Inflation For Last Six
Months At All Time Low
The cost of living in Costa Rica
increased by only 0.62% between December and
May, the lowest increase in inflation in the
last 32 years of keeping records.
Santa Ana Residents Get Promise of
New Pedestrian Overpass
The residents of Santa Ana were able
to obtain a commitment from the
Ministerio de Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT) for a pedestrian
overpass on the autopista Próspero
Fernández in front of the Forum
business park.
Brazilian President In
Costa Rica For Official Visit
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula
da Silva arrived here Tuesday for
his first state visit to Costa Rica
with an aim to strength the
friendship and cooperation between
the two nations.
3 Sentenced For Their
Role In Fraud
Scheme Against US Residents
The Associated Press - The owner of a Costa
Rica-based telemarketing call center
and two workers at another call
center face prison for their roles
in schemes that defrauded thousands
of U.S. residents out of more than
$10 million.
US Team Takes On
Unforgiving Saprissa Stadium
The U.S. men's team is boldly going
where no U.S. men's team has won before.
Previous U.S. teams to visit Costa Rica in
World Cup qualifiers haven't even come
close.
Infrastructure
Projects to Continue In Guanacaste
(InfoWebPress) – The Ministry of
Transportation and Public Infrastructure (MOPT)
provided updates on a number projects
currently being done in Guanacaste.
Daniel Baldwin Will
Join Brother On Reality Show In Costa Rica
Daniel Baldwin is jetting to the
jungles of Costa Rica to replace newlyweds
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt and join his
brother Stephen as a cast member of reality
TV show, “I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of
Here!”
Landon
Donovan
of the
U.S.
national
soccer
team
trains
during a
practice
session
in San
Jose.
The U.S.
team,
lost six
consecutive
qualifiers
in Costa
Rica,
will
face
Costa
Rica in
a 2010
South
Africa
World
Cup
qualifying
soccer
match
tonight
at the
Saprissa
stadium,
which
has been
called a
"
cauldron"
for the
heat and
intensity
of fans
who are
close to
the
field. [Foto:
Juan
Carlos
Ulate]
Nicaragua With First Case of
AH1N1 Managua - Nicaragua
confirmed on Tuesday its first case of
AH1N1 flu, in a five-year-old girl.
The patient's father, Oscar Arazu, said on
Tuesday that his daughter presented flu
symptoms during the weekend, but he had
never thought she would be infected with the
A/H1N1 flu virus.
Guatemalan, Brazilian Leaders Discuss
Energy, Drug Trafficking Guatemala -- Visiting
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva on Tuesday met with his Guatemalan
counterpart Alvaro Colom to discuss
cooperation in energy and fight against drug
trafficking, local reports reaching here
said.
Fidel Castro Rejects Conditions For Dialogue
With U.S.
Havana - Former Cuban leader Fidel
Castro on Tuesday rejected the conditions placed by
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for a
possible "open dialogue" between Washington and
Havana.
Venezuela Takes Legal Action on Media
Caracas - Venezuelan lawyers announced Tuesday that
they will begin legal action against communication
media calling for the assassination and murder of
deputies, which is being termed, "media terrorism."
Top World Wind Park in Argentina
Buenos Aires - With a generating capacity between 600 and 900 megawatts, Argentina will have the world''s largest eolian park, it was revealed there Tuesday.
RIGHTS:
Historic Court Under
the Spotlight in New
Film
The International
Criminal Court has
struggled since its
inception to realise
its core mandate to
prosecute the
world’s worst human
rights offenders,
putting on trial
propagators of
genocide, war crimes
and the inductors of
child soldiers into
civil conflict.
Volcanoes, parrots and monkeys — Linden students visit Costa Rica
Looking down into the smoking crater of an active volcano, zip lining through the trees and protecting their belongings from pick-pocketing monkeys. Those were just some of the highlights of a recent trip to Costa Rica taken by students and faculty at Linden High School (LHS).
4 Kms Does Not A 6 Lane Highway Make
After some 30 years of
planning, start and stop
and then start again,
last week the expansion
of the autopista
Fernando Prospero and
the highway to Caldera,
was officially
inaugurated, although
there still remains
entire sections of first
phase of the highway to
be completed.
