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Costa
Rica's
Angela
Willis,
right,
in
action
against
U.S.
Cassie
Busse
during
their
Pan
American
Games
volleyball
match in
Rio de
Janeiro,
Saturday,
July 14,
2007. [Foto:
AP
Photo/Martin
Mejia]
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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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Monday 16
July 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Increased Duty Free Shop
Profits Go Towards
Social Programs
Shopping at the
duty free shop at the
Juan Santamaría (San
José) international
airport and soon at the
Liberia airport,
will benefit the poor as
the Instituto Mixto de
Ayuda Social (IMAS) -
the government agency
that runs the duty free
shop - expects to
collect ¢2 billion
colones (us$3.85 million
dollars) from taxes on
sales for this year.
Zona Sur Gets An
Airport
Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias Sánchez,
with his minister of
Transportes, Karla
González and the
vice-minister of
Transportes and
president of the Consejo
Técnico de Aviación
Civil (CTAC), Viviana
Martín Salazar at his
side, signed a
co-operation agreement
with the Junta de
Desarrollo Regional de
la Zona Sur (JUDESUR),
for the construction of
an airport in the Zona
Sur (Southern Zone)
Dangerous Beaches To
Have Signs Warning
Swimmers
Visitors to the beaches
around the country will
soon be able to rely on
signs posted on the
dangers before taking a
plunge in the ocean.
Locals From Turrialba
Foster Their City As A
Rising Tourist
Destination
The idea of a group of
approximately 20 hotel
owners from Turrialba,
in the province of
Cartago, east of San
José, is to promote
their town as a rising
destination, where
visitors can enjoy the
panoramic beauty of the
region and take
advantage of the
attractive products and
services offered by the
locals.
First Central
American Congress of
Tourism Education
Costa Rica will
celebrate on July 18th
and 19th 2007, the First
Central American
Congress of Tourism
Education: “Education:
Strategic point for
tourism development,”
carried out by the Costa
Rican Association of
Professionals in Tourism
(ACOPROT).
Employers Must
Give Time Off To Vote in Referendum
Come Sunday October 7, employers must
give their employees working that day,
one hour off work to allow them to get
out to vote on the trade deal
referendum.
WEEK IN REVIEW
Click here for the
top stories of the past
week.
Panama disease feared to
hit C. Mindanao banana
industry
The Department of
Agriculture in Central
Mindanao has formed a
task force to prevent a
possible outbreak of a
devastating disease
afflicting banana
plantations in the area,
officials have
confirmed.
46 illegal Guatemalan
immigrants apprehended
in SW Mexico
A total of 46 illegal
immigrants from
Guatemala were arrested
on Sunday on a highway
in the southeastern
Mexican state of
Chiapas, said Mexico's
Federal Preventive
Police (PFP).
Fidel Castro: Bush,
Public Health and
Education
Havana, Jul 16 - Cuban
President Fidel Castro
criticized the policy of
the US government on
education, public health
and its projection
towards Latin America,
and highlighted the
progress and solidary
efforts of Cuba in these
fields.
Venezuela Gets Ready for
Constitutional Reform
Venezuela is getting
ready to reform the
Constitution to
guarantee socialist
transformation in this
South American country,
as proposed by President
Hugo Chavez in his
election campaign.
Peruvian official slams
Chile's Fujimori verdict
A Peruvian official on
Sunday slammed a Chilean
verdict barring the
extradition of former
Peruvian President
Alberto Fujimori,
calling it "a shame" of
Chile's judicial power.
RIGHTS-CHILE:
UN
on the Offensive Against
Iraq Mercenaries
Mercenary recruitment
agencies that send
former soldiers to Iraq
have been accused in
Chile of human right
abuses, illegal
association, possession
of explosives and
unauthorised use of army
weaponry, and are the
target of a special
United Nations mission.
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¢516.67 |
¢520.69 |
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B.C.C.R.
14 July 2007 |
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