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Monthly Archives: August, 2006

Tico Man Gets Artificial Cornea

Doctors say somewhere toward the end of October,Marvin Barrantes, 41, will open his right eye and see clearly. Barrantes, who had a cataract and other...

Court Rejects Delay To Equal-Access Law

The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV) handed another reversal to bus companies Aug. 4, sending back to the Legislative Assembly a...

Costa Ricans Detained In Ecuador, Mexico

Coast Guard officials in Ecuador and Mexico have detained thirty-five Costa Rican fishermen in recent weeks. Five boats manned by 25 Tico fishermen were detained...

Child-Killing Rapist Allegedly Strikes Again

In 1978, José Ramón Padilla was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a child in the Central Valley mountain town of Coronado....

President Meets with South American Leaders

During a brief trip to Colombia to attend the inauguration ceremony of that country’s newly re-elected President Alvaro Uribe Monday, President Oscar Arias talked...

Tourism Expo Highlights Central Pacific Region

Costa Rica’s tourism industry leaders will descend on the Hotel Radisson in Barrio Tournón, San Jose, Aug. 17 for an all-day Expo to promote...

National Stock Exchange Celebrates 30 Years

The National Stock Exchange celebrated its 30th anniversary with a ceremony Monday at the Marriott Hotel in San Antonio de Belén, northwest of San...

Offshore Banks Targeted

A bill before the Legislative Assembly would reform the Central Bank charter to allow for the regulation of offshore banks and put teeth into...

WTO Ambassador Laments Doha Failure

Ronald Saborío, the Costa Rican ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO), pointed a finger in all directions Tuesday, blaming the Doha Round breakdown...

Chile Agrees to Discuss Benefits of Free Trade

_Costa Rica should be more like Chile when it comes to free trade. That is the message President Oscar Arias sent to Costa Ricans...

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