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Monthly Archives: September, 2006

Wal-Mart to Open New Hipermás store

Wal-Mart Costa Rica has announced plans to build a $12 million Hipermás store in the western San José suburb of Escazú. Like the other...

ARESEP Speeds Up Gas Price Reductions

To keep up with plunging crude oil prices worldwide, Costa Rica’s Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP) this week paved the road for quicker gas...

Golfito Marina Project Seeks Final Permits

After months of bureaucratic delays, and with financial backing from a new U.S. investor, developers of a large marina project in the small southeastern...

Video Explores Child Labor Here

Although many Costa Ricans probably wouldn t suspect it, thousands of children spend their days working in the fields here rather than in the...

Businesses Seek to Open Operations in Costa Rica

More than 350 businesses from 18 countries participated this week in the Eighth Commercial Buyers Mission, according to a statement from the Foreign Trade...

Gas Consumption Decreases 5.9%

Costa Ricans consumed 5.9% less gas last month than in August 2005, according to a statement from the National Oil Refinery (RECOPE). In August 2005,...

Opposition Wants More CAFTA Hearings

Legislators in the International Affairs Commission discussing the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA) are divided over whether to hold more...

Remembering Rembrandt

The birth of one of Holland’s greatest artists 400 years ago in July will be cause for celebration at the Costa Rican Art Museum...

Old Fort to Become Guanacaste Museum

Thanks to a recent legislative decree, a former army garrison in the northwestern province of Guanacaste stands to become a little brother to the...

Last Chance to Catch “King Lear” Tonight

Those who missed last week’s performances of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” by British theater company TNT will have a last chance to catch the show...

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