San Jos้ -
Heredia Train To Begin Running
August 10, Incofer Says
The Heredia - San Jos้ commuter
train will be running next month
according to Instituto Costarricense
de Ferrocarriles (Incofer) - Costa
Rican railway - as the legal issues
blocking the tracks have been
cleared.
AH1N1 Deaths
Keeps Climbing In Costa Rica
A 60 year old woman has become the
22 death from the AH1N1 virus in
Costa Rica, while the ministerio de
Salud investigates the death of a 25
year old man, which could become
death number 23.
Costa Rican President
Inaugurates Tuxtla Summit
Costa Rican president Oscar Arias
inaugurated Wednesday the 11th Tuxtla Summit
of presidents and heads of the state from
the Dialogue and Agreement Mechanism, with a
speech centered on the Honduran conflict.
Felipe
Calderon Praises Arias
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon on
Wednesday praised his Costa Rican
counterpart, Oscar Arias, for the mediation
work following Honduras' June 28 coup.
According to official sources, Calderon told
colleagues in a private meeting that "Costa
Rica's and Arias' great triumph has been in
getting the two parties to the conflict to
sit at the same table."
Crocodile
Makes A Lunge For German Tourist
With her camera in hand, the unnamed
holidaymaker was poised to capture a close
encounter with the reptile during a boat
trip in the Central American country..
ARESEP With
Toll Free Number; Inflation Rate
Predicted Lower
Have a complaint against any public
service like water, telephone,
energy or a taxi driver? Well, the
Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios
Publicos (Aresep) now has a new
number to accept complaints from the
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Crocodile attack on tourist boat in Costa
Rica while traversing the Tempisque river in the Guanacaste area. [Foto: PAUL STODOLNY / BNPS] See story. |
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Venezuela's Border With Colombia
Remains Open
Caracas - The Venezuelan
government said Wednesday that its border
with Colombia remains open despite a
diplomatic impasse between both nations.
OAS Urges Colombia, Venezuela To Avoid
Mutual Retaliation
San Jos้ - The
Organization of American States (OAS)
Wednesday urged the Colombian and Venezuelan
governments to avoid mutual retaliation,
which was sparked by Bogota's accusation
against Caracas of weapon supplies to
Colombian rebel groups.
Peruvians Skip Public Ceremony
Lima - A total absence of people characterized on Tuesday the movement of the motorcade of Peruvian President Alan Garcia from the Government Palace to the Congress of the Republic for his customary address to the nation for the national holiday.
Argentina to Rise Minimum Salary
Buenos Aires - The employer representatives, trade union organizations and that from the government agreed to rise minimum salary to 1,500 pesos (about 400 dollars), benefiting about 300,000 workers.
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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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