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Monthly Archives: May, 2006

C.A., Mexico Unite against U.S. Immigration Policies

MEXICO CITY – The foreign ministers of Costa Rica, Guatemala,Honduras and Nicaragua on May 19 established a position of solidarity with Mexico against efforts...

Gang Riots in Guatemalan Prisons Claim Six Lives

GUATEMALA CITY – Six gang members were killed and another 23 injured May 18 during two separate but simultaneous riots in a pair of...

Heredia Hosts First Festival of Flowers

Heredia, the provincial capital north of San José also known as the “City of Flowers,” will host its first Festival of Flowers, a weeklong...

11 Arrested in Alleged Int’l Fraud Operation

Eleven North Americans were arrested in the United States and Costa Rica Tuesday suspected of running an international operation to cheat gullible, mostly elderly,...

Rights Groups Question Arias’ Commitment

Social groups this week questioned President Oscar Arias’ commitment to the rights and concerns of women and children in Costa Rica because of his...

Environmentalists Express Doubts about Arias

Environmentalists’ expectations for the new government range from hopeful to bleak, though they all seem to agree on one thing: the second administration of...

Airline Opens English School in Drake Bay

“Head, shoulders, knees and toes!” – the familiar children’s song was projected from the lungs of nine young students at the inauguration of the...

Guanacaste Forest Cover Grows

The northwest province of Guanacaste has more forest now than it did two decades ago, according to a recent report by the National Fund...

Prisons Below Capacity For First Time

Thanks to a series of construction projects during the past three years, costing $10 million, Costa Rica’s prison population is now contained in a...

Immigration Says it Will Investigate Illegal Realtors

Immigration officials are looking into a complaint alleging that dozens of foreigners are illegally working in real estate in the northwest province of Guanacaste,...

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