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Although
San José
will
have its
Cow
Parade
next
year,
the town
of
Atenas,
west of
San
José,
has had
its
cow
monument
by
sculptor
Manuel
Torrecillas
since
2003. |
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Dealing With the Weak
U.S. Dollar
The U.S. dollar is weak
against many foreign
currencies, making it
more expensive than ever
to travel abroad,
according to
TravelSmart,
who is recommending
Americans to consider
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The Four "Gringo" Lies
in Costa Rica
Costa Ricans always
often joke that the
three biggest lies in
Costa Rica are: el zarpe
(the last drink of the
night), Te Pago Mañana
(I will pay you
tomorrow), and a third,
which cannot be
published in a "family"
publication.
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A collection of our best fotos
of news events, people,
happenings in Costa Rica and
more...
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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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Saturday 17 November
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
ICE TO Begin VoIP
Pilot Program Next Month
The current rate for an international
call to the United States is us$0.30
cents per minute, however, if the call
is made by way of the internet, using
VoIP, the call costs only us$0.05 cents
per minute.
Cow Invasion Coming!
An internationally
recognized movement -
the "cow parade" - will
be making its way to San
José next year as part
of the Municipalidad de
San José's effort to
bring more art to the
capital and make it a
pedestrian friendly
destination.
Inflation at 7.65
percent
The overall inflation
for the first 10 months this year was
7.65 percent, according to the National
Statistics and Census Bureau.
2 Million
Visitors!
The Minister of Tourism,
Carlos Benavides, forecasts that the
number of tourists visiting Costa Rica a
year will reach 2 million in late 2008.
Costa Rica's Wanchope
Calls It Quits
Chicago Fire forward
Paulo Wanchope, the
second-leading scorer in
Costa Rican history,
retired on Friday.
Quadriplegic Woman to
Receive Life-Changing
Stem-Cell Therapy in
Costa Rica
Most homes in America
have at least one or two
old cell phones lying in
a drawer or closet
somewhere, not really
doing anything except
collecting dust. But
what if those very cell
phones could be used to
help a quadriplegic walk
again? They can, by
donating them to the
Jordanne Menzies
Stem-Cell Therapy Fund.
Nicaragua Business Nays
Upping Minimum Wage
The Nicaraguan business
sector is opposing the
new minimum wage, under
negotiation by the
government, unions and
private employers, which
would cover the total
cost of a family's basic
needs, as demanded by
workers.
Panama Gets Tough with
Doctors
President Martin
Torrijos warned public
health physicians, in
their 11th day of a
strike for a salary
increase, that the
government would begin
today, Friday, to deduct
time absent from their
pay and would hire
temporary doctors.
Colombian Armed Forces
Seize Another Drug
Trafficking Submarine
Colombia's armed forces
seized one of the
largest submarines
designed for drug
trafficking through the
Pacific to Central
America, Navy officials
said Friday.
Venezuela Says OPEC
Summit Political
Venezuelan Oil Minister
Rafael Ramirez said
Friday in this capital
that the Summit of the
Organization of
Petroleum Exporting
Countries' Chiefs of
State has a political
character.
Strong Quake Rocks
Ecuador
A strong earthquake
struck Ecuador's Pacific
region on Thursday, but
no casualties or damage
were reported,
authorities said.
LATIN AMERICA:
And Now For Some More
Ambitious Anti-Poverty
Goals
Sixty-eight percent of
the time available for
reaching the first
Millennium Development
Goal (MDG), which is to
halve the proportion of
people living in extreme
poverty by 2015, has
expired, and Latin
America has gone 87
percent of the way
towards achieving it.
Countries that have
advanced the most should
now work on halving
total poverty, ECLAC
says.
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17 November 2007 |
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