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Daily Archives: November 8, 2011
Friday is day for veterans
U.S. Veteran’s Day is Friday. The day is observed as Remembrance day in Commonwealth countries. This the anniversary of when the guns fell silent at the end of World War I. However, the current remembrance incorporates veterans of all wars. … Continue reading
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Quake in Nicaragua felt strongest in Costa Rica
When a 5.9 earthquake hit north of Rivas in Nicaragua Monday afternoon, it appears that residents in northern Costa Rica felt more of a shock than those living closer to the epicenter. The U.S. Geological Survey showed that residents in … Continue reading
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Agreement provides for electronic monitoring of both oceans
Top Costa Rican officials from two separate ministries met Monday and made a formal commitment to coordinate law enforcement in Costa Rica’s protected coastal and terrestrial areas. The agreement was signed by the Mario Zamora Cordero, minster of Seguridad Publica, … Continue reading
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Renegotiation of Canadian trade agreement begins this week
Technical teams from Costa Rica and Canada, starting this week in Ottawa, begin the first round of negotiations to modernize the free trade agreement between the two countries in force since 2002. This process will streamline the regulatory part of … Continue reading
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Big asteroid flies by Earth today, NASA says
A huge asteroid will fly past Earth within the moon’s orbit today, the closest such a large object has passed by the planet since 1976. Asteroid 2005 YU55 will come within 324,000 kilometers (about 200,800 miles) of Earth at 23:28 … Continue reading
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Ex-president Carter says Haiti’s poor overlooked
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter says he has not seen many homes built for the poor following the deadly earthquake that rocked Haiti nearly two years ago. Carter made his comments in interviews Monday as he visited the Caribbean nation, … Continue reading
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U.N. sets up food center in Brasilia for the world
The United Nations World Food Programme and the Brazilian Government have launched a new initiative to help countries run their own national school meal programs to advance the nutrition and education of children. The Centre of Excellence Against Hunger, located … Continue reading
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Operator of ARCOS-1 cable reports system has been upgraded
In yet another sign of the rapidly growing telecommunications market in Central America, Xtera Communications, Inc. announced Monday that Columbus Networks upgraded the Americas Region Caribbean Optical-ring System (ARCOS-1) using its technology. The upgrade provides a higher capacity for bandwidth … Continue reading
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ICE says it will begin offering television channels via Internet
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad said Monday that it would begin offering 85 digital television channels and video on demand in Escazú, Santa Ana, San Pedro de Montes de Oca and Rohrmoser. The service would be offered via the Internet … Continue reading
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Substantial taxes give smugglers a profitable opportunity
Nearly every week Costa Rican police discover a shipment of untaxed alcohol and confiscate the load. Smugglers find that the substantial taxes imposed by Costa Rica give them a profitable opportunity. Most of the imported alcohol comes from Panamá. However, … Continue reading
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Duty-free purchases turn out to be a pretty good idea
Tourists come to Costa Rica to escape the daily life of bills, work, and responsibility. They come in droves to relax, explore and have fun. But there is something that is not in the advertisements to come to this country, … Continue reading
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No taxes for San Jose’s shameful opportunists
The baby has to be thrown out with the bath water because it is as dirty as the suds. Decentralize government. Do I need to say it again? Look, my municipality is effective and efficient. We have a growing tax … Continue reading
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Country needs to resolve its local problems first
There is no such thing as 100 percent pure air or 100 percent pure water. There are always different levels of impurities and different levels of consequences. Is it practical to spend a fortune on minute quantities of atmospheric CO2 … Continue reading
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Change will take place in Cuba at their pace
Before anyone starts throwing stones at Castro’s Cuba they should take a look at the history and the era. When so few, have so much, at the expense of so many, change must occur. There are many good books that … Continue reading
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Expat may have been victim of deadly pneumonia
After taking a brief trip to Panamá, an American citizen living in Costa Rica returned to San José and died a week later under what his good friend is calling mysterious circumstances, possibly due to a deadly form of pneumonia … Continue reading
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