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Monthly Archives: August, 2006

Arias’ First 100 Days Get Mixed Reviews

To mark the first 100 days of his presidency, Oscar Arias returned to the theme that brought him international fame: peace and disarmament. Before...

Taiwanese Minister Visits, Signs Hospital Donation

Taiwanese Foreign Minister James C. F. Huang visited Costa Rica this week to make official his country’s $15 million gift to the Social Security...

Panama Issues Arrest Warrant for Alemán

MANAGUA – Legal analysts claim a Panamanian arrest warrant issued for former President Arnoldo Alemán (1997-2002), his wife and two of his close associates...

Taiwan Shows Interest In Panama Canal Expansion

PANAMA CITY – Taiwan’s foreign minister announced this week that his country is interested in participating in the project to enlarge the Panama Canal,...

Hondurans Take Aim at Private Military Firm

TEGUCIGALPA – Two Honduran men say they took jobs with a U.S. company to go to Iraq as security guards, but once there the...

Mekatelyou: The Unique Creole Language of Limón, Costa Ric

They sometimes call it Mekatelyou, which means, Let me tell you. It's what the black folks in the Caribbean province of Limón speak. Some...

Gas Prices Increase Again

The price of gas has increased for the eighth time this year. The Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP) approved the price increase last week...

Tibetan Monks Offer Buddhist Workshops

Just days after an estimated 2.5 million people traveled to Cartago to visit La Negrita, Costa Rica’s patron saint, six Tibetan monks arrived from...

Israeli Ambassador Discusses Mideast War

These are trying times for a beleaguered Israel as it engages in combat with forces in neighboring Lebanon, in a war that holds popular...

Parties Scramble to Delay Immigration Law

With Costa Rica’s new Immigration Law scheduled to take effect tomorrow, Legislative Assembly members attempted this week to move forward on a bill that...

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