Today is Mother's Day in
Costa Rica!
INS Again
Looks Outside of Costa Rica, This Time With
Approval
Costa Rica's state insurer, the Instituto
Nacional de Seguros (INS) is again looking
beyond Costa Rica' borders as it revives its
plans for international expansion.
Gas Price Hike
On The Horizon
Tighten
the belt because gasoline prices
will be shooting through the roof
next month when the price of a litre
of super will got to ¢601 colones
and regular to ¢582, if the
Autoridad Reguladora de los
Servicios Públicos (Aresep) approves
the latest proposal.
BetOnSports
Founder Pleads Guilty
The man who founded and ran the online
sports gambling operation BetOnSports, with
operations in Costa Rica, pleaded guilty and
agreed to forfeit more than us$43 million in
proceeds, US prosecutors announced Friday.
Costa Rican
Legislature Free Of The AH1N1 Virus
Laboratory test results were negative for
the head of the PLN party in the
legislature, Jorge Méndez, being infected
with the AH1N1 viras, alleviating fears of a
massive infection in the country's
legislature.
¢264 Colones A
Month Required To Finance Fire
Hydrant Program
The
Autoridad Reguladora de los
Servicios Públicos (Aresep) is
analyzing a plan to add ¢264 colones
to the average water bill to help
pay for the cost of installing and
maintaining fire hydrants in the
country.
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Men with their bodies painted in oil posed for pictures during celebrations Santo Domingo de Guzman, the patron of Managua, Nicaragua. [Foto: Esteban Felix/Associated Press]
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Brazilian Population Reaches 191.5
Million
Rio de Janeiro - The
Brazilian population reached 191.5 million,
up from 189.6 million year-on-year, the
Brazilian Institute of Geography and
Statistics (IBGE) said Friday.
Colombia, U.S. Complete Talks Over
Military Bases
Bogota - Colombia said on
Friday that it had completed talks with the
United States over the use of Colombian
military bases.
Argentina: Work, Best Way to Fight
Poverty
Buenos Aires -
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez
announced Friday her government is investing
1.5-billion pesos in a plan to generate
100,000 new jobs, arguing "work is the best
medicine to fight poverty", the leader of
the South American nation said.
US Theatre Group in Bolivia Bares CIA
La Paz - As part of a Bolivia tour The theater groups Poverty Department from Los Angeles will perform here the work "Agents and Assets" that bared antidrug operations of the Central Intelligence Agency. |
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Q&A: "Obama's Agenda
Hasn't Arrived in
Colombia Yet"
An agreement between
Bogotá and
Washington for the
U.S. to use seven
military bases in
Colombia points to
the lingering
effects of the
agenda of former
President George W.
Bush (2001-2009),
because the agenda
of his successor,
Barack Obama,
"hasn't arrived here
yet," says Colombian
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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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