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Stargazing:
The
Toronto
Star
featured
a
glassy-eyed
Mel
Gibson
in a
photo
with
friends
in Costa
Rica,
where he
plans to
pose for
many
more
pictures
with
strategically
placed
water
bottles.
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Conquering
Costa Rica
Most Americans who travel to
Costa Rica do so to visit the
country’s acclaimed beaches and
resorts or to catch a wave on a
surfboard.
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Guatemala and Costa
Rica: In and Out of
CAFTA
It was a short, but
eloquent, announcement:
after nearly a year in
CAFTA's orbit, the same
traditional exports as
always are growing,
outside of the Central
American Free Trade
Agreement (CAFTA). The
message is overwhelming:
the country "sacrificed"
itself to the Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) with the
United States for
nothing.
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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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Sunday 22 July 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
One Vote
Can Decide The Future of the TLC
The Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE) announced Friday the
definitive numbers for the referendum on
the Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC0 -
trade deal with the United States.
Passengers Live Tense
Moment As Flight Turns
Back After Take Off
Yesterday afternoon, 99
passengers of a Taca
flight to Cancun,
Mexico, lived some tense
moments as the airplane
was turned back moments
after it left the runway
at Juan Santamaría (San
José) international
airport.
Meddling in
Domestic Affairs
Delegates of Central American labor
unions, who met in Managua to
commemorate the 28th anniversary of the
Sandinista Revolution, announced that
they will collect funds in their
countries in order to lend a hand to
their Costa Rican peers and their
efforts to have the “No” win in the
coming October 7 referendum.
Oldest Bridge
The bridge La Garita,
located in Atenas, is
one of the oldest bridge
in the country and 161
years later is still
standing and in use.
WEEK IN REVIEW
Click here for the
top stories of the past
week.
Panama Wants Nicaraguan
Ex-President Extradited
The "immediate arrest
and detention order" of
Nicaraguan ex President
Arnoldo Aleman, issued
by a Panamanian judge,
is meant for him to
appear in court in for
counterfeit money
charges.
Riots Close to
Government House under
Investigation
Panamanian President
Martin Torrijos ordered
to investigate riots
occurred Thursday when
relatives of the dead
people because of an
altered medication
wanted to take their
demand to the interior
of the Panamanian
Government House.
Guatemala Skeptical
about US Stance on
Immigration
Guatemalan authorities
deem unlikely for the
current US Government to
consider immigration
reform again to
normalize the situation
of 12 million illegals.
US Caravan Shuns
Anti-Cuba Blockade
US Reverend Luis Barrios
said that in addition to
solidarity the
traditional caravan to
Cuba is aimed at
exposing the US
blockade.
Fewer Flights To Sao
Paulo Airport After
Tragedy
Brazil's Civil Aviation
Council (Conac) on
Friday announced new
measures to reduce
aircraft traffic at the
Congonhas airport in Sao
Paulo.
COLOMBIA:
Displaced People Find
Relative Calm in Bogotá
What do Colombian
children displaced by
the war like most about
this city? The tall
buildings, the avenues,
the museums and the
cars. They love the
parks, the sports fields
and the rides in the
amusement parks,
according to a report by
the Catholic Church and
the main
non-governmental source
on displaced people.
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B.C.C.R.
21 July 2007 |
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