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View of
boats at
a marina
in Costa
Rica.
Costa
Rica
plans to
balance
out
carbon
dioxide
(CO2)
emissions
to
become
"carbon
neutral"
by 2021,
through
a joint
government-private
enterprise
effort,
without
foresaking
economic
growth,
the
environment
minister
said
last
week. [Foto:Yuri
Cortez] |
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Stay Green ... 10 Ways
Hotel Guests Can Make A
Difference
You don't have to trot
the globe to be an
eco-friendly traveler.
While green travel
usually is associated
with visits to tropical
retreats in places like
Costa Rica or Belize,
it's possible to be a
responsible guest much
closer to home.
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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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Inside
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
more tips |
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Long-Lived Costa Ricans
Offer Secrets to
Reaching 100
At the age of 101,
Abuela Panchita is still
a social butterfly. The
centenarian, who lives
on Costa Rica's Nicoya
Peninsula, has a solid
support network of
friends and family,
which includes a son in
his eighties who visits
her every morning on his
bicycle. |
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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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Wednesday 16
April 2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Statistics
Show Male Drivers
A Constant Threat On The
Roads
Although the popular
belief that men are
better drivers than
women, statistics
published by the
Instituto Nacional de
Seguros (INS) - state
insurer - and the
Dirección de Tránsito -
transit authorities -
reveal that almost 80%
of the deaths resulting
from traffic accidents,
are men.
More than ¢450.000
Needed For Family of Four To Meet Basic
Needs
A recent survey by the
Spanish language daily, Al Día, reveals
that a family of four needs an income of
¢447.788 (us$904) monthly to meet living
expenses, including the cost of food,
water, electricity, telephone (home
phone and cellular), bus fares, a couple
of nights out to a restaurant and
payment of a mortgage of ¢20 million
colones (us$40.500).
Striking Teachers Reach
Tentative Agreement
After three weeks of
striking, union leaders
of the teachers union,
the Asociación de
Profesores de Segunda
Enseñanza (APSE) and
officials of the
Ministro de Educación
Pública (MEP) met
yesterday and reached a
preliminary agreement.
However, the strike
continues.
Cellular Network
Maintenance Operations
Could Cut Service
Temporarily
Hello? Hello? Anybody
there? That could be the
result of your cellular
call at night between
9:00pm and midnight as
the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE)
performs maintenance
work on its cellular
network.
Laguna Beach Surf Club
Travels to Costa Rica
for Adventure with a
Cause
Soul Surfing School of
Laguna Beach recently
returned from a week
long surf trip over
Spring Break to Costa
Rica with Thurston and
Laguna Beach High School
students.
Imperial Festival
Expects 50.000 This Weekend
Organizers expect some
50.000 visitors - 25.000 each day - to
La Guacima for the Imperial festival
that will see Duran Duran, Smashing
Pumpkins, Incubus and Café Tacuba take
to the stage Saturday and Sunday.
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Drugs Seized Near
Nicaraguan Market
Nicaragua's National
Police confirmed on
Tuesday the seizure of
700 kg of drugs near a
popular market in
Managua.
Honduras Unions for
General Strike
Honduran trade unions
are beginning Tuesday a
national march and a
civil strike, demanding
solutions to the rise in
basic life necessities
and fuel.
Peruvian Supreme Court
Rules 6 Years Prison for
Fujimori
The Peruvian Supreme
Court Tuesday made its
final ruling on
ex-Peruvian President
Alberto Fujimori's role
in instigating the
illegal raid on the
house of Trinidad
Becerra, the wife of a
former presidential
aide.
Ecuador Says Ties With
U.S. Not To Sour Over
Stoppage of Military
Base Contract
The Ecuadorian
government said on
Tuesday that its ties
with the United States
will not be strained by
Ecuador's refusal to
renew the contract with
the U.S. military for
renting Ecuador's Manta
base after 2009.
Venezuela Socialists
Check Regions
The Venezuelan United
Socialist Party (PSUV)
will evaluate specific
problems in every region
of the country as step
before designing
government programs, a
key element in
forthcoming November
elections.
LATIN AMERICA:
Food or Fuel - That Is
the Burning Question
The difficult balancing
act between fighting
hunger, producing
biofuels and defending
the environment is at
the centre of the debate
at the 30th Regional
Conference of the United
Nations Food and
Agriculture Organisation
(FAO) in the Brazilian
capital.
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16 April 2008 |
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