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Driving
with GPS
in Costa
Rica.
Rutas
Satelitales
G.P.S is
one the
companies
that
provide
travelers
with a
quick
and safe
way of
finding
their
way
through
the
roads
and
highways
of Costa
Rica,
with
sales
and
rentals
of GPS
units
that for
the most
part are
accurate
to the
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Costa Rica Hotels Rank
in the Top 25
Recently the magazine
Travel & Leisure
unveiled its ¨2007
World’s Best Awards.¨
They sent out a
questionnaire to their
subscribers and asked
them to rate hotels,
cities, cruises,
agencies, islands,
business hotels, and
more.
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Fiserv Announces Global Delivery
Centre in Costa Rica
Fiserv Global Services (FGS) ,
the offshoring arm of Fiserv,
Inc., a Fortune 500 company, and
one of the largest providers of
information technology services
to the financial services
industry worldwide, today
announced it has added a new
global delivery centre in its
network, in Costa Rica.
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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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Monday 10 September
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Countdown to TLC Referendum:
27
Days
Funds for
infrastructure
The funding of roads,
ports, airports, and renewable power
projects is the priority for the Central
American Economic Integration Bank in
Costa Rica (CABEI), said Harry Brautigam,
who chairs the institution.
Greetings Tico
Style
Costa Ricans have a
peculiar way of greeting. Putting aside
the formal "buenos dias", the other
greetings, if heard well, can be
bewildering.
Tibás Gets Budget
Approval To Fix Potholes; Palmares
Residents Fed Up With All The Huecos
For those living in
Tibás and fed up with the unusual number
of "huecos" (potholes), the Contraloría
General de la República (Comptroller's
office) has approved the expenditure of
¢197 million colones (us$382.000
dollars) to fill in the holes.
Florida Official
Withheld Ties To Costa Rica Investment
Powerhouse lobbyist Hugo
Unruh and consulting engineer Dan
Shalloway together have invested
thousands of dollars in a Costa Rica
cattle ranch, a business tie that Unruh
never declared when he steered a
lucrative government contract to a
partnership that included Shalloway and
former Palm Beach County Commissioner
Warren Newell.
AIDS Research
Ten Costa Ricans will
partake in the follow-up studies for a
new drug used to fight AIDS.
Nicaraguan Hurricane
Victims Desperate
The lack of food,
drinking water and home
is the key point of the
tragedy thousand
Nicaraguan victims lives
today due Hurricane
Felix, which devastated
the country's
northeastern zone four
days ago.
Panama to eradicate
illiteracy by 2009
Panama will eradicate
illiteracy in the
country by 2009,
Panamanian Social
Development Minister
Maria Roquebert
announced Saturday.
Guatemalan President
Wants Peaceful Elections
After a violent
electoral campaign, the
Guatemalan press
highlights Saturday a
message by President
Oscar Berger calling
people to vote
peacefully and
candidates to respect
elections' results.
Cuba Prepares for High
Tourist Season
Cuban tourism
authorities are gearing
up for the busy winter
season, not only
improving services and
logistics, but
instituting a new
concept of small
heritage inns and
working to make Cuba a
"huge cultural plaza."
GUATEMALA:
Elections Hold Out
Little Hope for Women
Victims of Violence
Although they
have taken a tough
stance on crime, the
leading candidates for
Sunday’s presidential
elections in Guatemala
have not specifically
addressed the serious
problem of violence
against women, which has
cost at least 322 lives
so far this year, nor
have they proposed
concrete measures to
combat it.
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B.C.C.R.
08 September 2007 |
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