Happiness is … living green in Costa Rica (The Times of India)
LONDON: Costa Rica is very nearly paradise, not just for holiday-makers lounging on its beaches, but for its citizens who are extremely satisfied with their lot and also have a tiny carbon footprint.
New monkey discovered in Brazilian Amazon (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Researchers have discovered a new sub-species of monkey in a remote part of the Amazon rain forest, a U.S.-based wildlife conservation group said on Tuesday.
Happiness is … living green in Costa Rica (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Barbara Lewis LONDON, July 6 (Reuters Life!) – Costa Rica is very nearly paradise, not just for holiday-makers lounging on its beaches, but for its citizens who are extremely satisfied …
Tim Vickery: Much of Brazil still cannot adopt the Copa Libertadores (Sports Illustrated)
So it’s Argentina against Brazil in the finals of the 50th Copa Libertadores. Estudiantes de La Plata and Cruzeiro meet each other over two legs to decide the destiny of South America’s premier club title.
Honduras accepts mediation offer, Costa Rica says (CNN)
Provisional Honduran President Roberto Micheletti has accepted an offer that an independent commission help broker an impasse over whether to allow the return of ousted President Jose Manual Zelaya, Costa Rica’s foreign ministry said Tuesday.
Brazilian vice president out of hospital (UPI)
SAO PAULO, July 7 (UPI) — Brazilian Vice President Jose Alencar was released from the hospital after receiving treatment for acute abdominal pains.
Costa Rica named happiest, greenest country on Earth (New Kerala)
Melbourne, July 6 : Costa Rica has been named as the ‘happiest place to live on Earth’ in a new survey.
Brazil Bond Yield Drops to Two-Year Low as Price Index Falls (Bloomberg)
The yield on Brazil’s zero-coupon bonds due January 2010 declined three basis points, or 0.03 percentage point, to 8.8 percent at 2:53 p.m. New York time, the lowest since the security started trading in October 2007.
Costa Rica: World’s happiest place (China Daily)
BEIJING: Costa Rica earned the name of “the happiest place” in the world for its most content people, ecological footprint and life expectancy, according to a new Happy Planet Index (HPI) published on Saturday.
FEATURE: Making up for lost time – Costa Rica (Business News Americas)
The global financial crisis and the financing restrictions it has brought about have not stopped Costa Rica from moving steadily towards its goal of modernizing the country’s infrastructure by increasing private participation in key projects.
Brazil Stocks Fall on Earnings Concerns; Vale, Petrobras Drop (Bloomberg)
July 7 (Bloomberg) — Brazilian stocks fell for a fourth day on concern that earnings will fail to justify a rally that has boosted the Bovespa index by a third this year.
