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The
bridge
over the
San
Carlos
river
that
connects
Boca
Arenal
and la
Hacienda
Mayju
was
completed
destroyed
by the
heavy
rain and
fllooding
of the
last day
in the
Northern
Zone and
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PIG-POWERED Eco Lodge in
Costa Rica
While you may not
naturally associate pig
feces with ‘clean’
energy, the Lapa Rios
Ecolodge in Costa Rica
manages to makes pig poo
power seem smart, sexy
and super sustainable
with their
environmentally friendly
resort.
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Panama & Costa Rica Real
Estate Map
Panama City, Panama (PRWEB)
- Swiss Panama Group,
Corp. operators of
Encuentra24.com and
Inmobiliaria24.com
announced yesterday the
recent inclusion of a
new map location search
tool for Panama and
Costa Rica properties
listed in both websites.
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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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Thursday 08 November
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Traffic Law
Reforms Would Mean Mandatory Jail For
Drunk Drivers
Four years jail without
the condition of parole is what the
Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos is being
asked by a number of legislators to
include in the reforms of the Ley de
Tránsito for drunk drivers involved in a
traffic accident resulting in death.
73.000 People
Still Waiting For A Telephone Line
According to the Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE) there still were,
as of last year, some 73.000 people
still waiting to get a fixed line
telephone. That is almost half of the
134.500 people who were on the waiting
list in 2002.
Heavy Rain Displaces 60
in Northern Zone and
Caribbean
While the
rainy season is leaving
the Pacific North and
Central Valley, the
Northern Zone and
Caribbean were hit by
heavy rains and
flooding, forcing some
60 people to seek
shelter.
TLC To Be Signed
Into Law Next Week
Next Wednesday, 14
November, Costa Rican president, Oscar
Arias Sánchez, will place his
presidential signature on the Tratado de
Libre Comercio (TLC) - free trade
agreement with the United States -
according to the ministro de la
Presidencia, Rodrigo Arias.
Quadruplets Born At
Hospital México; Couple
Now Has 8 Children
Twenty seven year old
Íngrid Garita Méndez, a
resident of Monteverde,
yesterday morning gave
birth to quadruplets at
the Hospital México,
bringing her family now
to a total of eight
children.
Use of Commuter
Train Almost Doubles
Facing high gasoline
prices and rising taxi and bus fares,
more and more people are taking the
commuter train, according to the
Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles
(INCOFER).
Nicaragua to US
Ambassador: "Back Off"
Nicaragua's governing
Sandinista National
Liberation Front and
opposition PLC
(Constitutional Liberal
Party) lashed out
Wednesday at meddling
statements by US
Ambassador Paul Trivelli.
Strike Prevents
Torrijos from Summit
Panamanian President
Martin Torrijos canceled
his participation in the
Ibero-American Summit in
Chile because of a
strike paralyzing
hospitals for a second
consecutive day.
Guatemala House Back to
Work
Guatemalan deputies
resume the plenary
sessions Wednesday,
after a long electoral
recess in which the
legislative agenda was
at a standstill.
Police take control of
Argentina jail after
riot
Police in Santiago del
Estero state in northern
Argentina took over the
management of the state
jail Wednesday following
a riot in which 34
people died.
Protestors block
railroad of mining
company in Brazil
Brazilian mining company
Companhia Vale do Rio
Doce (CVRD) said
Wednesday that
approximately 6,000
people, including
mineral prospectors
along with members of
the Landless Workers
Movement (MST) and Via
Campesina, blocked a
railroad run by the
company in northern
Brazil.
PERU-IRAQ:
A
Year in Hell for 1,000
Dollars a Month
Former Peruvian
noncommissioned army
officer Norman Alfonso
Solano is happy because
he has once again been
recruited to work as a
private security guard
in one of the most
dangerous places in the
world: Iraq.
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07 November 2007 |
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