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AOL
co-founder
Steve
Case
(left)
chumming
it up
with
Costa
Rica
president,
Oscar
Arias,
following
the
announcement
last
week of
the
us$800
million
dollar
investment
in
a
650-acre
luxury
resort
in
Guanacaste
last
week.
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Costa Rican families
adopt Mohawk students
A teacher says people
can be reluctant to
travel to Costa Rica, a
different country,
because they’re gone for
three weeks. Once they
get there, though, they
overcome the culture
shock.
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Cognos
and GBM Announce
Regional Partnership in
Central America
Caribbean to Deliver
Integrated Performance
Management Solutions
Cognos, the world leader
in business intelligence
and performance
management solutions,
and General Business
Machines Corporation (GBM)
today announced a
regional partnership
that will help customers
integrate business
processes across the
enterprise and gain
greater insight into
company performance.
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Retire in
Latin America
That was this week's headline on
AOL New that caught our
attention with this description
of Costa Rica". "It's got the
good weather of Florida, but a
much cheaper cost of living. And
it's a lot more adventurous than
Daytona. Politically stable,
Costa Rica has a thriving
industry of recruiting American
retirees.
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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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Monday 06
August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Drug Base Camp Uncovered
Near Quepos
Authorities say they
have uncovered what they
believe is base camp for
drug traffickers to move
drugs through Costa
Rica. The camp was
located in the area of
Portálon, near Quepos,
on the Central Pacific
coast.
Yellow Cab Getting Ready
for Costa Rica
The constant fight
between taxistas
(official taxis) and
porteadores (informal
taxis) may soon be over
if the Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement with the
United States - is
approved, following the
registration of Yellow
Cab CR S.A.
Costa Rica Among
Countries Best To Control Corruption
Costa Rica is one of the countries in
the world with a more advanced fight
against corruption, according to a
report by the Banco Mundial titled "El
buen gobierno importa, 2007”.
Mamatrén A Success
More than 300 mothers
took to the train and began breast
feeding their infants in the "mamatren"
that took place on Saturday as part of a
world movement to promote breastfeeding.
Drunken Son Almost Kills
Father in Traffic
Accident
A night of drinking
almost cost a son the
life of his 80 year old
father, who is barely
hanging on to life at
the Hospital San Juan de
Dios, after the vehicle
we was riding, driven by
his son, slammed into a
stopped bus.
Central American
Ministers to Debate
Child Labour
Ministers of Education
and Work from Central
America and the
Dominican Republic will
meet in this capital
next week to discuss the
problem of child labour
in the region, informed
sources from the
organizing committee of
the meeting.
Nicaraguan Medical
Students Return Home
Nicaraguan Ambassador to
Havana, Luis Cabrera,
highlighted the
determination of
Nicaraguan youngsters,
on their 6th year of
medical studies at the
Latin American School of
Medicine, to treat their
humble country fellows.
Nicaraguan President on
a Crusade against Hunger
We cannot relax or be
happy as long as we have
families in poverty in
Nicaragua, said
President Daniel Ortega
as he presented over 300
productive bonds in
northern Nicaragua.
Panama: World Bank
Supports Better
Education for Rural and
Indigenous Children
The World Bank has
approved additional
financing in the amount
of US$5 million to
improve the quality of
basic education in the
poorest rural and urban
communities of Panama.
The loan will support
the rehabilitation of
schools, the expansion
of early childhood
education programs and
the strengthening of the
Ministry of Education
managerial capacity. The
objective of the
additional loan will
finance the costs
associated with
continued activities of
this well-performing
project.
Castro will not sanction
repented Cuban boxers
Cuban leader Fidel
Castro said on Sunday he
will not sanction Cuban
boxers that deserted
last month during the
Rio de Janeiro-2007 Pan
American Games and that
later repented and want
to return to the
Caribbean island.
BRAZIL:
Amazon Fruit Gatherers
Face Biofuel Dilemma
The babaçú, an abundant
native palm tree in the
eastern Amazon and in
the north and northeast
of Brazil, has great
potential for the
production of "biodiesel"
and biomass fuel, but
the women who make their
living from gathering
its fruit fear the loss
of their traditional
source of income.
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