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Monthly Archives: September, 2006

Public Phones To Be Upgraded

Traditional pay phones around Costa Rica are being replaced with new, high-tech phones that accept coins, regular and “chip” calling cards and can send...

Presidency Minister Touts Construction Increase

Presidency Minister Rodrigo Arias this week pointed to construction statistics from the Costa Rican Construction Chamber (CCC) as evidence of a strong economy. According to...

Businesses Help Fix Tamarindo Road

Hotel owners, real estate developers, restaurants and other businesses raised $16,000 to repair the Calle Langosta road in Tamarindo, a beach town in the...

Opposition Uses Report to Call for Reform of Bureaucracy

Costa Rica’s slipping ranking in a World Bank report on regulatory costs of doing business prompted opposition leader Otto Guevara to point a finger...

Gov’t Prepares for Property Appraisal Project

As the government prepares for a longoverdue nationwide assessment of property values, a lack of municipal resources promises to gum up the process, officials...

Multimedia Exhibit Examines Migration

10,270 (Panamanians in Costa Rica)! 14,515 (Salvadorans in Guatemala)! 226,374 (Nicaraguans in Costa Rica)! With numbers glaring from billboards, bus stops and the walls...

Papaya Music Releases New Calypso Album

A CD of live recordings that contain the “missing link between calypso music from Limón and jazz music from New Orleans,” will hit Costa...

Arte Viva to Liven Up Puerto Viejo

The southern Caribbean town of Puerto Viejo is set to come alive with a sensory feast next weekend, Sept. 29 through Oct. 1, with...

Jewish New Year: Rosh Hashanah Traditions and Reflections

Tomorrow may be Sept. 23, 2006, in the secular Gregorian calendar, but the Jewish calendar marks the date as 1 Tishri 5767, or Rosh...

Costa Rica’s Tapantí National Park Offers a Peaceful, Green Break from San José

An hour and a half southeast of San José, Tapantí National Park, on a good day, will placate visitors with the quiet thunder of...

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