La Negrita
Makes Historic Journey Going To The
People
Despite the call by the ministra de Salud,
Mariá Luisa Avila, tens of thousands of
faithful were out yesterday to pay homage to
the the patron saint of Costa Rica, La
Virgen de Los Angeles or "La Negrita" as she
is called in adoration.
Breastfeeding
Week Begins Tomorrow in Costa Rica
Tomorrow at 9:30am begins
breastfeeding week in Costa Rica
with the slogan "Breastfeeding vital
for emergency response: are we
ready?", as part of the World
Breastfeeding Week that began on
August 1st in the Americas, which
focuses this year on the importance
of breastfeeding in the first hour
of life.
Virilla Bridge
Continues To Create Traffic Havoc
Benjamín Sandino is perhaps the most hated
man in Costa Rica. As the national director
of the Consejo Nacional de Vialidad (Conavi),
he has had to close down completeluy the
most important highway in the country, not
once, but twice in the period of two weeks
and to fix the same problem.
Quick Pass Now
Operational At Escazú Toll Station
Following months of waiting and
waiting, the automatic pay toll
collection at the Excazú toll
station began operating on Saturday.
Costa Rica Shows
Home-Beach Advantage at ISA
Games
When the closing horn blew at 4
p.m. yesterday, the opening day of the Billabong
International Surfing Association (ISA)
World Surfing Games Costa Rica 2009 had seen
48 heats completed between Round 1 of the
Open and Women’s divisions at both Podium 1
and 2 in Playa Hermosa.
James Nathaniel Holland '88 to Perform at
Gala in Costa Rica Next Month
James Nathaniel Holland,
a 1988 graduate of DePauw University, will
be the featured invited artist at the Opera
de Cámara's gala on September 24. It is to
be held at Costa Rica Teatro Nacional or
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Honduras’s ousted President Manuel Zelaya talked on his cellphone while waiting for his wife at a farm near the Nicaragua-Honduras border this past week as he continues to organize his return to Honduras and the presidency. [Foto: Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters] |
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Media Cannot Stop Latin America Progress
Caracas - The international media campaign
against Venezuela will not stop the process
of changes brewing in Latin America as
alternatives to the world capitalist system,
Minister for Communication and Information
Blanca Eekhout said.
Venezuela Expects More Oil
Caracas - Venezuelan specialists consider
possible the discovery of new oil resources
in the Orinoco Strip, similar to that found
by the Spanish company Repsol in the
oilfield Junin 7, with more than 31 million
barrels.
Increased Number of Women Killed in Chile
Santiago de Chile - More than 500 Chilean women were killed by their partners in the past eight years, charged the Chilean Network against Domestic and Sexual Violence.
Biometric Electoral Register in Bolivia
La Paz - The National
Electoral Court (CNE) started on Saturday to
imlement a biometric electoral register of
nearly four million voters in Bolivian
departments for the upcoming elections in
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COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA:
Conflict Heating Up
- Again
The latest row
between Colombia and
Venezuela continues
to escalate,
prompting Brazil to
decide to intervene,
in order to head off
further incidents or
statements that
could lead to a
rupture of ties
between its two
neighbours.
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Rocking Time
Often when planning a trip,
you can do a little too much
of well – planning. Ruining
your vacation like pulp
ruins a glass of OJ. Its not
juice. Researching where to
stay and what beaches to
visit, you strip your
travels of any spontaneity
and uncertainty.
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Could Costa Rica
Overthrow Its President?
The
Honduran legislature
decided last week
decided that that the
president as unfit to
govern and Sunday
morning a group of
soldiers took Manuel
Zelaya by force and put
on a plane headed for
Costa Rica, in a coup
d'etat since the Cold
War. Zelaya said he was
kidnapped by Honduran
military officers, who
dragged him from his
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