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Monthly Archives: December, 2004

Pineapple Overtakes Coffee As Second-Highest Export

PINEAPPLE displaced coffee as thesecond-highest export product from CostaRica this year. Sales totaled $180.7 millionin the third quarter of the year, 30%more than the...

Minister Says Position on Banana Tariffs ‘Prudent’

FOREIGN Trade Minister ManuelGonzález this week urged Costa Ricanbanana producers to “maintain calm” inthe face of the conflict between CostaRica and the European Union,...

Costa Rica, Chile Work to Improve Free-Trade Agreement

MEMBERS of the Central American-Chilean Free-Trade AgreementCommission met Nov. 25-26 in Santiagoto discuss ways to strengthen the existingagreement, which has been in effect inCosta...

High Court Rules against Canopy Closures

THE Constitutional Chamber of theSupreme Court (Sala IV) ruled this week thatlast year’s closure and destruction of canopytours by the Industrial Property section of...

So: What AREThose Shoes Doing Up There?

YOU’VE seen them.Shoes, with the shoelaces tied together,hanging over electrical wires.And you’ve wondered why they’rethere.I’VE heard dozens of rumors – both inthe United States...

The Festival of Lights Turns on the Holidays

THE Festival of Lights, one of themost awaited events of the year, will officiallyturn on the Christmas season Dec. 11at 6 p.m.People can select...

Goodlight: Good Books, Great Escape

IT’S worth a trip to Alajuela, 17 kilometers west of San José onthe General Cañas highway, to visit the goodlight bookstore.Whether you’re a fanatical...

Disney Show to Benefit Needy Kids, Tree-Planters

THE United Supermarket Corporation (CSU), including Palí,Más X Menos, Hipermás and Maxibodega Supermarkets, is holdinga free Disney child benefit on Dec. 20 at the...

Painless Parties: Making Birthdays to Remember

¡Cumpleaños feliz, te deseamos a ti!Ah, the sound of children singing“Happy Birthday” ... dozens of childrensinging “Happy Birthday,” ... all in yourhome.NOT a clue...

Trilogy: A Celebration Of Beauty Times Three

THREE artists, three nationalities,three visions. British-born Deirdre Hydejoins U.S. citizen Vimala Joan Martha andCosta Rican Carmel Montoya in Trilogy,for what promises to be a...

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