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Costa
Rica's
Miss
World
contestant,
Wendy
Cordero
Sanchez,
leaves a
hotel to
head to
rehearsals
for the
Miss
World
pageant
at
Yalong
Bay in
Sanya,
Hainan,
China.
The
pageant
will be
held in
the
southern
resort
city of
Sanya on
Dec. 1.
[AP
Photo/Andy
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Pleasant Holidays
Announces Costa Rica as
Its Newest Destination
Pleasant Holidays and
its luxury brand,
Distinguished Resorts,
today announced the
launch of new travel
programs to Costa Rica.
Continuing to deliver on
their commitment to
provide world-wide
leisure travel products
to travel agents and
their clients, the
companies will begin
taking reservations for
Costa Rica bookings
December 1, 2007, for
travel in January 2008
and beyond. |
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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...
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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Friday 30 November
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Traffic Law Reforms
Stalled At Riteve
At midday yesterday a
taxi driver in downtown
Heredia hit a woman and
her child in full view
of witnesses. The taxi
driver, though insisting
before the television
cameras was not drunk,
was found to have a
blood alcohol level of
3.93. 0.49 is the legal
limit in Costa Rica.
UCR Poll Reveals High
Consumer Confidence
An opinion poll by
conducted by the Escuela
de Estadística y Centro
de Opinión at
Universidad de Costa
Rica (UCR), reveals that
72% of Costa Ricans are
confident that their
family income will
increase over the next
12 months.
Costa Rican Teachers
Threaten to Strike
The Costa Rican
organization Magisterio
en Accion, which groups
several teachers associations, has threatened
to go on strike to
prevent the beginning of
the 2008 school year,
because teachers were
excluded from a wage
increase.
Shark Docs Closed
Temporarily
INCOPESCA, the Costa
Rican fisheries
institute said yesterday
it has closed all public
and private docks to
international shark
boats.
Quintavalle Proposes
Financial Settlement To
His Investors
Italian businessman,
Matteo Quintavalle,
accused of bilking
millions of American
investors, yesterday
offered his investors a
financial settlement
during a private hearing
at the Juzgado Penal de
Pavas.
Panama's Private Clinics
Scab Strike
Five of the so-called
private popular clinics
in Panama began offering
services to the
population on Thursday
under a government
contract, to confront a
24-day medical strike in
public hospitals.
Panama Transportation
Strike Imminent
Leaders of the owners of
public buses in Panama
said Thursday that a
national strike may
begin tomorrow due to
the excessive price of
diesel, which is
expected to increase
even more in the next
few hours.
Ecuador Sets Up First
Public TV Channel
One of the first
programs of "Ecuador TV"
on Thursday was
President Rafael Correa
welcoming its
broadcasting as the
nation"s first public TV
channel that will cover
the Constituent Assembly
sessions from
Montecristi, Manabi.
Venezuela Needs New
Constitution
The Venezuelan
Constitutional reform is
a need for the
revolutionary process,
to boost a larger power
distribution, the
Republic's Vice
President Jorge
Rodriguez stated
Thursday.
Colombia Releases Video
Proof of Hostages
Are Alive
The Colombian government
Friday released video
footage of kidnapped
former presidential
candidate Ingrid
Betancourt and three
Americans as evidence
that the hostages held
by the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC) are still alive.
COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA:
Diplomatic Crisis
Worries Border Dwellers
Rubén Plata works like
"fly-by-night" capital:
wherever he finds the
best returns is where he
can be found. He moves
from one activity to the
next without looking
back, although he draws
the line at anything
"crooked."
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/Sell us$1 |
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¢502.25 |
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B.C.C.R.
29 November 2007 |
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