Central Bank
To Introduce ¢20.000
and ¢50.000 Colones Notes
Costa Rica will have a new paper notes as of
next year, principally the introduction of
the ¢20.000 and ¢50.000 colones bills and
radical change in size, shape and colour of
the existing paper bills.
Costa Rica A
Drug Smuggler's Paradise
At Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica's main port on
its Pacific coast, security here and at
other ports and airports across the country
isn't tight enough. And that's according to
the country's authorities, who admit this
makes Costa Rica attractive to drug
smugglers, says the head of the
investigations agency.
Costa Ricans Fear Medicine Cuts
Medicines received through Caja
Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS)
- Social Security - may be cut as a result
of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the
United States, warn experts.
AH1N1 Cases
Climbs To 209 In Costa Rica
The ministerio de Salud (Health Ministry)
confirmed 30 more cases of AH1N1 flu virus
cases in Costa Rica, raising the total
number of infections to 209. One death has
been registered in Costa Rica.
Banco Popular Offering
Loans For "Boosters"
The full effect of the new Ley de Transito
goes into effect on September 23, which will
require all children 12 years of age and
under to be strapped in an appropriate child
seat or booster.
Orotina Pay Toll
Station Opens Today
In Costa Rican fashion, today, the third
phase of the San Jose - Caldera highway toll
begins operation. The first phase, San Jose
to Santa Ana tolls began operating on June
9, while the second phase, Santa Ana to
Orotina, is still under construction and not
expected to open until July 2010.
No More
'Celebrity' For Patti Blagojevich
(AP) — Illinois' former first lady won't be
queen of the jungle. Patti Blagojevich was
voted off NBC's reality series "I'm a
Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" on
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Waitress Mary Brasda poses with a “Quadruple Bypass Burger” at the Heart Attack Grill in Chandler, Arizona. The restaurant is known for its hospital theme and triple- and quadruple-bypass burgers. [Foto: Joshua Lott/Reuters]
The Costa Rican version of food that conjures up a vision of lethal arterial blockage is the chicharon - fried pork rind and belly . |
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Panama President to Brazil
Panama - Panamanian president-elect Ricardo Martinelli is traveling to Brazil on Tuesday
to discuss trade and investment- related
issues with Brazilian President Jose Inacio
Lula da Silva.
Panama Main Party Readying as Opposition
Panama - Panama's Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), the country's main political force, is focussing on the design of a strategy to responsibly act as opposition from July 1 on.
Nicaraguan Opposition Radio Station Silenced by Government
Managua - Nicaragua's telecom regulator, TELCOR, cancelled the frequency of Radio La Ley, in Sébaco (northern Nicaragua), just before its inauguration, the EFE news service reports.
Guatemala Extols PL
Guatemala - In the last 50 years Prensa
Latina news agency (PL) has witnessed
intense processes in Latin America and
placed an active role on its task to inform,
Guatemalan human rights leader Alexander
Guzman said Tuesday.
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COLOMBIA:
Spying in the Name
of 'Democratic
Security'
While
the world's
attention was
riveted on the
inauguration of U.S.
President Barack
Obama, an operation
was surreptitiously
being carried out
Jan. 19-21 at the
headquarters of
Colombia’s domestic
intelligence agency,
the Departamento
Administrativo de
Seguridad (DAS),
which answers
directly to the
president’s office.
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Some Beach
Finding the right beach in Costa Rica is
like naming your favorite Halle Berry body
part, with so many choices you can’t quite
make up your mind. This being said,
sometimes you wake up with a
pounding headache and just
need to find a beach,
anything with sand and warm
water will do the trick.
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10
words you will hear in
Panama, but may not find
in your dictionary
Here are some words that
you are sure to hear
during your visit to
Panama, but may not find
in your dictionary.
Balboa: (ball-bo-a) ,
Interior: (in-tear-e-or)
, Chiva: (che-va),
Diablo Rojo: (dee-ah-blo
row-ho) and many more. I
would be surprised if
you did not hear (and
perhaps wonder about) at
least one of these words
during your trip to
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