San José
Traffic Congestion Worst Ever
Which are the more congested roads in San
José? The autopista General Cañas (San José
- Alajuela) has to be the number one,
followed by the Florencio del Castillo (San
José - Cartago) and the Heredia - La Uruca.
Three Pregnant
Women In Hospital With AH1N1
Three pregnant women are in the San Juan de
Dios hospital, in San José, infected with
the AH1N1 flu virus, according to the
ministerio de Salud. One is intensive care
suffering from pneumonia.
AH1N1 Deaths In Costa Rica Could Rise To
Five
The number of AH1N1 deaths in Costa Rica
could be elevated to five from the current
three, as the ministerio de Salud has begun
to investigate the death of two women dying
from pneumonia, could actually be infected
with the AH1N1.
"Matapobres" In
Police Custody
Police have in custody a man whom they
believe is the "matapobres", tied to
drug sales and at least five homicides
in San José.
Costa Rica 09-10
Coffee Crop Up 5%
Costa Rica's coffee production in the
next 2009-10 crop cycle, for which
harvesting won't start until October, is
forecast to rise 5% to 1,671,270
60-kilogram bags, the official Costa
Rican Coffee Council, or Icafe, said
Friday.
Costa Rica
Surf Report July
July is generally a quiet month for
waves, but as the hurricane season
gets into gear, there may be a swell
or two. The actual storms don’t hit
the coast, but instead move north
toward Cuba and the Yucatan.
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The
Gorillas
Have
Returned
To
Central
America!
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Caricature courtesy
of
http://www.elpais.cr/
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CRISIS
IN
HONDURAS
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HONDURAS:
Activists Decry
Suspension of
Fundamental Rights
Local and
international human
rights organisations
and left-wing
legislators
condemned the
suspension of
constitutional
rights in Honduras
during the
night-time curfew,
which tightened the
state of siege in
effect since
President Manuel
Zelaya was ousted
Sunday.
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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
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