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Tránsito In A
Show Of Force Days Before New Ley de
Tránsito Takes Effect
With
only days before the new Ley de Tránsito
takes effect, the Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes (MOPT) is getting
ready for a strong presence of traffic
police on the roads, with no less than 800
Tránsito (traffic) officials on the roads.
Costa Rica Predicts Fall in Tourism
Costa
Rica's tourism officials foresee an overall 12% fall in
tourism resulting in fewer visitors
and less revenues. During the first six months
of the year there was a 15% reduction due to the
world
economic recession.
Heredia Commuter Train And Bus Collide
The Heredia - San José commuter train that
began operating last month has been plagued
with problems, the latest a collision
between the train and a bus, that injured
eight.
AH1N1 Vaccine Testing
In Costa Rica Ends, Results Expected In 30
Days
The results of the AH1N1 vaccine tests are
expected to be available within the next 30
days now that the trial phase has ended. A
total 784 Costa Ricans took part in the
trials held at the Instituto de Atención
Pediátrica (IAP).
Costa Rica
Joins World Green Building Council
he Costa Rica chapter of the Green Building
Council was notified of induction into the
World Green Building Council.
Environmental sustainability in Costa Rica
is a major social concern as the country
covers 0.01% of the world's land surface yet
contains over 5% of the world's
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Costa Rica's soccer players workout during a training session in San José, getting ready for the big game against Mexico on Saturday in World Cup qualifying. [Foto: Kent Gilbert]
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Anti-Coup Hondurans Resist on Day 66
Tegucigalpa - Honduran people's forces and progressive
parties have reached on Tuesday their 66th
consecutive day of resistance against the
June 28 military coup.
El Salvador President to Visit Brazil Soon
San Salvador - El Salvador President Mauricio Funes will officially visit Brazil on coming Sept. 9, to meet with his peer Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva and ink cooperation agreements in different sectors.
El Salvador, ECLAC Sign Cooperation
Agreement
Santiagio - El Salvador
and the Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) signed
Tuesday an agreement on strengthening their
cooperation in boosting the
institutionalization in El Salvador's public
policy making.
El Salvador to Probe for Missing Children
San Salvador - The Salvadorian government will set up a national commission to search for children that disappeared during the internal armed conflict (1980-1992).
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POLITICS-CENTRAL
AMERICA:
Falling Out and
Falling Apart?
he late June coup
d'état in Honduras
was a body blow to
political
integration in
Central America. The
institutions of the
regional integration
process have been
incapable of
reacting to the
event, leaving the
future of the
process increasingly
uncertain and trade
agreements,
themselves in poor
shape, as the only
viable way forward,
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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
residence. |
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