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Vehicular
Restrictions Of San Jose On They Way Back
The vehicular restrictions of San Jose will
be back soon, possibly as soon as next week,
and with a higher cost for infractions, the
Ministerio de obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT)
made the announcement on Friday.
Costa Rica Now Leader In
AH1N1 Deaths In The
Region, As It Records
Third Death
A 55 year old man is the
third AH1N1 flu virus
victim in Costa Rica,
said the ministra de
Salud, María Luisa Ávila
yesterday.
Costa Rican
Shrimp Prices Fall Due To US Embargo
The price of Costa Rican has fallen
drastically as exporters are faced with a
closed US market and cannot get the same
price locally. The price of shrimp has been
falling since May and has hit a new low
record of ¢1.000 to ¢1.500 per kilo for the
small variety.
It's Vacation
Time!
Hundreds of thousands of Costa Rican
students are out on vacation during the
mid-year school break that began yesterday.
School resumes on July 20.
Fractional
Ownership – A New Way To Own Property in
Costa Rica
Fractional Ownership has been around a long
time, especially in the USA where it is a
multi-billion dollar industry, but most
people in Costa Rica are just becoming
familiar with this approach to buying and
owning property.
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The fair is an opportunity to
sample and buy a variety of
cheese products, all produced
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Soldiers shielded themselves at the National Congress in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The acting president said he has no plans to return ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power, like protesters want, though Zelaya has vowed to return today (Saturday) and take command of the country. [Foto:Edgard Garrido/Reuters] |
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4 of 10 Costa Ricans Connected
A study by the Radiográfica Costarricense (Racsa) shows that 45% of Costa Ricans are connected to the internet on a daily basis. |
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The study shows that 40% of households are connected daily for two hours. |
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Colombia Disarms 1,371 Rebels In First Half
Year
Bogota - The Colombian government
said on Friday that as many as 1,371 anti-government
guerrillas were disarmed in the first half of this
year.
Venezuela Decries Anti-Honduran Campaign
Caracas - The media campaign to distort the truth
about Honduras was denounced in Caracas on Friday by
Chair of the Venezuelan Parliament Committee on
Science, Technology and Social Communication, Manuel Villalba.
Argentina Applying A(H1N1) Measures
Buenos Aires - Health minister of Argentina,
Juan Manzur received his first support for a series
of measures to combat the epidemic of A(H1N1) flu
through a cooperation commitment from two important
branches of the private sector.
Brazilian Air Force Denies Mistakes In Air
France Flight 447 Case
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil's Air
Force released a statement on Friday in which it
denies any errors in the Air France Flight 447 case,
and said it warned the Senegalese air traffic
control that the Air France's Flight 447 was heading
to.
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CUBA-US:
Frosty Relations No
Bar to Communication
HAVANA (IPS) -
Cuba and the United
States are poised to
resume talks on
migration issues any
time now, although
the five Cuban
agents imprisoned in
the U.S. remain "a
formidable obstacle"
to normalising
bilateral relations,
according to Cuban
parliament president
Ricardo Alarcón.
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Settle
For a Slowdown
There are times when all you
want from your vacation is
to move slower than a
narcoleptic construction
worker. If embracing the
Kenny Chesney motto, "no
shoes, no shirt, no problem"
sounds awfully good, look no
farther than Samara Beach,
Costa Rica, a perfect beach
town where the clocks don’t
work.
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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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