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ICE Assures No Black Outs Despite Little
Rain This Season
The Instituto Costarricense de Electridicad
(ICE) assures that there will be no black
outs due to the lack of rain this rainy
season. ICE president, Pedro Pablo Quirós,
that the state institution will not have any
problems with supplying the electrical needs
of the country.
Take Care of Charges
When Using ATMs in Costa
Rica
It is best take a close
look at bank charges,
especially when using
automated teller
machines (ATM's) of
competing banks, as the
charges could be as much
as us$3 for each
transaction. The charge
and the amount also
depends if a debit or
credit card is used to
make a withdrawl.
Chinchilla's Widely
Popular Candidate in
Costa Rica
(Angus Reid Global
Monitor) - Former
vice-president Laura
Chinchilla is widely
popular in the early
stages of Costa Rica’s
presidential race,
according to a poll by
CID-Gallup. 43 per cent
of respondents would
vote for Chinchilla of
the National Liberation
Party (PLN) in next
year’s election.
Costa Rica May Introduce
Bill to Tax Online
Gambling This Week
According to the Tico
Times and other sources,
EOG has learned that the
Finance Ministry is
planning to introduce a
bill that would tax
online gambling
entrepreneurs who reside
in Costa Rica.
Costa Rican
Cruz Roja Ends Search For Missing Chicago
Medical Student
On Sunday the Cruz Roja Costarricense (Costa
Rican Red Cross) ended its search efforts of
David Gimelfarb , the Chicago medical
Student, who went missing in the Rincon de
La Vieja national park on August 11.
Basking Ridge Girl Scout
Returns From Costa Rica
BERNARDS TWP. - Valerie
Snow, a 17-year-old Girl
Scout from Basking
Ridge, pushed herself to
new heights to
experience firsthand the
culture of Costa Rica
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The Great Thinker. Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, must be pondering what do next as his second term in office is almost over (less than nine months) and there is no re-election for him. Maybe Laura will carry on his legacy in 2010. And there is his brother in 2014. Or maybe we can change the constitution to permit re-elections. Again. Verdad?
[Foto; AFP/Yuri Cortez]
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Honduras Begins Election Campaigning Amid Political Crisis
Tegucigalpa - Coup-hit Honduras formally began its campaigning on Sunday for November election, some two months after a military coup set the country into a political crisis.
Honduras, Military Escalation Test,
Chavez
Caracas - The
coup in Honduras was a test for a military
escalation, which is continuously increased
and boosted, with the new US military bases
in Colombia, Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez warned on Sunday.
Panama's Free-Trade Zone To Stage One-Day Strike
Panama City - Workers at Panama's free trade zone, from truck drivers to janitors, will stage a one-day strike next week to protest government plans to hike taxes and fees, the head of the free zone merchants association said on Friday.
Cuba: Final Touches for New School
Year
Havana - Cubans
are giving the final touches for the
beginning of the 2009-2010 school year, when
about three million students are expected to
attend classes on September 1.
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Colombian President Infected With AH1N1
Bogota - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was infected with the AH1N1 influenza, Minister of Social Protection of Colombia Diego Palacio confirmed on Sunday.
Latin America On New AH1N1 Alert
Colombian
President Alvaro Uribe was confirmed on
Sunday to have been infected with the AH1N1
influenza, the second Latin American leader
to fall victim to the virus following Costa
Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez .
Venezuela: Colombia Isolated In South
American Countries
Caracas - Colombia has
found itself isolated at Friday's South
American summit due to its intention to
allow more U.S. military presence in the
South American country, Hugo Chavez of
Venezuela said here Sunday.
Bolivia Increases Biological Trade
La Paz - The Bolivian exports in the biotrade, including native products as quinua, chestnut, palmetto, maca and others, generated $110 million in 2008, local Cambio newspaper said on Sunday. |
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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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