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The
Ministerio
de
Hacienda
(Revenue
Ministry)
invested
some
˘100
million
colones
(us$194.000)
to
purchase
21 new
cars to
be used
to
strengthen
tax
controls
and
reduce
tax
evasion.
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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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Tuesday 07
August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Polls Differ on
TLC Vote; Which To Believe
A poll by Unimer
published in La Nación says that 51.5
per cent of respondents would ratify the
Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC), while a
poll by the Universidad de Costa Rica
says that 56.7 per cent of respondents
would vote "No" in the October 7
referendum on the trade deal known
locally as the Tratado de Libre Comercio
(TLC).
Arias To Ask China
For us$50 Million
The price tag for China
establishing relations with Costa Rica
may be as high as us$50 million dollars
to start, as Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, is getting ready to ask its
new trading partner for financial help
destined for 81 municipalities.
Costa Rica signs UN
Convention on Migratory
Species
Costa Rica has signed
the United Nations
Convention on Migratory
Species becoming the
convention's 130th
member nation, the
Foreign Ministry said
Monday.
US Federal Officials
Ordered To Inspect
Imports From Costa Rica
On orders from President
Bush, two top federal
regulators dropped in
Monday on marine
terminals in Camden and
Gloucester City to
observe how fresh
bananas and pineapples
from Costa Rica are
handled.
Home Expo Starts
Tomorrow
If your are looking to
buy a house, beginning tomorrow
Expo-Casa will unite bankers and
builders offering deals to potential
buyers, all from one location.
CARICOM, Central
America Talk Free Trade
Central America and the
Caribbean will discuss a
free trade agreement on
Wednesday in Trinidad
and Tobago.
Lula to Mexico: Join
South America
President of Brazil Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva
called on Mexico Monday
to join a trade bloc
made up of entire South
America.
Cuba Stays Firm against
Nukes
The president of Cuba's
Movement for Peace and
Sovereignty of the
Peoples, Jose Ramon
Rodriguez, reiterated
Monday that his country
rejects nuclear arms
proliferation.
Mafias Retake Main
Guatemala Jail Control
At least two groups of
prisoners retook control
of the largest
Guatemalan jail of Pavon,
to plan criminal actions
and traffic drugs,
according to an
accusation published in
this capital Monday.
Salvadorian police
arrest 20 illegal S.
American migrants
El Salvador's National
Civilian Police (PNC)
has arrested 16
Ecuadorians, three
Bolivian and a Peruvian
who were traveling
illegally to the
country, according to
news reaching here on
Monday.
BRAZIL:
Discovering Bus Travel
Brazil’s air crisis is
changing the look of the
crowds in bus stations
in large cities like Rio
de Janeiro and Sao
Paulo. Many well-heeled
Brazilians are opting,
for the first time, to
travel by bus in order
to avoid the mounting
delays in airports and,
in some cases, a new
fear of flying.
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