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Rescue
workers
look for
a
mudslide
victims
in
Atenas.
Torrential
rains
caused a
hillside
to give
way in
central
Costa
Rica
killing
at least
two and
11 more
missing
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burying
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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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Mexican Mabe Buys Costa
Rica's Atlas
Costa Rica's
manufacturer of home
appliances, Atlas
Eléctrica, has been sold
and will soon be in the
hands of Mexican
manufacturer,
Controladora Mabe S.A.,
a subsidiary of
Electrodomésticos Mabeca
S.A.
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Blues in the Boondocks
For the past 25 years I
have been helping people
relocate to Costa Rica.
During that time I have
had the opportunity to
observe where people
settle and how they fare
in different areas of
the country.
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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 12 October
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Buried Alive!
A mudslide came down on
seven houses completely
destroying them, leaving
2 dead and 13 others
missing in Atenas,
following three days of
constant rain. The
mudslide came down
shortly after midnight
Wednesday morning.
More Rain On The
Way For the Central Pacific
The low pressure system
responsible for the constant rain of the
past few days that was the cause of the
mudslide in Atenas and flooding of some
800 homes in Parrita, on the Pacific
coast, south of Jacó, seems to be
leaving but being replaced by a tropical
wave.
Costa Rica
Expropriates Land to
Protect Turtles
Costa Rican President
Oscar Arias has ordered
the expropriation of
lucrative beach-front
land to protect the
endangered leatherback
sea turtle, the
government said on
Thursday.
Gasoline Prices
Drop, Diesel Jumps At Midnight
If you need to fill your
tank with gasoline best wait until after
midnight and before if your vehicle runs
on deisel, as gasoline prices drop and
diesel jumps at the stroke of midnight.
San José To Host Film
Festival
Costa Rica will be host
to the Latin American
Film Festival which will
feature documentary
films not commercially
available in theatres.
‘Extinct’ Frog
Rediscovered in Costa
Rica
A critically endangered
frog, thought to have
become extinct, has just
been rediscovered in
Costa Rica by Manchester
Museum Curator Andrew
Gray and local
naturalist Mark
Wainwright.
Latin American
Indigenous Demand Land,
Schools
Victims of colonial
dispossession isolated
in remote places, Latin
American indigenous
peoples are currently
demanding land for food
and to live safely, as
well as education and
health care, the
Inter-American Congress
of Indigenous Peoples in
Panama made known on
Thursday.
Taiwan, Nicaragua Start
Free Trade On Jan. 1
Taiwan and Nicaragua
will start implementing
a free trade agreement
on Jan. 1, 2008, setting
zero tariffs on more
than 50 percent of
Taiwan's exports to
Nicaragua and more than
65 percent of
Nicaragua's exports to
Taiwan for 10 years.
Ecuador, Venezuela
Boost Integration
Ecuadorian President
Rafael Correa leaves for
Caracas Thursday to
evaluate with his
Venezuelan counterpart
Hugo Chavez ways to
boost the South American
political-economic
integration process.
Mother indicted for
murdering her own baby
in Brazil
A Brazilian woman was
indicted Thursday for
murdering her own newly
born daughter by
throwing her in a river
in Contagem, in the
Minas Gerais state.
20 people kidnapped
in Colombia
At least 20 people were
kidnapped Thursday
allegedly by Colombia's
Revolutionary Armed
Forces (FARC), officials
said.
ENVIRONMENT:
Latin America Has Turned
Its Back on the Sea
Latin America and the
Caribbean have as much
land territory as marine
area. But while more
than 10 percent of the
land is protected, not
even one percent of the
sea is.
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12 October 2007 |
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