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New Ley de Tránsito: First World Law on Third World Roads
For the first time in all my years of driving in Costa Rica my eyes yesterday were focused on the speedometer and the road ahead, watching for traffic cops with a radar unit. The new Ley de Tránsito had a great effect on my driving habits, which overnight had to change drastically. |
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More Than 300 Fines In San José In First Day Of
New Traffic Law
During the first day under the new Ley de
Tránsito, traffic officials report issuing more
than 250 tickets in San José, despite a call
from the officer's union to implement the law.
Some drivers will have to pay up to ¢300.000
colones for their imprudence.
Irazú Volcano Panics Residents With 9 Tremors
Monday Night
The Irazú volcano sent a panic chill in the
neighbouring communities last night, as
residents report at least 9 tremors from the
volcano during a 30 minute period.
Man Carrying
us$250,000 Arrested At San José Airport
The Policia de Control de Drogas (PCD) -
Costa Rican drug enforcement police -
arrested a Mexican carrying us$250,000 in
undeclared cash over the weekend at Juan
Santamaría (San José) airport, making this
the fourth large seizure of cash this year
in the Costa Rica.
Coffee Sales Finance
Costa Rican Adventure
EDMONDS - Tebra Draper, 16, can pull out her
notes and list some interesting facts about
the leatherback sea turtles that nest on
Costa Rica's Caribbean beaches. The massive
turtles can reach lengths of 7 feet and
weigh up to 2,000 pounds, feeding largely on
jellyfish, their food de elección.
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/ Central America
PANAMA
Experts Study Climate
Change in Panama
PANAMA - The Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute (STR) based in Panama will receive
experts to evaluate the effects of climate
change in forests, informed organizers
yesterday.
CENTRAL AMERICA
Drought Worsens Food
Deficit in Central America
More than a million homes of the so-called
Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (MBC) are
threatened by the drought provoked in
Central America by climatologic phenomenon
El Niño.
NICARAGUA
Power Plant Fire Keeps
Nicaragua's Cord Island In The Dark
CORN ISLAND - A fire in Nicaragua's Corn
Island has left some 12.000 residents
without power for the weekend. The fire
broke out in a power plant that supplies
electricity to the island, a major tourist
destination in Nicaragua.
GUATEMALA
Guatemala
Fires Minister For Alleged
Corruption
GUATEMALA - Guatemalan President
Alvaro Colom has fired his
interior minister for alleged
corruption and replaced him with
a former journalist.
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ISRAEL
Two Legged Dog Gets
Help
TEL AVIV - Hoppa, a four-year-old mixed
breed dog born without front legs, uses a
prosthetic device to walk in his home in the
central Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
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/ Special Reports
Brazil
Leans on South America to Adopt
Its Digital TV Standard
Brazil is lobbying hard to get
the rest of Latin America to
adopt the Brazilian version of
the Japanese digital television
standard, as Argentina, Chile,
Peru and Venezuela have already
done. |
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New
Ley
de
Tránsito:
First
World
Law
on
Third
World
Roads
For
the
first
time
in
all
my
years
of
driving
in
Costa
Rica
my
eyes
yesterday
were
focused
on
the
speedometer
and
the
road
ahead,
watching
for
traffic
cops
with
a
radar
unit.
The
new
Ley
de
Tránsito
had
a
great
effect
on
my
driving
habits,
which
overnight
had
to
change
drastically.
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The Apple iPad
Steve Jobs, founder of
Apple this week
introduced the iPad, a
handheld tablet that is
a larger version of the
iPhone without the
telephony feature.
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