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Earthquake threatens to disrupt Haiti’s fragile recovery
by TCRN StaffThe earthquake that devastated Haiti on Tuesday threatens to disrupt the process of recovery that had begun years ago in the impoverished country, experts fear."It is not only unprecedented destruction. The quake abruptly halted a good start,"...
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Relief efforts underway after Haitian earthquake
by TCRN StaffThe Haitian capital was transformed into a giant cemetery after the quake that the government says will have caused over 100,000 deaths.Hundreds of thousands of people spent a second night outdoors, without water or electricity because of...
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Flooding and Heavy Rains Strike Costa Rica
by TCRN StaffAlthough the rain has subsided a bit resulting in a marked drop in the water height of the rivers, hundreds of homes in the Caribbean, Sarapiqui and the north remain flooded.Rivers such as the Parismina, Jimenez, Silencio,...
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Ticos current diet lacks nutrients from indigenous fruits
by TCRN StaffPerhaps you have never heard of fruits like güiscoyol the olozapo, the Rukan, black sapote, the borojó or ocarí.All grow in Costa Rica and were part of the diet of the ancestors of Ticos, but today they...
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Infor Major opportunities in Latin America are focused on four industries
by TCRN StaffAccording to senior vice president of Latin American operations for the U.S. software company Infor, Robert Farici, the growth in Latin America comes from companies involved in banking and finance, manufacturing processes, agribusiness and logistics management.Farici explained...
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Arias and his cabinet promise to help volcano evacuees
by TCRN StaffThe President, Óscar Arias Sánchez, and much of his cabinet, pledged yesterday those displaced by the Turrialba eruptions that at the beginning of next week they will provide better conditions in housing and food that as well...
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National Emergency Commission raises the threat level around Turriabla to yellow
By TCRN StaffThe National Emergency Commission (CNE) surveyed the area surrounding Turrialba yesterday afternoon and decided to raise the alert status of an eruption to yellow due to the sharp drop of sediment.The yellow alert means that local emergency...
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Turrialba Rumbles and Spits Ash
By TCRN STAFFA strong sediment eruption of Turrialba volcano yesterday afternoon forced the CNE to evacuate two villages close to the mountain and take preventive measures, fearing a possible emergency of greater magnitude.A total of 40 people in the...
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Caldera toll prices are to remain unchanged
by TCRN StaffThe company Highways of the Sun said yesterday that the amounts payable at each toll collection station will remain unchanged from any further period home 01 of January 2010.As indicated, as of that date, almost all of...
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Inflation could grow by as much as 131% in 2010
by TCRN StaffIf market inflation expectations become a reality next year like they have in the past, the indicator would have a 131% growth within 12 months.According to the latest survey of expectations by the Central Bank of Costa...
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Which Are the Favorite Destinations for Costa Ricans to Say Goodbye and Start the New Year?
With the arrival of the end of the year season, Costa Ricans take advantage of the festivities to explore...