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The end
of the
heavy
rainy
season
is
around
the
corner,
but care
of the
creeks
and
rivers
is still
required
as
raging
waters
can
result
in
tragedy
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The Best Course to Play
on a Costa Rica Golf
Vacation
The 2004 opening of the
Four Seasons Costa Rica
Golf Club lent great
support to the idea that
Costa Rica can be more
than the low-budget
playground for
rough-and-ready
trekkers, backpackers,
surfers, and
eco-adventurers.
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With Costa Rica's mail,
it's address unknown
Pity the poor Costa
Rican postman. Sure, he
doesn't have to deal
with sleet or snow. But
consider what passes for
an address here: From
the Tibas cemetery, 200
meters south, 300 meters
west, cross the train
tracks, white two-story
house.
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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 05 November
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
ICE On Track To Offer
1.5 Million Cellular
Lines in 2008
The wait will be worth
it as the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE)
continues with its plans
to introduce 1.5 million
new GSM lines by the end
of next year.
Campaign Against
Drinking and Driving
Being Prepared
Christmas is around the
corner and so are the
parties and an increase
in drinking and driving.
Mudslide Closes
Interamericana Sur
Just last week the Interamerican Sur was
re-opened after almost two weeks of
being closed due to the damage to the
road surface by the heavy rains, the
highway was again closed yesterday
morning.
Small Companies Have
Opportunity To Deal With
Internationals
A program initiative by
the Promotora de
Comercio Exterior de
Costa Rica (PROCOMER) -
foreign trade promoter -
will allow small Costa
Rican companies to work
with big international
firms.
Hola, Puerto Rico!
Shouts Mexican Band in Front of Small
Audience
The Estadio Ricardo Saprissa was almost
bare when the Mexican band RBD took to
the stage. Only 5.000 seats were sold as
the band had expectations of a larger
crowd to introduce their mew material.
Nicaragua, The Central
American Country With
The Least Homicides
Nicaragua is expected to
close off the year with
a record, 14 homicides
per 100.000 inhabitants,
well below the
indicators for the
region according to the
international police
organization, Interpol.
Panama's Foreign
Minister Heads to Cuba
Panama's Vice President
and Foreign Minister
Samuel Lewis travels to
Cuba Sunday to attend
the opening of the 25th
Havana International
Fair.
Oruro or Sucre?:
Bolivian Constituent in
a Crossroads
Bolivians' tendency to
solve their problems
nearly on the edge of a
precipice was confirmed
on Sunday, because just
a few hours before the
resumption of the
sessions of the
Constituent Assembly,
the forum's venue is
still a mystery: Sucre
or Oruro?
Floods leave 26 people
dead last month in
Colombia
Flooding after a month
of heavy rainfall across
Colombia has killed 26
people and caused more
than120,000 people to
suffer, Colombian
authorities and the Red
Cross said Sunday.
At least 29 inmates
killed in Argentine
prison fire
A prison in a northern
Argentine province was
struck by arson on
Sunday evening, leaving
at least 29 inmates dead
and many others injured,
the province's justice
minister said on Monday.
HONDURAS:
The Fight to Put
Forestry Law in Action
The battle that broke
out decades ago in
Honduras over illegal
logging has now shifted
to establishing the
legal framework for the
new Forestry Law:
Protected Areas and
Wildlife, long delayed
in Congress.
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