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The
Policía
de
Tránsito
mean
business
this
year in
their
fight
against
drunk
driving
and
speeding,
with the
aim to
reduce
traffic
accidents
and
deaths.
This
year
daytime
spot
checks
will the
norm, in
addition
to the
night
time
operations.
In
addition,
undercover
operatives
of the
Conavi
will be
riding
buses
and
hailing
taxis to
combat
the rise
in drunk
drivers
providing
public
services. |
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New Free eBook Reveals
Tips for Vacationing in
Costa Rica
While researching
vacation spots in the
Caribbean, publisher Joe
Farinaccio uncovered
some valuable tips and
information on Costa
Rica. He announced he's
giving them away in a
free ebook, "Insider
Tips and Activities
Guide for Costa Rica,"
to anyone looking for a
unique, tropical
getaway. |
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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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Wednesday 05 December 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Tránsito Declares War On
Drunk Drivers
Tránsito officials will
be on duty day and night between now and
New Years in a war to combat drunk
driving and speeding on the nation's
roads, in the hopes of reducing the
accident and mortality rate for the
season.
Costa Living On The
Increase
The cost of living in
Costa Rica between
January and November was
pegged at 8.98%,
slightly higher that the
projected 8% by the
Banco Central de Costa
Rica (BCCR) - Central
Bank.
La Reforma Prisoners on
Hunger Strike
Some 500 prisoners at
the state penitentiary,
La Reforma, are on a
hunger strike, demanding
better food and living
conditions and citing a
number of abuses by the
guards as the reason for
their protest.
New Cellular Lines
Will Be Available For Christmas, ICE
Says
For those looking to
offer a cellular telephone, with a line,
for Christmas, the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), is
playing Santa Claus by promising 300.000
new GSM lines before Christmas.
A Really Inconvenient
Truth: Divorce Is Not
Green
ScienceDaily - The
data are in. Divorce is
bad for the environment.
A novel study that links
divorce with the
environment shows a
global trend of soaring
divorce rates has
created more households
with fewer people, has
taken up more space and
has gobbled up more
energy and water. A
statistical remedy: Fall
back in love.
Cohabitation means less
urban sprawl and softens
the environmental hit.
Quintavalle A Free
Man, Conditionally
Matteo Quintavalle, the
Italian businessman accused of
defrauding a number of his American
investors, was a free man last night, on
the condition that he sign every 15 days
and not leave the country.
Opposition Asks Ortega
to Learn "Lesson" From
Venezuela
The Nicaraguan
opposition on Monday
asked President Daniel
Ortega to re-think his
most controversial
proposals, one day after
a constitutional reform
promoted by Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez
was defeated in a
referendum.
Striking Panama Doctors
Slash Services
Physicians from public
hospitals on strike 29
days ago announced
Tuesday they will not
work in private
consultations either, to
press the government to
accept their salary and
labor demands.
Honduras Very Poor in
Human Development
Honduras is the second
worst in Central America
for development and
improvement of the
standard of living of
its citizens, according
to the 2007-2008 Human
Development Report of
the UN Development
Programme.
Guatemala Indigenous
Trial A Concern
The Rigoberta Menchu
Foundation expressed
concern Tuesday about
the trial of seven
Guatemalan indigenous
people who demonstrated
against Montana mining
transnational, when it
deprived them of their
lands.
Colombia Does Not Want
Negotiation
A Colombian daily
lambasted the Colombian
government Tuesday for
refusing any political
negotiation and
sabotaging Venezuela's
steps toward a
humanitarian exchange
with the Colombian
Revolutionary Armed
Forces (FARC)
guerrillas.
CUBA:
Machismo Not O.K. - But
Not Yet K.O.’d
Gradually, more
men in Cuba are
declining to take on
traditional masculine
behaviour patterns, and
women who oppose the
machismo and sexism that
still predominates are
opening up ways of
changing gender
relations, beyond the
effects of official
measures taken to
promote equality over
the last 50 years.
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B.C.C.R.
05 December 2007 |
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