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Sunday 18 November
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Happy Birthday Grace!
Rural Tourism To Get A
Boost At Fair
Tourism authorities will
be holding a IV Feria de
Turismo Rural
Comunitario between
November 23 and 25 to
boost tourism in rural
communities who can
offer alternative
activities to the
traditional tourism of
beaches.
Tibás Gets OK To
Fill In Potholes, Repave Roads
Driving through Tibás
has been a real pain for drivers as it
is the city with one of the worst roads,
full of potholes and deteriorating road
surfaces. But that may all soon come to
an end.
Costa Rican Olympic
Athletes May Be Able To
Train In London
The Comité Olímpico de
Costa Rica (CON) - Costa
Rican Olympic Committee
- said on Friday that
there is a strong
possibility that Costa
Rican athletes that
qualify for Beijing 2008
may be able to train a
sports complex in
London, site of the 2012
Olympics.
Healthy Living Boomer
Expert To Host Costa
Rica Retreat
Baby Boomers are blowing
the lid off the concept
of what it's like to
grow old. With so many
professional and
personal opportunities
to explore and expand,
Boomer women are
reshaping what "middle
age" looks and feels
like.
Poverty Among the Young
During the last year,
the percentage of
poverty among Costa
Rican young people
decreased by 3.9
percent.
11 percent of the bats
Costa Rica is home to
110, or 11 percent, of
the 1,116 species of
bats in the world.
Nicaraguan Foreign
Minister to Discuss
Closer Trade in Moscow
Nicaragua's foreign
minister, Samuel Santos
Lopez,, arrives on an
official visit to Moscow
today to discuss closer
trade and the
possibility of larger
defense and machinery
product deliveries from
Russia.
Nicaragua's Inflation
Rate Will Rise, Central
Bank President Says
Nicaragua's central bank
president said the
country's inflation rate
will increase over the
next two to three months
because of higher oil
prices and the effect of
natural disasters.
Venezuelan Social Policy
Reduces Poverty
Venezuelan authorities
considered on Saturday
that poverty reduction
is a result of the
country's social policy,
which places this South
American nation in the
second place in the
region, according to the
Economic Commission for
Latin America and the
Caribbean (ECLAC).
Ché Guevara Legacy Lives
in Bolivia
The spirit of Latin
American independence
fighter Ernesto Ché
Guevara is being revived
in the Bolivian towns of
Vallegrande and Pucar ,
which today are being
declared free of
illiteracy, thanks to
the Cuban-designed
audiovisual method Yes I
Can.
Cuba vs US for Baseball
World Cup Title
Cuba scored a 5-3
victory on Japan with
left pitcher Aroldis
Chapman and will play
the US Sunday for the
World Baseball Cup title
in Taiwan.
VENEZUELA:
Lightning in the Sky Fed
by Underground Methane
A red, yellow and
orange flash illuminates
a slice of the sky and
Lake Maracaibo in
Venezuela. For a
fraction of a second
after, lightning of
incandescent white move
left to right and right
to left between small
clouds like dark
silhouettes.
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