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No
Liquor. Banks Closed. A Time To
Relax. That is Semana Santa
For many, Semana Santa began
last Friday. However, the real
holiday is Thursday and Friday,
two days where everything is
closed, including the sale of
liquor, beer and wine.
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An
old home made of wood was
converted to ashes yesterday
morning when the owner forgot to
put out the coals after a
barbecue. The fire occurred in
San Pablo de Heredia. [Foto:
Hernán Ardila]
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Bus
Terminals Bursting At Capacity
Just about every bus terminals
in San José is at maximum
capacity. And today, Wednesday,
will be the worst when anyone
with plans to leave San José for
the next several days will be
amassing on the various bus
stations.
Ticos Grow Old
While the birthrate and the rate
of mortality continue falling,
while life expectancy keeps on
increasing, analysts question
whether Costa Rica is ready to
stand a marked reduction in the
number of young people and the
consequences it would have on
labor, pensions, and so forth.
Canadian
With Cocaine in Stomach
A nervous behaviour alerted the
Policía de Control de Drogas (PCD)
of the Ministerio de Seguridad
Pública to suspect that the 24
year old Canadian boarding a
charter flight to Toronto was
carrying more than dirty laundry
back home.
Nicaragua Concerned over High
Oil Prices
The increasingly spiralling
international oil prices is
worrying Nicaraguan economists,
who are afraid of a stronger
impact than the one last year,
when crude oil was quoted at 70
dollars a barrel.
Vietnam
in Panama to Build Trade
Vietnam on Tuesday announced its
intention to open a commercial
office in Panama to boost
business in Central America and
the Caribbean.
Preval
Brings Pupils, Sick to Cuba
Haiti´s President elect Rene
Preval is beginning a working
visit to Havana Wednesday, on an
invitation by his Cuban
counterpart Fidel Castro.
Argentine
president congratulates Prodi on
election victory
Argentine President Nestor
Kirchner Tuesday congratulated
the leader of Italian
center-left coalition, Romano
Prodi, on his electoral triumph,
a Foreign Ministry statement
said.
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