Temporary Closure of Turrialba Volcano Is
Due To Bad Roads
The temporary closure of the Parque Nacional
Volcán Turrialba is taking its toll on the
neighbouring community, as visitors to the
colossus and the area decreases and
unemployment rises. The main reason for the
closure is the poor conditions of the roads,
especially the last five kilometres, that
leads to the volcano.
San José -
Escazú Alternate Road Now Open
Traveling to and from San José and Escazú is
now easier with the opening of the "VÍA
ALTERNA", completely bypassing the autopista
Próspero Fernández.
U.S. Military
Copters, Personnel Join Search For Missing
American in Costa Rica
The U.S. military has sent two specially
equipped helicopters and 15 military
personnel to aid in the search for an
American missing in Costa Rica, according to
the military and the missing man's
congressman.
New Infrastructure Works
Unveiled in Guanacaste
(InfoWebPress) – On the
occasion of celebrating
another anniversary of
Guanacaste’s annexation
to Costa Rica, last July
25, several works of
infrastructure worth
almost 5 billion colones
($8.6 million) were
unveiled by government
officials throughout the
province.
Costa Rican Police
Report Now OnLine
Obtaining a "Oja
Delincuencia" (police
report) from the Poder
Judicial is now only a
mouse click away, as the
Poder Judicial has put
the form online. |
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Miss China Wang Jingyao and Miss Costa Rica Jessica Umaña, left, enter a restaurant at the Atlantis resort the day before the contest is tonight. [AP Photo/Brennan Linsley]
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FILM-COLOMBIA:
A Priest's Passion
for Justice
The latest film out
of Colombia is based
on the true story of
a priest in a rural
town whose passions
include a search for
justice in an area
that, like so many
in this civil
war-torn country, is
hemmed in by armed
groups, whether
far-right
paramilitaries,
leftist guerrillas
or state security
forces.
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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
residence. |
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