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Monthly Archives: February, 2005

Former Prostitute Shares Her Story, Goals

PROSTITUTION may not be achoice; rather it is often a last resort forwomen with shattered self-esteems whodon’t believe they are worthy of anythingbetter, say...

Survey of Homeless Aims To Improve Social Services

A team of 30 government employeesand non-profit organization volunteers hitthe streets of San José last week to undertakean unusual task: finding, interviewand recording data...

Homosexual Seeks Pension of Deceased Partner

FOR the first time in Costa Rica, ahomosexual man has filed a lawsuitbefore the Constitutional Chamber of theSupreme Court (Sala IV) to claim thepension...

High Court Rejects Finance Minister’s Motion

ONCE again, the ConstitutionalChamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV)received an appeal for support in ongoingdisputes between Finance MinisterFederico Carrillo and those demandinggovernment funds...

January’s Exports Show Healthy Increase

COSTA Rican exports increased 4.2%in January compared to January 2004,Foreign Trade Minister Manuel Gonzálezsaid Feb. 18.In real terms, this increase represents$20.2 million in additional...

Construction Sector Grew 25% Last Year

THE Engineers’ and Architects’Association (CFIA) announced last weekthat Costa Rica’s construction sectorexperienced 25% growth in 2004.Between January and December 2004,4.3 million square meters of...

New Technology to Help Combat Illegal Logging

IN an effort to control illegal logging,the Ministry of Environment and Energy(MINAE) has acquired 60 hand-held computersto detect where the activity is takingplace, Environment...

Signs at Airport Will Announce Exchange Rate

THE Costa Rican Tourism Institute(ICT) plans to place an information boardin the Juan Santamaría InternationalAirport in Alajuela, northwest of SanJosé, to inform tourists of...

Juan Santamaría Airport Opens VIP Lounge

VISITORS to the Juan SantamaríaInternational Airport in Alajuela, northwestof San José, can now await theirflights in luxurious surroundings at theairport’s new VIP lounge, inauguratedFeb....

Diving Hot in Southern Pacific

THE good newsfor divers in thecountry this monthis that the southernPacific is going offfor high season.This means watersare clear and themarine life profusefor those...

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