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Costa
Rican
men
carry
sacks
full of
turtle
eggs on
Playa
Ostional
in Santa
Cruz,
Guanacaste.
More
than 100
million
eggs are
laid by
turtles
on the
beach
during a
five-day
period.
Residents
of this
small
town on
the
Pacific
coast
collect
about
one
percent
of the
eggs to
sell in
Costa
Rica. [Foto:
Juan
Carlos
Ulate] |
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Experiencing Costa Rica
via Bus
Traveling through a
foreign country with few
paved roads, confusing
road signs, gigantic
potholes, and constant
traffic can be tough on
a traveler. So why have
to worry about the
details when you don’t
have to?
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My
Thoughts On Costa Rica
After 13 hours of
travel, I arrive in
Costa Rica. As I left
the airport, my
excitement flourished. I
sit in the back seat of
a smal car, window down.
My dead lay on my hand,
rested upon the window
sill. Green explosions
encompassing the earth,
whether welcomed or not,
it does not matter.
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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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Sunday 23 September
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
Countdown to TLC Referendum:
14
Days
Vice President Calls It
Quits
The second vice
president of Costa Rica,
Kevin Casas, yesterday
presented his
resignation to president
Oscar Arias, quitting
both his vice presidency
and minister of planning
post, clearing his way
to join the "Si" TLC
campaign and avoid a
"major political waste"
for the government.
A Majority Will Vote
A poll by UNIMER for the
daily La Nación found
that 60 percent of all
registered voters have
definitely made up their
minds and will cast
their ballots in the
October 7th referendum
on the Tratado de Libre
Comercio (TLC) - the
Central
America-Dominican
Republic-United States
Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).
Mel's Rebuffs Kidnap
Fear
MAD Max star Mel Gibson
was put on kidnap alert
yesterday over his new
home in Costa Rica. The
actor plans to move his
wife Robyn and their
seven children to the
ranch west of San José.
World Biosphere Reserve
With the Caño Negro
Wetlands at the core of
it, UNESCO established a
new world biosphere
reserve. Agua y Paz
(Water and Peace) is the
name of the new
ecological area and it
is located in the
northern part of Costa
Rica, in the Los Chiles
canton of the province
of Alajuela.
Free
Transportation
Several bus companies
will not charge voters on Referendum
Day.
More Aid to Hurricane
Felix Victims in
Nicaragua
More humanitarian aid
continues arriving for
the thousand victims of
Hurricane Felix in
northeast Nicaragua on
Saturday, where central
authorities coordinate
recovery tasks with
native community
leaders.
Uninsured Americans
Traveling to Panama for
Health Care
PANAMA CITY, Panama -
Americans are traveling
abroad for medical care
like never before and
now looking to Panama as
a destination to cure
their insurance woes,
high prices and delays
for treatment back home.
Former Peruvian leader
Fujimori extradited to
Peru to face trial
Former Peruvian leader
Alberto Fujimori was
taken back to Peru by
police on Saturday to
face charges of
corruption and human
rights abuse after seven
years in exile.
Fidel Castro warns on
World Self-destruction
In a televised interview
dressed in a tracksuit,
Cuban President Fidel
Castro warned about the
possible
self-destruction of the
world, blaming that in a
large part to US
promotion of war, arms
buildup and the right to
use any type of weapons.
Constitutional Debate,
Integration in Venezuela
The national debate on
the constitutional
reform project proposed
by Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez is on a par
with governmental
efforts for real South
American integration.
CHILE-PERU:
Decision to Extradite
Fujimori Sets
International Precedent
Human rights
groups applauded the
Chilean Supreme Court’s
decision Friday to
extradite former
Peruvian president
Alberto Fujimori
(1990-2000) to be tried
in his country for gross
human rights abuses,
noting that it sets an
international legal
precedent.
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/Buy us$1 |
/Sell us$1 |
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¢516.34 |
¢520.74 |
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B.C.C.R.
22 September 2007 |
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