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During a
celebration
Néon
Nieto's
70 years
in
business,
Costa
Rican
President,
Oscar
Arias,
promotes
his "Si"
campaign
for the
approval
of the
Tratado
de Libre
Comercio
(TLC) -
free
trade
agreement
with the
United
States.
[Foto:
Juan
Carlos
Rubí]
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Retirement
Dream Home Can Be a Good
Investment
(ARA) - Looking for something
other than stocks and bonds to
invest in? Real estate holds
lots of promise right now, not
just in the United States, but
overseas, and a country that's
getting a lot of attention these
days is Costa Rica.
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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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Wednesday 25
July 2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Guanacaste Celebrates
183rd Anniversary
Though today is not a legal
holiday in Costa Rica,
as the July 25 holiday
legally moves Monday
July 30, the
celebrations in
Guanacaste continue as
usual as the region
celebrates its 183rd
anniversary of the
Anexión del Partido de Nicoya, formally
making the province of Guanacaste part
of the Costa Rica.
Ombudsman Calls
For Reforms To Immigration Law
The defensor de los
habitantes (Ombudsman), Daniel Soley, is
urging legislators for a reform to the
Ley de Migración y Extranjería
(immigration law) to allow the
immigration service to refute marriages
of convenience.
Contest To
Eliminate Dengue
In an effort to
eliminate Dengue, tire maker
Bridgestone-Firestone and the Caja
Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS)
have announced a contest with a
¢1.000.000 colones prize for any
community organization committed to an
exercise an plan of action to eliminate
the virus from their community.
Good News For Travellers:
American Adds Direct
Flight From Fort
Lauderdale
at $179
American Airlines has
announced plans for a
round-trip daily service
between San José and
Fort Lauderdale. The
service is expected to
begin on December 13.
Televisa Expands in
Central America
Grupo Televisa's
satellite unit expects
to add 100,000 customers
in Central America after
entering the region with
service to Costa Rica
last week.
Aerocasillas
Delivers Harry Potter
Aerocasillas said
yesterday delivered over 200 copies of
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,
the seventh and final book in J.K.
Rowling’s best-selling children’s
series, to fans all over Costa Rica on
Monday.
"China Ya!" Seminar Next
Week
With the decision of the
Costa Rican government
to establish diplomatic
ties with China, there
is an expected growth
for the export of Costa
Rican products.
More Nicaraguans to
Benefit from Vision Now
in Venezuela
Hundreds of Nicaraguan
people suffering from
cataracts and pterigium
(granulation tissue)
will travel to Venezuela
Tuesday, to have an eye
operation, as part of
the Vision Now Program,
a diplomat source
confirmed.
Panama: Posada Case
Hearing Postponed
The Panama hearing to
try former officials of
the Moscoso government
who released terrorist
Luis Posada Carriles,
was put off until August
14, a lawyer of the
process revealed on
Tuesday.
Honduras Immigration
Director Convicted
The Honduran ex
immiigration director
has been under
preventive detention,
not prison, since May
2005 and was condemned
on Tuesday to nine years
in prison for abuse of
authority in the
"passport case."
Guatemalan Reporter's
Family Ask Justice
Relatives of Guatemalan
journalist Hector
Ramirez, who was
murdered four years ago
in an attack in
Guatemala City, held a
demonstration Tuesday to
demand justice against
those responsible for
the crime.
Brazilian authorities
suspend ticket sale to
airport crash scene
Brazil's National Civil
Aviation Agency (ANAC)
on Tuesday decided to
suspend sales of all
tickets to Sao Paulo's
Congonhas airport that
saw the nation's
deadliest crash last
week, ANAC announced on
Tuesday.
Q&A: Caribbean Alliance
to Protect Humpback
Whales
In December 2006,
marine mammal
sanctuaries in the
Dominican Republic and
the United States set up
an alliance to protect
some 900 humpback
whales. Behind that
initiative was the
tenacity of Nathalie
Ward, director of the
Eastern Caribbean
Cetacean Network (ECCN).
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25 July 2007 |
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