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The
General
Cañas
highway
lacks
proper
drainage,
creating
havoc
for
drivers
during
downpours.
The foto
was
taken
yesterday
afternoon,
100
metres
east of
the Rio
Segundo,
during a
seasonal
downpour
that
lasted
only
minutes
before
the
sunshine
returned.
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Costa Rica
Luxury Holidays Top 10 Hotels
for 2007
This week Costa Rica Holiday, a
unique Travel Agency based in
San José, Costa Rica released
its list of top 10 Costa Rican
Hotels. The hotels were graded
on customer responses and
feedback over the year
2006/2007, but also their
efficiency when dealing with
Costa Rica Holiday.
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Decision
on megaport studies expected by
September
Costa Rican Atlantic port
authority Japdeva is expected to
reach a decision by the
beginning of September on
preliminary studies for a
US$650mn megaport project, an
official from national
concessions board CNC told
BNamericas.
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The Non
Sensicals Of Our
Traffic Laws
Traffic laws in Costa
Rica are upheld by the Dirección
General Policía de Tránsito,
with some 800 officials or
Tránsitos as their known, who
patrol the highways and bi-ways
of the nation.
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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 14
July 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Half Million
Vacationers Will Be Making Their Way
Home Over the Weekend
The highways and bi-ways
all over the country will be very busy
today and tomorrow and the Policía de
Tránsito will be out in full force
keeping an eye on drunk and
careless drivers, the two major causes
of traffic accidents.
Emergency Room
Doctors
Overworked With
Non-Emergencies
The emergency room
services of the Caja
Costarricense de Seguro
Social (CCSS) is
saturated by a large
number of patients, who
according to medical
doctors, are not real
emergencies, causing to
overwork the emergency
doctors, who see as many
as 100 patients during
their 8 hour shift.
Costa Rica and Panama To
Hold Bi-lateral Talks
Costa Rica's foreign
minister, Bruno Stagno,
announced yesterday that
he will be meeting with
his Panamanian
counterpart, Samuel
Lewis, in David, Panama,
for their first
bi-national meeting.
Persecution Denounced
in Costa Rica
A climate of persecution
and authoritarianism has
taken hold in Costa Rica
under the administration
of Oscar Arias Sanchez,
denounced sociologist
Rogelio Cedeño.
X-Way Ticket Probe
Travels to Costa Rica
Attorneys traveled to
Costa Rica to question
the man Friday who got
$2,600 in theme-park
tickets supplied by a
contractor for the
region's toll-road
agency.
"Jesus Christ the Man"
Again in Costa Rica
José Luis de Jesús
Miranda, who calls
himself "Jesus Christ
the Man" is back in
Costa Rica, this time to
hold a convention for
his followers, this
weekend.
Ortega Praises
Venezuela's Aid
Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega highly
spoke of the Venezuelan
solidarity support in
moments in which the
Central American country
is going through a
serious energy crisis
U.S., Colombia talk
about installation of
military base
The United States is
talking with the
Colombian government on
the establishment of a
military base in
Colombia for anti-drug
operations in Latin
America, Colombian radio
station La W reported on
Friday.
Organized Crime Causes
Violence in Guatemala
Many political
assassinations in
Guatemala are committed
by organized criminals
who want to step up the
latter of power, a local
entrepreneur said on
Friday.
One Million Cubans to
Work in Elections
At least one million
Cubans will take part in
the organization and
development of the
October general
elections, president of
the National Electoral
Commission Maria Esther
Reus confirmed on
Friday.
Peru strike traps 1,200
tourists in Machu Picchu
A national strike in
Peru, in its second day
on Thursday, has trapped
1,200 tourists in the
ancient Inca city of
Machu Picchu, in the
south Andes province of
Cusco.
COLOMBIA:
Using Communication to
Build Peace
"We don't want to give
birth to children who go
off to war. We want our
children to be
filmmakers, painters,
dentists, whatever they
want, but not to repeat
this disgraceful war," a
Colombian woman tells
IPS.
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