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A Costa
Rican
woman
holds a
national
flag
with a "Sí"
(Yes)
written
on it as
she
leaves
the
polling
station
during
the
referendum
to
approve
the
Tratado
de Libre
Comercio
(TLC) -
free
trade
agreement
with the
United
States,
in San
José.
Costa
Ricans
voted in
favour
of the
trade
deal
ending
five
years of
debate.
[Foto:
Yuri
Cortez] |
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Costa Rica Lures Big
Tour Outfits
Several years ago, when
the Chicago-based
Caravan Tours
(800-Caravan or
caravantours.com)
created a 10-day, $995
tour of Costa Rica (not
including airfare there
and back), it attracted
so many bookings that it
is today the largest
single source of
tourists to that Central
American nation.
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AyA, Cabei put up US$114 million
for nationwide waterworks
Costa Rican water and sewage
authority AyA and the Central
American Bank for Economic
Integration (Cabei) have agreed
to provide ¢58.9 billion colones
(US$114 million) for waterworks
throughout the country,
according to an AyA release. |
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Ottón Solís A Poor Sport
Ottón Solís, the leader
of the Partido Acción
Cuidadana (PAC), former
presidential candidate
and promoter of the "No"
movement against the
Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC), just
cannot take to losing.
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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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Monday 08 October
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
The day after the vote!
Costa Rica Beats With
One Heart As It Says "Sí"
In the words of Costa
Rican president, Oscar
Arias Sanchéz, Costa
Rica now beats with one
heart and beginning
today the country can
begin to write a new
future, now that the
question of the Tratado
de Libre Comercio (TLC)
has been decided.
Youths Protest
Referendum Results
A group of 50 youths
promoting the "No" vote last night
gathered to burn flags and posters of
the "Si" in front of the Legislative
Assembly.
Costa Rica
Develops World's Largest Rocket
Costa Rica has joined the space race in
a big way after developing the largest
rocket ever built by any nation.
Central America Unity
Focuses Nicaragua,
Honduras
Presidents Daniel Ortega
and Manuel Zelaya
announced they will
embrace each other today
(Monday) on the common
border, independently of
which is the verdict of
the International Court
of Justice in the Hague
on the territorial
dispute between
Nicaragua and Honduras.
Experts Predict Decrease
in Panama's Public Debt
Panama's public debt
will decrease to 48.1
percent of the Gross
Domestic Product in
2008, a firm specialized
in economic analyses
said on Saturday.
Varadero to Hold
Carnival in December
The famous Cuban beach
at Varadero will host a
carnival in December
after a gap of several
years, Matanzas director
of the Cuban Institute
of Music, Reynaldo
Dominguez, announced on
Thursday.
Colombia police smash
105 cocaine laboratories
Colombian police on
Sunday destroyed 105
cocaine processing
laboratories in a raid
near the country's
northeastern Caribbean
coast, police spokesman
Jorge Luis Ramirez said.
Venezuela calls for
more Colombian help with
FARC rebel talks
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez on Sunday
urged his Colombian
counterpart Alvaro Uribe
to work with him for the
release of 45 hostages
held by Colombia's
largest armed rebel
group, the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC).
Pinochet's family,
associates released on
bail
Former Chilean leader
Augusto Pinochet's
widow, children and
associates were released
on bail Saturday, two
days after they were
arrested on charges of
embezzling public funds.
GUATEMALA:
Concern Over Bill that
Would Restrict
Definition of ‘Family’
Human rights
groups and activists for
the rights of sexual
minorities have
expressed alarm at a
draft law that the
Guatemalan Congress is
preparing to pass, which
would eliminate single
parents as well as
same-sex couples from
the official definition
of "family."
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B.C.C.R.
06 October 2007 |
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