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Although
the
"rainy
season"
is not
official,
residents
of the
areas of
San Juan
de Dios,
in
Desamparados,
like
María
Eugenia
Araya,
have
felt the
effects
of the
rain of
the past
several
days,
where
downpours,
especially
in the
south
side of
San
José,
were the
norm
every
afternoon
since
Friday.
[Foto:
Adolfo
Alvarado] |
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Living Healthy to 100
A remarkable group of
centenarians living on
Costa Rica’s Nicoya
Peninsula share their
secrets.
It was sunrise in the
village of Hojancha when
Tommy Castillo and I
mounted a pair of bikes
and whizzed downhill
from his pink wooden
house into the steamy
Costa Rica morning.
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ICE Signs With MACH For
Roaming
The Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE)
announced that it has
contracted MACH to
provide effective and
reliable processes to
optimize roaming
profitability, dropping
VeriSign.
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Tip: Dialing The Eight Digits
To
make dialing less confusing under the new eight
digit number system, dial the 2 or 8 prefix
first then dial the seven digits as always.
Click here for
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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 07
April 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
13% Say
Being Victim of Crime
One out of every five Costa Ricans has
had a member of their family become a
victim of crime during the past year and
13% of all residents have personally
suffered some form of criminal attack,
according to the Unimer poll for the
Spanish language daily, La Nación.
Be Prepared For
Downpours Today,
Tomorrow and Wednesday
Although the Instituto
Meteriologico Nacional (IMN)
- national weather
service - is forecasting
the third week in April
as the start of the
rainy or green season,
downpours have been the
norm for the last couple
of afternoons all around
the Central Valley.
Region Looking For
More Tourists From Cruise Liners
The ministers of Tourism
from Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador,
Nicaragua and Costa Rica met to sign an
agreement to promote more cruse liners
visiting the region, according to the
Secretaría de Turismo mexicana (Sectur).
Job Fair A Success
According to organizers,
some 13.000 people
attended the weekend's
job fair, although only
3.000 jobs were up for
grabs.
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Violence Erupts in
Nicaragua After Ortega
Cancels Votes
PUERTO CABEZAS,
Nicaragua - Legislators
were attacked with
stones and a person died
yesterday in protests
over whether to hold
municipal elections in
areas of the country
still recovering from
Hurricane Felix.
Second Encounter of
Cuban Residents in
Nicaragua
The Association of
Cubans Residents in
Nicaragua progresses in
the preparations of the
second meeting of all
the nations of Central
America, its President
Rafael Ruiz indicated
Sunday.
ALBA Might Have Trade
Institute
The Bolivarian
Alternative for the
Peoples of Our America
(ALBA) is studying the
creation of a Trade
Institute to speed up
transactions among its
member countries.
Caribbean Leaders for
Anti-crime Strategies
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
leaders on Sunday close
a special two-day summit
focused in the analysis
of the violence
situation in the region.
Bolivia's Government To
Sue Right-Wingers For
Seeking Autonomy
The Bolivian government
will prosecute the
right-wing leaders of
Santa Cruz state for
organizing a referendum
on autonomy, Interior
Minister Alfredo Rada
said Sunday, according
to news reaching here.
FILM-CUBA:
Women ‘Invisible’ Behind
the Cameras
Filmmaking has not
escaped the overwhelming
"machismo" of Cuban
society. Getting a foot
in the door in the
industry, an almost
exclusively male
preserve, is still
wishful thinking for
most women directors.
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05 April 2008 |
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