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Monthly Archives: June, 2006

Gov’t Seeks Company for Liberia Airport Expansion

The northwestern Guanacaste province’s tourism has outgrown the Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia, and the government plans to offer private companies the chance...

Arias Sets Stage for Venezuelan Cooperation

President Oscar Arias met with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Alí Rodríguez June 23 to discuss the possibility of oil deals to benefit Costa Rica, as...

Free or Low-Cost Vacation Activities Abound

School vacations are upon us! Parents looking for something to keep idle little hands busy will be happy to know that free or low-cost...

Así Es la Cosa: That’s Just the Way Things Are

Some time ago, I wrote an article also titled “Así Es la Cosa.” This is something that the campesinos in the mountains here say...

The National Culture Center: A History

The drab, weatherworn walls of the exterior of the National Culture Center (CENAC) belie the wealth of history that lies inside them. Founded in 1994,...

Saga Continues in New Location

Sagacity certainly applies to Restaurante Saga’s recent move to a new location just north of Multicentro Paco in the western San José suburb of...

Fishermen Readers Write In; Pacific Going Strong

An e-mail from Tico Times reader Bob Stark, a frequent visitor to Costa Rica and an avid snook fisherman from Miami Beach, Florida, asks...

Drugs Hidden in Exports to Europe

Authorities said two international drug trafficking operations that used Costa Rica as a bridge to send cocaine to the Netherlands were shut down this...

Controversy Erupts over Spheres

What do you get when one man’s passion for spheres collides with the National Museum’s plans to recover mysterious pre-Columbian objects? A criminal investigation....

Nation’s Schools Differ Greatly

First in a series about the challenges facing the country’s public-education system.   Greivin, Ariana and Steven are in the second grade. They share, as do...

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