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Monthly Archives: September, 2006

Police Statistics Show One Mugging every Hour

Like a clock ticking away, street thugs strike an average of once every hour, every day, in Costa Rica, according to statistics from the...

Tinoco Commission Extends Investigation

The three-person commission investigating sexual harassment allegations against National Liberation Party (PLN) legislator Federico Tinoco has asked for, and received, 30 additional working days...

Celebrations Under Way To Honor ‘Don Pepe’

The 100th anniversary of the birth of three-time President José “Pepe” Figueres (1948-1949, 1953-1958 and 1970-1974), to be celebrated Monday, has given rise to...

Few Gays Willing to Speak Publicly

While legislators, students and activists are talking about a proposed law to allow gay couples in Costa Rica to be joined in civil union,...

Delay Tactics, Child Protests Mark Porteador Controversy

Whistle-blowing, sign-wielding child protestors. Opposition legislators pulling delay tactics from under their sleeves. Public officials hitting protestors with fines. They are all part of...

Behind the Scenes of a Corruption Scandal

They say truth is stranger than fiction, and a newly published book by ex-President Miguel Angel Rodríguez – an account of his arrest and...

Police Confiscate Pirated CDs

As part of efforts to crack down on illegally reproduced, or pirated, CDs, the Public Security Ministry last week seized 4,500 of these CDs...

Coffee Harvest Grows, Exports Decrease

Costa Rica’s coffee harvest for the 2006-2007 season is expected to be 2% larger than the previous season’s harvest; however, exports of coffee during...

Former Estonian Leader Recommends ‘Flat Tax’

Former Prime Minister of Estonia Mart Laar this week recommended that the Costa Rican government consider applying a “flat tax” to improve its economy,...

Groups Protest CAFTA on Independence Day

Though a new poll suggests more than half of Costa Ricans favor the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA), another recent...

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