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It is
now the
Southern
zone's
turn to
be under
water,
as the
tropical
storm
Noel,
centred
in the
Dominican
Republic,
dumped
more
water on
the
country,
flooding
many
areas
around
Los
Castaños,
Las
Pangas
and
Puente
Negro,
in
Corredores.
The
bridge
that
connects
Coto 47
and Coto
44, over
the
Corredores
rivers,
was
completely
flooded.
[Foto:
Roberto
Fernández]
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The Best Course to Play
on a Costa Rica Golf
Vacation
The 2004 opening of the
Four Seasons Costa Rica
Golf Club lent great
support to the idea that
Costa Rica can be more
than the low-budget
playground for
rough-and-ready
trekkers, backpackers,
surfers, and
eco-adventurers.
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Costa Rica Telecom
Outlook
New entrants will help
boost Costa Rica's
wireless telecom sector
to the benefit of all
consumers experts say.
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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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Tuesday 30 October
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Escazú Murder
Possibly Motivated By Fight Between
Friends Over Woman
Two bloody knives at the
crime scene is the major pieces of
evidence that the homicide investigators
of the Organismo de Investigación
Judicial (OIJ) have to go on in the
death of three people in a Trejos
Montealegre condominium in Escazú Sunday
afternoon.
Commission Approves
Motion To End Riteve
Monopoly
The Comisión de Asuntos
Jurídicos de la Asamblea
Legislativa that is
studying the reforms to
the Ley de Tránsito
(traffic laws)
unanimously approved a
motion to break the
monopoly for vehicular
inspections now held by
Riteve S.A.
China Interested in
Costa Rica's Tourist
Market
China showed great
interest in Costa Rica's
tourist market during
Costa Rican President
Oscar Arias' recent
visit to the Asian
country, Costa Rican
said Monday.
European Delegation
To Visit Costa Rica
A delegation of the
European Parliament is
expected to visit later
this week on
strengthening ties
between the European
Union and Costa Rica,
according to a statement
by the Ministerio de
Relaciones Exteriores y
Culto de Costa Rica,
Costa Rica's Foreign
Ministry.
Fiscal General Seeks
Another Term
The Fiscal General de la
República (chief
prosecutor), Francisco
Dall'anesse, said
yesterday he wants to
stay at his post for
another four years and
vowed to better national
security and fight
corruption.
Endangered Costa Rican
Frog Focus of Study
British
biologists are studying
a Costa Rican leaf frog, Cruziohyla calcarifer,
to save it from
extinction and learn how
to care for it in zoos
and aquariums.
Canadian With Ties
To Hells Angels Turned Back At the
Airport
A Canadian known for his association
with the "Hells Angels" was refused
entry into Costa Rica by immigration
officials at the Juan Santamaría (San
José) international airport and was
returned back to Canada on the return
flight to Toronto.
Leptospirosis Disease
Kills Nine People,
Sickens 1,600 In
Nicaragua
Leptospirosis, also
known as
seven-day-fever, has
taken toll of nine lives
in Nicaragua. The
waterborne disease,
which spread through
animal urine, has also
sickened more than 1,600
in the country, health
officials said Monday.
Ortega Gets Poor Reviews
in Nicaragua
(Angus Reid Global
Monitor) - Nicaraguan
president Daniel Ortega
has failed to convey a
positive image to the
Central American
country’s citizens,
according to a poll by
CID-Gallup published in
La Prensa. Only 28 per
cent of respondents
think the former
Sandinista leader has
done a good or very good
job leading the country,
up two points since
June.
Panama to Auction
Cellular Licences by
March 2008
Panama will auction two
new wireless licences at
a minimum price of us$36
million each, in a bid
to increase competition
and encourage lower
prices, writes Reuters
citing a government
statement.
Dengue Hits
Honduras
More than 25,000
Hondurans have been infected with the
dengue virus and some 1,500 patients
have suffered from the dangerous
hemorrhagic variant, local health
authorities said on Sunday.
Cuba in New York
for UN Victory
Cuban Foreign Minister
Felipe Perez Roque is to start a full
working program at UN Monday, on the eve
of the annual debate at the General
Assembly against the US-imposed economic
blockade to that Caribbean island.
Brazil Pulls 880,000
People From Below
Poverty Threshold
The Brazilian government
said Monday that its
social programs have
succeeded in lifting
881,000 citizens from
below the poverty
threshold in the
2005-2006 period.
ELECTIONS-ARGENTINA:
Cristina’s Turn
For anyone close to
Argentine President
Néstor Kirchner, it's
almost impossible to
talk about him without
mentioning his wife,
Cristina Fernández de
Kirchner, who was
elected as his successor
Sunday. Although they
have very different
personalities, they are
like two branches of the
same tree -- their
mutual political
platform.
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