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Daily Archives: March 7, 2011
Pennsylvania music group to give two free concerts
A percussion group form the University of West Chester in Pennsylvania will give two concerts this week. The first is Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Paraninfo Daniel Oduber Quirós at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia. This is located 600 … Continue reading
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Fitch upgrades its rating of Costa Rica’s credit
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Costa Rica’s credit worthiness and said the outlook for the country was stable. “The upgrade reflects Costa Rica’s better than expected economic resilience during the global credit crisis, steadily improving macroeconomic stability underpinned by lower inflation … Continue reading
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Quick fix is predicted for crumbling bridge
The contractor who renovated the bridge over the Río Virilla has reported that the deteriorating concrete can be fixed in just one weekend. Exactly when that will be done probably will be announced early this week. That means there will … Continue reading
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Bus-truck crash in Brazil puts damper on annual party
A truck has smashed into a bus in southern Brazil, killing at least 25 people. Brazil’s federal highway police said the truck overturned around a curve in the highway in Santa Catarina state before dawn on Saturday. The fallen truck … Continue reading
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Mardi Gras taking streets in many parts of world
From Brazil to the United States, Carnival celebrations are picking up, with the grand finale, Mardi Gras, just days away. In Rio de Janeiro, the party kicked off Friday after the mayor handed the key to the city to the … Continue reading
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U.S. contractor’s trial ends, verdict awaiting in Cuba
The American contractor accused in Cuba of supplying dissidents with communications equipment could be facing a verdict soon. An official statement said lawyers gave evidence and closing remarks in the case against Alan Gross Saturday. Under Cuban law, judges can … Continue reading
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16 year olds are suspects in two major crime investigations
Juvenile criminals continue to be involved in major crimes. Early Saturday Fuerza Pública officers detained a 16 year old in Ticabán, Pococí, after a man suffered fatal bullet wounds in the chest. Police were alerted by a 911 call from … Continue reading
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Hundreds of police sweep the country in weekend effort
Fuerza Pública officers conducted what they call a mega sweep over the weekend. The policing effort covered the entire country. At 6 p.m. Friday police from Alajuela, Heredia, Cartago and San José began a sweep in the center of the … Continue reading
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Center to monitor telephone calls by crooks advances
The Poder Judicial, the Instituto Costarricense contra las Drogas and the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad entered into an agreement Friday that will result in the construction of a center for investigative eavesdropping. The center, which will be called the Sistema … Continue reading
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Wikileaks makes public more cables from Costa Rica
Wikileaks has posted more than 130 diplomatic cables from the U.S. Embassy in San José. The disclosures come as La Nación, the Costa Rican Spanish-language daily, is publishing news stories about the same cables. The newspaper made a deal with … Continue reading
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Not much likely to come from fiscal reform push
Last Friday, there were a couple of good articles on Costa Rican taxes: one reflecting an ignorant and impractical as always mentality, and the other one showing some common sense creeping in. And bear in mind this is after the … Continue reading
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Costa Rica officials learn from tax policy in Europe
It seems that the government is slowly catching up with taxes that are common in other parts of the world. In Germany we don’t have the luxury tax on certain houses. Therefore every property pays a certain tax every year, … Continue reading
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Ms. Chinchilla seeks help from above on Isla Calero
With a decision expected early Tuesday from the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Netherlands, President Laura Chinchilla sought help from a higher power Sunday. She attended Mass at the Catedral Metropolitana and heard Archbishop Hugo Barrantes ask for … Continue reading
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