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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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The Light of Insight
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Martin LeFerveA recent conversation with a Buddhist teacher from India turned to the Buddha’s illumination. “The
Buddha,” he said, “was attacked by Mara, but the Buddha came to see that the evil was within him.” That’s going a...
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Costa Rican young voices connect communities
Twenty-eight young women and men from all parts of Costa Rica recently learned how to produce their own radio messages on preventing violence, through a training programme organized by UNESCO and supported by the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund...
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New regulation prohibits harassment of card holders
by GABRIELA MAYORGANew Credit Card Rules, in force since last Tuesday, prohibits issuers from making "harassing" phone to clients or their families in order to collect outstanding balances.The legislation protects cardholders who have experienced this type of practice in...
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Airport construction ends ahead of schedule, 58 months late
by VANESSA LOAIZA NIt would appear that Aeris, the new construction company tasked with the next stage of expansion for the Juan Santamaria Airport plans to completely open the section before May 8th, four weeks ahead of schedule.Between April...
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The Intrinsic Intent of the Universe
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Martin LeFerveAs I see it, human consciousness is an unexplained contradiction in the infinitely dynamic order of the universe. Consciousness is not "evolving," and things are going from bad to worse. Is there an understanding of the...
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Special New Year’s Eve Hours at the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica
The U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica has announced the days on which its facilities will be closed due to...