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Costa Rica Lags Behind, Regional Integration Advances

Nine years of negotiations for a CentralAmerican Customs Union are finally bearingfruit – at least for Costa Rica’s neighbors.With Honduras and Nicaragua poised to...

Zoo Manager Ordered to Leave (Part one in a two-part series about Costa Rica’s zoos.)

AFTER 10 years of what some environmentalistscall dismal operation, the private administratorof the country’s two public zoos has been told itscontract will not be...

Tourism-Sector Tax Breaks Suspended

A lengthy battle between the Costa Rican TourismInstitute (ICT) and the Comptroller’s Office has taken aturn against the tourism industry as the institute wasforced...

Domestic Violence, Canadian Prime Minister Visiting C.R., Monseñor Arrieta calls for restriction on land sales, Sandinistas “Terrorist Group”

One Year AgoNine domestic violence-relatedslayings in January moved the governmentto create a special commissionwith representatives from eight governmentagencies to tackle the problem.The owners of...

Honduras Stiffens Anti-Gang Law

TEGUCIGALPA(EFE) – Honduras’parliament on Jan. 19 passed a new lawdesigned to lock up for decades young peopleconvicted of mere membership in astreet gang.Pressed by...

Indians Remember 1932 Massacre in El Salvador

IZALCO – The few in this westernSalvadoran town who remember thewholesale slaughter of Indians by the anti-Communist military regime in 1932 are intheir 90s...

Solar Eclipse Coming in April

THE year’s first solar eclipse is comingto Costa Rica on Friday, April 8.That afternoon will see a rare hybrideclipse here, so named because of...

U.S. Embassy Offers Tax Return Advice

AN Internal Revenue Service (IRS)tax assistance specialist will be availablefor brief individual consultations in theU.S. Embassy in the western San Josésuburb of Pavas from...

Post-Flood Cancellations Affect Region’s Tourism

VACATIONERS’ fear and uncertainty,rather than high water, has sunkenbusiness for hotels, restaurants, and tourguide companies in Sarapiquí andTalamanca, two regions on theCaribbean slope that...

Pacheco: ‘Worst Flood in 100 Years’

RAIN, winds and swollen rivers hamperedemergency workers this week on theCaribbean slope assisting the thousands ofpeople whose homes were submerged inlast week’s flood.What President...

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