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Tibetan
religious
leader
in exile
Dalai
Lama,
Tensyng
Gyaso,
will be
sitting
out the
invitation
to visit
Costa
Rica in
September,
after
Costa
Rican
president,
Oscar
Arias,
sent him
a letter
asking
him to
postpone
his
visit
until
next
year.
Arias is
adamant
that the
request
is not
related
to the
visit of
China's
president Hu
Jintao
in
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Costa Rica: Mud, Monkeys
And Macho Men
It was one of those
things I was glad to
have done, even if I did
watch most of it through
my fingers. It was
fiesta season in Santa
Cruz, Costa Rica, and
the whole town was out
in force to celebrate
its culture and its
cowboys.
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INS Seeks To Boost
Pension Fund Management
Unit
Costa Rica's Instituto
Nacional de Seguros
(INS) will be working on
boosting its pension
fund management unit INS
Pensiones by improving
areas such as client
service and product
offering, 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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Saturday 23 August
2008, San José, Costa Rica
11% of Ticas Suffer a
Blood Disorder
According to different
studies conducted in the
country, between 8% and
11% of Costa Rican women
of African descent
develop "depranocitosis"
(drepanocytosis or
sickle cell)
3G May Not Be A Reality
Until 2010
The dream of many in
Costa Rica to have a 3G
cellular telephone next
year may be dashed if
the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE)
decides to opt for a new
bid process, refusing
the sole bid tendered by
the Chinese to install
the network by 2009.
"Trashion Fashion" Event
Planned in Tamarindo
In order to raise money
to build a collection
site and raise awareness
among Tamarindo
residents, the Tamarindo
Recycles committee is
planning a recycling
fashion show event
entitled “Trashion
Fashion.”
Al Día Offers Readers
A Chance Of Free Gasoline
While private banks like
Scotiabank is
offering their credit
customers a break from
high gasoline prices,
the daily Spanish
language newspaper Al
Día, is offering free
gasoline to three
readers every Sunday.
Researchers Discover
Scent Of Skin Cancer
According to new
research from the Monell
Center, odors from skin
can be used to identify
basal cell carcinoma,
the most common form of
skin cancer. The
findings, presented at
the 236th meeting of the
American Chemical
Society, may open doors
to development of new
methods to detect basal
cell carcinoma and other
forms of skin cancer.
Nicaragua Refines Plan
To Organize Food Company
Under ALBA
MANAGUA - The government
of Nicaragua is working
on a proposal on the
role of the company
"Gran Nacional ALBA
Alimentos."
Colombia: Minister´s
Ousting Demanded
BOGOTA - Main
Colombian opposition
parties demanded on
Friday the resignation
of Interior and Justice
Minister Fabio Valencia
Cossio for his brother's
links with drug
trafficking and
paramilitary forces.
Cuba Blames U.S. For
Undocumented People
Traffic
HAVANA - Cuba blamed the
United States Friday for
its responsibility on
the illegal immigration
of many Cubans to Mexico
and Florida, which is a
millionaire business
controlled by Cuban-U.S.
"mafia" gangs since
years ago.
Bolivians Want
Constitution Vote
LA PAZ - Backing for the
new Constitution grows
Friday among several
Bolivian sectors who
favor a referendum for
its support.
8 Arrested For Internet
Drug Trafficking In
Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO - Eight
people were arrested
Friday in the
southeastern Brazilian
city of Curitiba during
an operation against
international drug
trafficking via the
Internet, Federal Police
said.
PERU:
Indigenous Groups Win
Major Battle in Congress
The Peruvian Congress
voted Friday to repeal
two decrees that opened
up communally owned
native lands to private
investment and that
triggered a wave of
protests this month by
indigenous people in
Amazon jungle provinces.
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