices of crude oil, the new prices come into effect
tomorrow. The last increase came last May 7.
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Tourism Ministry to Combat 'Sex Tourism'
On the heels of the
scandal where it was reported that a group of 170 Americans from Detroit,
Michigan -- mostly policemen, firemen, limousine chauffeurs and laborers,
but also a few millionaires -- spent five days earlier this month at a beach
resort on Costa Rica's Pacific coast on a tour whose main purpose was to
hook up with prostitutes, Costa Rica Tourism Minister, Rodrigo Castro,
announced Saturday new measures to curb "sex tourism".
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Court Erases Benlate
Award Against DuPont
MIAMI - An appeals
court erased a $26 million award Wednesday against the DuPont Co. in a
lawsuit by two Costa Rican nursery plant growers who claimed the
discontinued fungicide Benlate caused widespread plant damage on their
farms.
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Chavez 'will accept referendum'
President Chavez was speaking
at the end of a three-day process to determine whether his opponents have
enough petition signatures to trigger a vote.
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Spain willing to be bridge between EU, Latin America:
PM
Spain, as a member of the European Union (EU), will support the cause of
Latin American countries, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said
on Saturday.
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International News from the New York Times |
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LEARN SPANISH |
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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Using a cell phone in Costa Rica
If you plan to visit
Costa Rica and you need a cell phone to stay in
contact with your office, business associates, family and friends – don’t bring your cell phone
with you!
Cell phone service in Costa Rica is provided by only
one carrier, ICE (Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad) and your cell phone will not connect
to the ICE system unless you have made special
arrangements in advance of your trip.
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SPECIAL REPORTS |
Costa Rica,
Sportsbook Mecca
Deep in the jungle of Central
America, one of the first gold
rushes of the 21st century attracts
people from far and wide. In this
case, the gold is a share of the
lucrative online sports gambling
industry that has exploded in the
last decade.
If Dawson City was the boomtown of
the Yukon in the late 1800s, then
San José, Costa Rica is its
equivalent in the offshore
sportsbook world, housing a large
portion of the Internet-based
industry. Dozens of new sportsbooks
pop up every year in San José. |
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A stable democracy, a solid
infrastructure, government tolerance, a
better lifestyle and an educated, yet
cheaper workforce are all reasons why
the billion-dollar offshore sportsbook
industry shifted from the island towns
of the Caribbean to the Central American
capital in the late '90s.
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COLUMNIST: HANK |
The Next Logical Step
It is the first of June and all indications are that
the “Little Brother” will be spending additional
time in the Pokey.
Deadlines have come and gone but they may as well
have been regular days-of-the-week because anything
significant has yet to happen during any of these
highly anticipated and trumpeted about non-events.
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Retirement/Relocation Tours for the Non-rich!
I am the ONLY Retirement,
Relocation Guide in Costa Rica without a
hidden agenda.
I will show you many of the best areas for
value of climate, land, amenities, and
building costs.
I will introduce you to honest, value, people
who will share with you the actual costs of
real estate & homes built for people like you.
You can then compare these to any of the other
“DEALS” promoted by the many other “Tours”
Please visit:
www.costaricaretireonss.com
and contact my References.
George Lundquist, Retirement, Relocation
Columnist for:
www.insidecostarica.com
and
www.welovecostarica.com |
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