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Some
pothole!
The
heavy
rain of
yesterday
caused
flooding
in many
areas
and
covered
potholes
like the
one
above in
Pitahaya,
100
metres
east of
the Mas
X Menos
in la
Sabana.
Other
problems
in the
area
caused a
massive
afternoon
rush
hour
traffic
jam as
the road
running
on the
north
side of
the
Parque
la
Sabana
was
under 8
inches
of water
and a
mudslide
on the
Escazú -
Santa
Ana
highway,
ahead of
the
Tiribí
river
bridge.
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Guanacaste
consortium, Enercon ink turbine,
O&M deal
Consorcio JES, the consortium
behind a 49.5MW wind power
generation project in Costa
Rica's Guanacaste province, has
signed a turbine supply and
installation agreement with
German wind power company
Enercon.
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What is a Lunar Eclipse?
A lunar eclipse occurs
whenever the Moon passes
through some portion of
the Earth's shadow. This
can occur only when the
Sun, Earth, and Moon are
aligned exactly, or very
closely so, with the
Earth in the middle.
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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 31
August 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Decree Requires
Yellow Fever Vaccination From Visitors
of High Risk Countries Like Colombia and
Venezuela
In the coming months, visitors to Costa
Rica from countries with a high risk of
"yellow fever" will require a
certificate known as "Certificado
Internacional de Vacunación contra la
Fiebre Amarilla" before they will be
allowed to enter.
300.000 GSM Lines
Purchase Approved
The Contraloría General
de la República (CGR) -
Comptroller's office -
yesterday approved the
purchase of an
additional 300.000 GSM
cellular telephone lines
by the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE).
More than 150
International Observers
To Be Present For
Referendum
The Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE)is
expecting some 150
international
"observers" to attend
the October 7 referendum
on the Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - free
trade agreement with the
United States.
Effective Social
Policies Urgently Needed
in Latin America, Arias
Says
Costa Rica's ministro de
la Presidencia and
brother to president
Oscar Arias said last
night that Latin America
urgently needs effective
social policies to
improve people's quality
of life.
Family Waiting on
Return of Body To Nicaragua
In Chinadega, Nicaragua, some 170
kilometres from the capital city of
Managua, the Díaz centeno family wait
the return of the body of one of their
own, Martha Johanna Díaz Centeno, whose
body was found naked and faced down in a
field in the area known as Monte del
Aguacate, near Atenas.
Sandinistas Deny
Venezuelan
Government Funding of
Presidential Campaign
The Sandinista
government belied
earlier this week any
financial aid from the
Venezuelan government to
the National Liberation
Sandinista Front (FLSN)
during the past
presidential campaign
where Daniel Ortega won
the election, or the
existence of Venezuelan
advisors in Managua.
Panamanian President
Replaces 5 Ministers
Amid Tainted Medicine
Scandal
Panama's president
replaced Panama's health
minister and four other
Cabinet members in the
wake of a scandal over
deadly medicine made at
a government laboratory.
Dirty Campaigns Prevail
in Guatemala
Just ten days before the
Guatemalan general
elections, the
candidates seem to be
more interested in
discrediting their
rivals than going in
depth into their own
proposals to the
citizenry, election
organizers warned on
Thursday.
Chavez Pardons Colombian
Paramilitary
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez Frias
pardoned 41 Colombian
citizens arrested in
2004, accused of forming
a paramilitary group
intending operations
against Chavez, official
sources informed on
Thursday.
Bolivia Morales
Critiques Dissent
The Bolivian government
accused dissenters of
threatening the
Constituent Assembly,
halted Thursday, in
spite of a Constitution
project slated to be
delivered before
December 14.
LATIN AMERICA:
Careful with the Toys
Between one-quarter and
half of the toys in the
hands of girls and boys
in many Latin American
countries are contraband
items and many contain
substances that are
dangerous to human
health.
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31 August 2007 |
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