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Volunteers build first aqueduct for indigenous people
Adelia Reyes walks for two hours three times a week with a bag full of clothes to wash for her and her six children. This indigenous Cabecar community near Gavilán Canta, Talamanca, Limón, must also cope with constant illness...
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Mudslide cleared from the Braulio Carrillo passage
by R. AGUILARThe road passing through the Braulio Carrillo will be reopened on Monday according to traffic police.A huge landslide fell on the road early Tuesday morning and it was not until yesterday that they managed to remove debris...
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Two policemen shot in protests in Limón
by VANESSA LOAIZA N.Two policemen are in serious condition after being shot and wounded this morning during a street blockade in Limon.According to Marin Germain, director of the Transit Police, incidents of violence were reported in the area of...
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Another Kind of Consciousness
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Martin LeFerveIt’s near dusk, and the parkland seems to be full of Cooper’s hawks. At one point on the path, a large, brown, stipple-winged hawk takes off from the path ahead of me with some small animal...
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Budget discussions for universities continue
by ALONSO MATA BThe rectors of the state universities and the Government are seeking to define the budget of the school houses for the next five years.At 5 pm the National Council of Rectors (CONARE) composed of top leaders...
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EU and Central America continue trade negotiations
The European Union (EU) and Central America failed to close the trade chapter of the Association Agreement despite the intense pace of negotiation that lasted until dawn on Monday in Brussels.As reported by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Minister...
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Chinchilla and Ortega agree to work on tourism and security
by IRENE VIZCAÍNOAfter conciliatory speeches and handshakes, the elected president, Laura Chinchilla, and the Nicaraguan president, Daniel Ortega, set to work.Just yesterday, they agreed to work together on a project to create a tourism corridor that includes the province...
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A Growing Tide of Anger, or Compassion
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Martin LeFerveSometimes, fewer than a thousand words are better than a picture, or a video. For example, the image of a San Jose, California Pulitzer-prize winning photographer and teacher halting a bank robber in the act by...
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Olympic is not advancing negotiations with Wal-Mart
By TCRN StaffBogotá. The Colombian chain said it "is not in talks with the U.S. firm aiming to realize a strategic alliance or any kind of agreement or negotiation."In information provided to the Superintendent of Finance, said the Colombian chain...
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Government lacks the money to ensure water supply to Guanacaste
The Government has a project to ensure a drinking water supply to Guanacaste, on paper, but lacks the money to finance it.The work, which would build a reservoir on the Rio Piedras, 8.5 kilometers from the city of Bagaces,...
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“El Coco”, in Carrillo, Will be Site of the Seventh Marina in Costa Rica
Costa Rica will have a new official access port in El Coco, canton of Carrillo, Guanacaste. The space will...