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Monthly Archives: June, 2006

Country’s Airports Narrowly Avoid Closure

A threat from the National Firefighters’ Corps to suspend the organization’s services at the country’s international airports would have resulted in the airports’ closure...

Red Cross Workers Find Spanish Teacher’s Body

Red Cross rescue workers on June 16 found the body of a U.S. high-school Spanish teacher who drowned along with three U.S. teenagers pulled...

National Team Heads Home After Three World Cup Losses

Costa Rica’s National Soccer Team lost to Poland 1-2 in Germany on Tuesday, ending a disappointing World Cup run. Back home, the team’s three losses...

Prosecutor Advises Calderón Of Charges Against Him

The Chief Prosecutor’s Office this week informed ex-President Rafael Angel Calderón Jr. that it has broadened the scope of the investigation against him related...

U.S. Says Iraq List Can’t Be Modified

Foreign Relations Minister Bruno Stagno said Wednesday that the U.S. government has formally answered Costa Rica’s requests to remove the country’s name from the...

High Court Strikes Down Part of Guaro Monopoly

With Executive Branch plans to lift state monopolies on telecommunications, insurance and fuel already generating discussion this week (see separate story), the Judicial Branch...

Tuna Fishing Endangers Dolphins

Dolphins are Costa Rica’s most famous divers – and they have a problem. For decades, in the eastern tropical Pacific, the commercial fishing industry...

Pride of India Thrives in Costa Rica

Here’s a beautiful immigrant from India to adorn your garden with exquisite flowers. I’m referring to the ornamental tree, pride of India (Lagerstroemia indica...

Chorreadas: A-maize-ing Pancakes

Among the vast array of fruits and vegetables this tropical volcanic paradise offers, the center stage is still occupied by the same sacred food...

Canucks Get Ready to Celebrate

A pie-baking ambassador, a Mountie and nearly 500 people are expected to gather under the tropical sun July 1 to celebrate Canada Day. In...

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