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Labels Found
Missing On Many Chinese
Products Sold in Costa Rica
Buying the cheapest to save a few colones
can be costly, especially when buying
Chinese made products, warns the Dirección
de Apoyo al Consumidor.
September To
Be A Month An Expensive Month
In a couple of days is the month of
September, the ninth month of the year and
the "mes de la independencia" (independence
month). This September, however, brings
along with it many increases in public
services, like taxi fares, bus fares and
gasoline prices.
Crime Does Pay In Costa Rica, Ask The Lopéz
Brothers
Crimes does pay in Costa Rica. Jjust ask the
López brothers, José Luis and Mariano, who
are still fugitives from the short arm of
Costa Rican law, who are now getting ready
to get back some of their confiscated
properties.
70 Cases Of
AH1N1 In Limón In The Last Two Weeks
The
AH1N1 flu virus has hit the port
city of Limón by storm, the
ministerio de Salud reporting 70 new
cases in the last 15 days.
World Surfing
Games Costa Rica 2009 Breaks Records
Prior to the Billabong International
Surfing Association (ISA) World
Surfing Games Costa Rica 2009,
organizers thought that with the
confirmation of the participation of
35 countries there would be major
possibilities, and they had great
expectations for the championship.
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Costa Rican President Calls for New
Constitution
Costa Rican president Oscar Arias is joining
the trend in Latin America calling for
constitutional changes that would expand
executive powers, allow re-elections and get
rid of unnecessary checks on presidential
authority.
Nicaragua Gets $151
Million From IMF To
Face Crisis
MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaragua, one
of the poorest countries in the Americas,
said it received $151 million in Special
Drawing Rights from the International
Monetary Fund to help it cushion the impact
of the global financial crisis.
Fidel Castro
Chats Live With Nicaraguan Med
Students
Managua (AP) - Fidel Castro chatted
live via speakerphone with
graduating medical students in
Nicaragua in the latest of a series
of media events showing off the
former Cuban leader looking more
robust.
Guatemala Trial on Missing People
Continues
Guatemala - Public hearings in the first trial for
forced disappearances in Guatemala, during
the internal armed conflict, still continue
in this country on Thursday, when the
sentence will be possibly announced.
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Colombian
Senator Tells Chavez: 'Open Your
Eyes!'
Bogota (Reuters) - Colombia's
diplomatic spat with Venezuela took
a new turn this week with a series
of billboards in Bogota showing
pictures of Hugo Chavez, the leader
of the neighboring country, with his
eyes closed.
Brazil Boosts Medical Assistance for Men
Brasilia - The
National Policy of Integral Health Asistance
for Men encourages 2.5 million Brazilian men
to seek health services at least once a
year, to prevent diseases related to that
sex.
Bolivia considers UNASUR Deal Great
La Paz - The Bolivia Foreign Affairs Minister
David Choquehuanca considered the agreement
achieved at the South American Union of
Nations (UNASUR) summit held in Bariloche
city, Argentine, a great step forward in the
area.
UN Calls Evo Morales World Defender
La Paz - The United Nations General Assembly
(UN) will award Bolivian President Evo
Morales a medal and a scroll that will
declare him World Defender of the Mother
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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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