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The
vehicular
restrictions
of San
José and
high
fuel
prices
are
affecting
many
downtown
businesses,
like the
parking
lot at
Avenida
5 and
Calle 3
that was
more
than
half
empty at
noon
yesterday.
The lot
was
commonly
full
daily,
having
to turn
away
customers,
according
to Omar,
the lot
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INS Aims For At Least
20% Premium Growth This
Year
Costa Rica's Instituto
Nacional de Seguros
(INS) is aiming to grow
its written premiums at
least 20% this year to
finish 2008 with some
US$610 million,
Guillermo Constenla,
executive president of
the state-run insurer,
told BNamericas.
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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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Wednesday
06 August
2008, San José, Costa Rica
Toll Booths Closed Daily
To Avoid Congestion
Travelling through the
toll booths of the
autopistas General Cañas
and the Próspero
Fernández will be easier
thanks to a new
regulation that will
suspend the charging of
tolls during weekdays.
Gasoline Price Hike Next
Wednesday
Get ready for another
round of gasoline price
hikes that will take
effect next week.
Housing Minister Resigns
Amid Controversy Over
Alleged Misuse of
Donated Funds
The ministro de Vivienda
(Housing Minister),
Fernando Zumbado, said
yesterday he would
resign his post
following the
controversy over
consulting fees paid
from monies donated by
the Government of
Taiwan, that were
supposed to have been
used to building housing
for the poor.
FBI Seeks California
Animal Rights Fugitive
in Costa Rica
A manhunt continues in
Costa Rica for Marin
County animal rights
fugitive Daniel Andreas
San Diego, the computer
whiz accused of bombing
two East Bay
corporations with ties
to animal testing, US
authorities said
Tuesday.
Expocasa2008 Begins
Today
Today begins the
Expocasa (home show)
that being held at
the Cenada in Barreal de
Heredia.
Torrijos: Reforms Are
Not Political Spying
PANAMA - Panamanian
President Martin
Torrijos denied on
Tuesday that reforms
boosted by his
government seek to
reestablish political
espionage on the
opposition or forms of
militarism in the
country.
Serious Nutritional
Situation in Guatenala
Denounced
GUATEMALA - The most
Guatemalans nutritional
situation is critical
today and endangers the
future of the nation,
denounced The Human
rights Ombudsman Sergio
Morales while handing
over the government a
report on the issue.
Colombia, Video
Screening Nixes
Government
BOGOTA - The
screening of a video
about Operation Jaque
(Check), rescue on July
2 of 15 people detained
by the rebels, put
Colombian officials in a
bad position on Tuesday.
Cuban Former Diplomat
elected President of
Counseling Committee of
UNHRC
HAVANA - Cuban jurist
and former diplomat
Miguel Alfonso Martinez
was elected president of
the new Counseling
Committee of the United
Nations Human Rights
Council (UNHRC), the
Cuban daily Granma
reported Tuesday.
OAS Observer Mission
Certifies Electoral
Census In Bolivia
LIMA - The observer
mission of the
Organization of American
States (OAS) has
certificated the
electoral census for
Bolivia's revocative
referendum on Aug. 10,
according to news
reaching here from La
Paz, administrative
capital of Bolivia.
HEALTH:
Stepping Up the Response
to AIDS
It is
necessary to evaluate
the current global
architecture for
responding to the AIDS
epidemic, move forward
with studies on HIV
rates, and implement
effective prevention
strategies, said the
experts meeting at the
17th International AIDS
Conference, which opened
Sunday in Mexico.
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06 August 2008 |
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