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Government Proposes To
Open Competition In
Electrical Energy
Production
The government on
Wednesday laid out its
plan to break the
Instituto Costarricense
de Electricidad (ICE)
monopoly on electricity,
introducing the Ley
General de Electricidad
which allows competition
in the market.
San José
Airport Certified By US As Secure
The Juan Santamaría International (San José)
airport has been certified by the
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
in the United States as a "secure" airport.
Profits Down
At Costa Rica Airport Duty Free Shops
The duty free shops at Costa Rica's two
international airports have fallen victim to
the world economic crisis as profit has
dropped from ¢4.3 million dollars in 2007 to
¢3.2 million in 2008.
Soccer Fans In Costa Rica To
Get New Tickets For Mexico Game
Costa Rican soccer officials have decided to
reissue tickets for the Mexico game, a
critical World Cup qualifying game, after
reports that the market is flooded with
counterfeit tickets.
Teacher
Researches Coffee Farming in Costa Rica
Shawn Modar, of Bethel Park, doesn't like
coffee. But during a week-long research trip
to Costa Rica, he forced himself to sample
some, only to spend the night wide awake.
Paralyzed US
Woman Holds Hope In Costa Rican Treatment
TEMPE, AZ -- It was May of 2007, when Trish
Stressman was paralyzed from the chest down
during an ATV accident in Mexico with her
husband.
How To Indulge in Some
Earth-Friendly Pampering
in Costa Rica
Ever wonder where this
whole sustainable
travel, eco-tourism
trend got its legs in
the first place? As I
learned during my family
vacation, it was the
formerly impoverished
banana republic of that
Costa Rica almost
single-handedly spawned
the concept back in the
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The Avenida Cental in downtown San José is the first location in a recycling campaign by the "Muni" (the municipalidad de San José). The British built system allows users to discard their waste in specially marked containers which are the emptied out by specialized equipment for processing at the recycling plant.
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Dominican Republic For More Pressure on Putschists
Santo Domingo - Dominican President Leonel Fernandez proposed on Wednesday to intensify the pressure on the de facto regime in Honduras by suspending its membership of the Central America Free Trade Agreement with the United States and the Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR).
World Day against Honduran Coup Convoked
Tegucigalpa -
Organizations of the Honduran civil society
convoked to a world day of protest for
August 28 against the military coup in
Honduras and the complicity of US
intelligence with the coupist regime.
Raul Castro Meets Panama Ex President
Havana - Cuban
President Raul Castro met with former
Panamanian statesman Martin Torrijos, to
analyze several issues of interest to both
countries, the island's media reported
Wednesday.
Nicaragua Plans Meat Exports To Russia From 2010
Managua - Nicaragua plans to supply 12,000 metric tons of beef and pork products to Russia annually from 2010, the country's agriculture and forestry minister, Ariel Bucardo, said on Thursday. |
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Fidel Castro: I Wish
I Were Wrong!
The leader of the
Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro, writes
that he read in awe
press items on the
United States
domestic policy
where it is evident
there has been a
systematic declining
influence of
President Barack
Obama.
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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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