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Carolina
Fernández
is the
first
woman
firefighter
in Costa
Rica.
She,
like
many
Costa
Rican
mothers
today,
will be
spending
the day
working.
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Copa Airlines Expands
Fleet With Delivery of
Boeing 737-800 Aircraft
Copa Airlines,
subsidiary of Copa
Holdings S.A. , took
delivery on August 9th
of a Boeing 737-800
aircraft, increasing its
fleet to 33 aircraft.
Copa's fleet, one of the
youngest in the
Americas, now consists
of 25 Boeing 737 Next
Generation aircraft and
eight EMBRAER 190s.
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Bite of the Vampire
Research published in
the Journal of
Comparative Physiology
has shown that Latin
American vampire bat
populations have
switched blood meals
from rainforest mammals
to cattle, which
indicates the changing
of rainforest ecosystems
into pasture land. The
move has resulted in the
expansion of vampire bat
numbers.
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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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Wednesday 15
August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Although today is
not a "legal" holiday (the legal holiday
is no Monday), it still remains Mother's
Day in Costa Rica and we want to wish
all mothers a happy day.
Majority Of Costa Rica's Mayors
Back Free Trade
Agreement
Costa Rica's mayors
submitted a joint letter
to President Oscar Arias
Tuesday supporting the
free trade agreement
with the United States.
Central Government To
Pass On To
Municipalities The us$50
Million Dollars It
Expects From China
Costa Rican president
Óscar Arias yesterday
offer to transfer to
local municipalities the
us$50 million dollars he
plans to ask from the
Chinese government that
will be either in a form
of a loan or donation.
New Garbage Dump
Opens Amidst Protests
Blockades greeted the
opening of the new garbage dump in
Aserri yesterday. The official opening
ceremony of the sanitary fill on the
south side of San José was to have taken
place at 9:30am, but due to a blockade
by local residents opposing the dump in
their backyard, the ceremony was called
off as Juan Vicente Durán, manager of
EBI Costa Rica dealt with the
protestors.
Mothers Celebrate Their
Day Working
Although today is
Mother's Day in Costa
Rica, the majority of
mothers will spend the
day, for the second year
in a row, working
instead of spending the
day with family.
Ruptured Water Main
Causes Traffic Havoc
A broken water pipe that
runs under the bridge
100 metres west of Casa
Presidencial in Zapote
forced the closure of
the lanes of the
Circunvalación between
San Pedro and Zapote
last night.
Warning: Hurricane
"Dean" Could Affect Costa Rica
The tropical storm
"Dean" is expected to convert to a class
1 hurricane in the coming days and it
could affect Costa Rica, according to
meteorologist Rosario Alfaro.
Nicaragua Reaffirms Ties
to Taiwan
Nicaragua reaffirmed its
diplomatic loyalty to
Taiwan yesterday,
denouncing Costa Rica
for switching
recognition to Beijing
and urging the
international community
to re-examine UN
Resolution 2758 - the
resolution recently
cited by the UN
Secretariat as a basis
for excluding Taiwan
from the world body.
Youth Alphabetize in
Panama
Over 3,000 Panamanian
youth are currently
working as volunteers in
eight provinces, to
achieve the United
Nations declare this
country free of
illiteracy by 2009.
EU Observers to
Guatemalan Elections
The European Union,
among other
institutions, will
monitor the elections in
Guatemala, where this
campaign is considered
the most violent since
democracy was restored.
Honduran Judges Fear
Insecurity Environment
The Honduran judicial
power debates because of
the climate of
insecurity in the
country continued to
focus public attention
on Tuesday.
Argentina issues arrest
warrant for Venezuelan
accused of importing
cash
Argentine prosecutor
Maria Luz Rivas Diez
issued an international
arrest warrant Tuesday
for Venezuelan Guido
Antonini Wilson, who
tried to bring
us$800,000 dollars into
the country.
GUATEMALA:
Labour Rights Mean
Little in Maquila
Factories
"We had no set
punch out time.
Sometimes we would work
through the night until
dawn," said Everilda
Yanis, who worked at an
export garment factory
in Guatemala that closed
down in December 2006,
leaving her and hundreds
of co-workers in the
street with no severance
pay.
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/Sell us$1 |
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¢520.69 |
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15 August 2007 |
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