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On their
knees
the
faithful
made
their
way to
the
altar to
pay
homage
to "La
Negrita"
- the
Virgen
de los
Angeles,
the
Patron
Saint of
Costa
Rica -
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When in Costa Rica, take
the bus
On a bus traveling
through the mountains of
Oaxaca, Mexico, I sat
next to a young, Los
Angeles MBA. He told me,
"If you think this is
beautiful, you should
check out Costa Rica."
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Inside Tip:
Walking the Romeria
If you decide to make
the walk to Cartago, here a few basis common
sense recommendations.
Click here for
more tips |
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A
New Cold War in the
Caribbean?
Ever since the Monroe
Doctrine, the U.S. has
seen the Caribbean in
the way that the Romans
viewed the
Mediterranean: Mare
Nostrum, Our Sea.The bad
news: it ain't our sea
anymore, gringos.? |
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Sunday
03 August
2008, San José, Costa Rica
Tough Times Ahead,
Acting President
Chinchilla Says
Acting president Laura
Chinchilla yesterday
called the path the
government will be
taking the coming months
as a "empinada romería"
(steep pilgrimage),
breaking the tradition
of providing an
encouraging message to
the thousands attending
the morning activities
at the Basilica de Los
Angeles in Cartago.
Collapsed Bridge Cuts
Off Travel To And From
Guanacaste
Passage between
Puntarenas and
Guanacaste has been
completed blocked
following the collapse
of the bridge over the
Guacimal river at
kilometre 145 of the
Interamericana norte.
The bridge is not
expected to be re-opened
until Tuesday.
ICE Will Offer
Blackberry Next Month
For lovers of high tech
cellular phones, the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE)
has good news - it will
begin selling the
Blackberry Pearl 8120
and Curve 8320 beginning
next month.
Earth University
Students Go On Photo
Assignment With National
Geographic
Pulitzer Prize-winning
photographer and
National Geographic
contributor Jay Dickman
gavae a group of
students from EARTH
University and the
nearby community of
Guácimo in Costa Rica a
unique opportunity to
document their lives and
surroundings during
National Geographic
Photo Camp 2008.
Holiday Company Offers
Darwin Tours To Panama
British tourists wanting
a Latin American holiday
are being invited to
tread in the footsteps
of the disgraced canoe
couple John and Anne
Darwin.
Tourism Grows in Central
America
Central America's
tourism industry
reported a 1.8-percent
increase in tourist
arrivals during the
first quarter of this
year, according to
official statistics.
Honduran Congress
Rejects EU Regulation
Honduras' National
Congress decided to
declare before
international bodies its
nonconformity with the
European Union migratory
policy, especially the
recently approved Return
Directive against
illegal immigrants.
Federal Police Officer
Arrested In Brazil For
Illegal Gambling
Brazilian police on
Friday arrested 13
people, including a
federal police officer,
for being linked to an
illegal gambling gang
that operated slot
machines in the
Teresopolis area in Rio
de Janeiro state.
Police Seize 6,000
Improvised Explosive
Devices in Peru
Peruvian police seized
some 6,000 improvised
explosive devices in a
truck in downtown Lima
on Friday, news reaching
here from Lima said.
ENVIRONMENT:
Tierramérica Centre Born
in Heart of Amazon
Jungle
The Tierramérica
International Centre for
Sustainable Development
and Environmental
Defence held its
founding assembly
Thursday in Manaus, a
city in the heart of the
Brazilian Amazon, during
a seminar on the world’s
big environmental
challenges.
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