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Monthly Archives: March, 2004

Program Creates New Hope For Old Dreams

WHEN Patricia Porras places children’s books in the outstretched hands that encircle her at a Recycling Hopes meeting, it is unclear by whom “The...

U.S. Military Planes Get Permission to Land

THE Legislative Assembly has agreed to allow up to 35 U.S. airships to land in three of the country’s airports between Feb. 15 and...

Fiber Optics Will Span the Country

THE Costa Rican Electricity and Telecom Institute (ICE) has contracted Swedish firm Ericsson to install 1,092 kilometers of fiber-optic cables across the country, “from...

Latin American Police Receive Training Here

APPROXIMATELY 800 law-enforcement officials from across Latin America are in Costa Rica this month for a three-week seminar addressing the issue of legal and...

U.S. Geologist Warns Arenal Poses Imminent

IN the wake of an alarming study of the danger a large eruption would pose to the tourists and people who live around the...

Oil Prices Could Derail Country’s Monetary Policy

HIGH international oil prices could make it difficult for the Central Bank to meet the macroeconomic targets it set in its 2004 monetary policy,...

Tax Plan Controversies Continue in Congress

DESPITE setbacks with the new tax plan, Finance Minister Alberto Dent says the government is firm in its resolve to push the plan through...

Government Will Help Businesses Get Credit

PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco on Monday signed a decree creating a ¢9 billion ($21.4 million) fund to provide credit assistance to small and medium businesses...

Banco de Costa Rica Gets Huge Credit Line

THE Central American Economic Integration Bank (BCIE) on Tuesday gave state-owned Banco de Costa Rica (BCR) a $90 million credit line to be used...

Free Zones Worry About Taxes, Hail Measures

THE Association of Costa Rican Free-Zone Businesses (AZOFRAS) and the Foreign Trade Ministry (COMEX) are recommending that the corporate income tax under the proposed...

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