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Downtown
retailers
and
residents
prefer
to pile
up the
garbage
on the
streets
of
downtown
San José
rather
than
wait for
regular
garbage
collection.
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Pleasant Holidays
Announces Costa Rica as
Its Newest Destination
Pleasant Holidays and
its luxury brand,
Distinguished Resorts,
today announced the
launch of new travel
programs to Costa Rica.
Continuing to deliver on
their commitment to
provide world-wide
leisure travel products
to travel agents and
their clients, the
companies will begin
taking reservations for
Costa Rica bookings
December 1, 2007, for
travel in January 2008
and beyond. |
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The Four "Gringo" Lies
in Costa Rica
Costa Ricans always
often joke that the
three biggest lies in
Costa Rica are: el zarpe
(the last drink of the
night), Te Pago Mañana
(I will pay you
tomorrow), and a third,
which cannot be
published in a "family"
publication.
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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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Saturday 01 December 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Costa Rica Claims
Success in Combating
AIDS
Today, December 1, is
Worlds Aids Day,
dedicated to raising
awareness of the AIDS
pandemic caused by the
spread of HIV infection.
AIDS has killed more
than 25 million people,
with an estimated 38.6
million people living
with HIV, making it one
of the most destructive
epidemics in recorded
history.
San José Airport Will
Count With Eight
Additional Board Gates
For the High Tourist
Season
The high tourist season
is upon us and workers
at the Juan Santamaría
International airport in
San José are feverishly
working to put the
finishing touches to
eight new boarding
gates.
ICE TO Offer GSM
Lines In Two Weeks, One Month Early
The Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) said
it wants to take advantage of the
Christmas shopping spree and will offer
300.000 GSM cellular lines by mid month
instead of January as it had earlier
announced.
Frontier's Expansion
Continues With its First
Flight to Costa Rica
At 6:35am this morning,
Frontier Airlines landed
its new service from
Denver International
Airport (DEN) hub to San
José (SJO). The non-stop
flights - Denver's only
non-stop service to
Costa Rica - utilizes
Frontier's new fleet of
Airbus A319 aircraft
with above-average
legroom, DIRECTV(R)
service and pay-per-view
movies in every seat
back.
Eureka Fighters in Costa
Rica
Two mixed martial arts (MMA)
fighters from the
Humboldt Gym in Eureka,
California, have
traveled to Costa Rica
for matches being held
today.
Human Development
Costa Rica placed 48,
among 177 nations, in the most recent
issue of the Human Development Index,
which is done by the United Nations
Program for Development (UNPD).
Panama, Docked Docs to
Sue
The Panama government's
docking salaries for the
last 15 days of striking
public hospital
physicians heated up the
25-day conflict Friday,
with professionals in
the National Medical
Negotiating Committee (Comenenal)
saying they will bring a
lawsuit against the
State.hostages held
by the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC) are still alive.
Panama Receives Central
American Pharmacists
Pharmaceutical experts
from 16 Central American
and Caribbean countries
are debating Friday in
Panama how to foster a
legislation to ensure
rational use of
medications and avoid
excessive expense.
Honduran Migrants Die
Chasing US Dream
At least 160 Hondurans
have died so far this
year, mainly in Mexico,
on their illegal journey
to seek better life
alternatives in the
United States, the
Consular Department
revealed.
Guatemalans Reject
Deputy Privileges
The recent law passed by
Guatemalan legislators
giving themselves a
salary increase,
compensations and other
perks with state funds
has fired the people's
indignation, as borne
out by several polls.
Increased AIDS Alarm in
El Salvador
The Public Health
Ministry in El Salvador
confirmed that from
January to October more
than 1,800 new AIDS
cases were registered,
higher than the same
period in 2006.
Over 400 Arrested in Sao
Paulo For Using Child
Prostitution
Sao Paulo police
arrested over 400 people
allegedly involved in
using child prostitutes
in nightclubs in
Brazil's biggest city,
police said Friday.
COLOMBIA:
The Chibcha Culture -
Forgotten, But Still
Alive
Use of the sacred coca
leaf, respect for water
and nature, and other
practices of the
pre-Columbian Chibcha or
Muisca culture survive
in Colombia in spite of
five centuries under
attack. The culture was
as highly-developed as
those of the
better-known Inca, Maya
and Aztec people,
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