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Monthly Archives: August, 2005

Spanish Vice-President Visits Costa Rica

THE Vice-President of Spain, MaríaTeresa Fernández de la Vega, met withCosta Rican leaders here Monday andTuesday to talk trade, debt and insects.Fernández discussed with...

School Dropouts Lack Sex Education

A study of the opinions and knowledgeof adolescents not attending schooland their parents on the topic of reproductivehealth and sexual education concludedthat the information...

Central Bank Raises Inflation Estimate

THE Central Bank announced July 29that it has raised its estimated inflationrate for the year from 10% to 12.7%.Bank President Francisco de PaulaGutiérrez explained...

Tax Plan’s Impact on Tourism And Real Estate Explained

THE Costa Rican Tourism Institute(ICT) and the National Tourism Chamber(CANATUR) are holding free seminars inboth English and Spanish on how the PermanentFiscal Reform Package...

113 Directory Calls Now Free

CALLS to the nationwide, operator assistedtelephone directory, reached bydialing 113, are free for the rest of theyear as a result of a disagreement overthe...

Trade Organization Supports Region’s Banana Producers

WORLD Trade Organization (WTO)arbitrators announced Sunday that theEuropean Union must reconsider its hikeof import taxes on bananas from LatinAmerica, saying the hike would denyLatin...

Glass Studios in San José Produce Original Work

AN underground parking garage in one of San José’snewest malls may not sound like the best place to go insearch of art; but entering...

Perchance to Dream: The Mechanics of Sleep

SHARP, staccatobarks loud enoughto be heard over a jetengine had me instantlyawake, glancingaround the roomin mild panic as Itried to determinethe cause of the...

Photos by Abandoned Kids Explore Identity

THE July 23 opening of “NuestroMundo: Fotografías por Niños Costarricenses”(Our World: Photographs by CostaRican Children) at the Children’s Museumin San José marked the beginning...

Of Skeletons in Closets

HAVINGreached an agewhen the onlyimportant taskremaining is tocompose a flatteringeulogy andfind a reliable oratorto deliver it, Iwas not pleased toreceive a delegationrepresentingmy numerous offspringdemandingthat...

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