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Fernando
Naranjo
and Marco Vinicio
Ruiz
defended
the "Si",
while
Mauricio
Castro
and
Juan
Manuel Villasuso
defended
the "No"
in the
first of
a series
of seven
public
debates
on the
Tratado
de Libre
Comercio
- free
trade
agreement
with the
United
States-
that is
to be
voted on
the
October
7
referendum.
The
debate
was
broadcast
live on
channel
13 last
night
and
coming
Thursdays.
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Costa Rica Ecolodge Ups
Environmental Ante
Actions speak louder
than words, especially
when it comes to issues
of sustainability—that’s
why Lapa Rios Ecolodge,
honored as Rainforest
Alliance’s 2007
Sustainable
Standard-Setter, is
announcing an
environmentally
conscious transition to
primarily biodiesel
powered electricity.
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Government Plans to Kick
Off Limón Works in 2008
The Costa Rican
government expects to
begin in 2008 sewage
expansion and flood
prevention works as part
of a project to
redevelop port city
Limón on the Caribbean
coast, according to
Limón province
inter-institutional
coordinator Álvaro
Rodríguez.
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Green-speak in Costa
Rica
Some things naturally go
together: beach
vacations and sunburn,
airplane seats and neck
stiffness, five-star
hotels and five-figure
bills for a week's stay.
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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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Friday 24
August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Buses Continue To
Operate With Doors Open Despite Recent
Fatal Accidents
Public buses running with their doors
open continue despite a crack down by
the Policía de Tránsito and deaths, like
that of Maria Calvo last November and
Blanca Fernandez on Wednesday.
Chinese Embassy Opens in
Costa Rica
Chinese Assistant
Foreign Minister He Yafei on Thursday
inaugurated China's
Embassy in Costa Rica,
after diplomatic ties
were established between
the two nations on June
1.
Coffee Pickers Needed
If you are looking for
work, to earn extra
money or beat the
boredom of daily life,
the Instituto
Costarricense del Café (Icafé)
has put out the word
that it needs some
45.000 foreign coffee
picjers for the
2007-2008 harvest.
ACAM Ordered To
Suspend Collections While in Appeal
Las Asociación de
Compositores y Autores
Musicales de Costa Rica
(ACAM) has been told by
the Sala IV
(Constitutional Court)
to suspend its
collection on royalties
until further advised
following an appeal by
the Bar La Guaria Numero
Dos in downtown San
José.
Mother's Day Back on
August 15th
Legislative deputies
yesterday approved in
second debate the
reforms to the law that
will move Mother's Day
back to its original
day, August 15th,
beginning in 2008.
A Million Nicaraguan
Kids Unofficial
A million Nicaraguan
children and
adolescents, about 35
percent of the
population, live in
legal limbo because
their parents never
registered them in the
Civilian Registry of
Persons.
Nicaragua Shaken
by 4.2 Quake
An earthquake registering 4.2 on the
Richter scale shook the Nicaraguan
Pacific coast Thursday, although no
victims or material damage were
reported.
Panama Torrijos Says
No to US Pressure
Election of the
Panamanian National
Assembly president hit
the headlines again on
Thursday after President
Martin Torrijos excluded
any possible US
interference in the
decision.
Victim families:
Colombian rebels to hand
over bodies of kidnapped
legislators
Bodies of 11 Colombian
legislators kidnapped by
the country's rebel
revolutionary Armed
Forces (FARC)will soon
be brought to their
families by officials
from the International
Red Cross (ICRC), family
members of the victims
said on Thursday.
Venezuelan
legislature calls for
December referendum on
constitutional reforms
Venezuela's National
Assembly on Thursday
called on electoral
authorities to set a
date in December for a
referendum on
constitutional changes
that would end
presidential-term
limits.
ECUADOR:
Support Grows for
Letting Sleeping Amazon
Oil Lie
The innovative offer by
the government of
Ecuador to refrain from
exploiting its largest
oil reserve, in exchange
for international
compensation for nature
conservation, is
attracting increasing
support.
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