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Monthly Archives: September, 2005

Woman Gives Birth To Conjoined Twins

A woman gave birth to conjoined twin girls on Tuesday at the National Children’s Hospital without any major complications, La Nación reported.Doctors performed a...

Black Parliament Founded At Legislative Conference

BLACK Culture Day, celebrated Wednesday, brought parades and celebrations to Costa Rica – particularly to the Caribbean province of Limón, the region with the...

Costa Rica’s Informal Labor Sector: Creating a Nuisance, or Just Getting By?

THOUSANDS of workers – hundreds of thousands, maybe, nobody knows how many – are on the legal fringe in Costa Rica, earning money in...

Assembly Considers Adding Exit Tax To Plane Fare

A bill under discussion in the Legislative Assembly proposes adding the $26 exit tax people must pay when leaving Costa Rica by plane to...

Costa Rican Rum Enters U.S. Market

WITH a shipment of 600 cases of Centenario rum, Costa Rica made its entrance into the U.S. rum market in July.The company expects to...

More Tico Products to Target U.S. Markets

A dozen Costa Rican food-sector businesses arrived in Miami, Florida, last week as part of a trade mission organized by the Foreign Trade Promotion...

Large Companies to Continue Paying 30% Taxes

Legislators approved Wednesday an amendment to the Permanent Fiscal Reform Package that would set the tax rate at 30% for companies that earn more...

Finance Minister Presents 2006 Budget to Assembly

YESTERDAY, Finance Minister Federico Carrillo presented a ¢2.76 trillion ($5.71 billion) budget for 2006 to Olman Vargas, president of the assembly’s Finance Committee. This...

Power Companies Form Alliance

THE Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) and the National Power and Light Company (CNFL), along with several regional and municipal electricity cooperatives, have announced...

Small Community Creates Open-Air Art Museum

PUNTA ISLITA – Culture is not usually in the forefront of praises heaped on Costa Rica. Head to head with some of its neighbors,...

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