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Monthly Archives: November, 2006

Country Falls Seven Spots In U.N. Development Index

Costa Rica has slipped seven spots during the past five years on the Human Development Index (HDI), a ranking that evaluates countries’ life expectancy,...

Children Massacre Family of Monkeys

Children in the northern Guanacaste beach town of Paraíso killed an entire family of monkeys with an air rifle, according to accounts from residents...

Irregularities Found after Fatal Gas Station Fire

A lack of oversight and some irregularities have surfaced following the explosive fire at a Shell gas station in Escazú, west of San José,...

Gov’t Annuls Controversial Health Ministry Decree

Weeks after a Public Health Ministry decree on sanitation permits caused controversy because of a clause on manufacturing weapons that are illegal here, the...

Labor Ministry Warns Sportsbook Must Pay Up

Nearly three months after the online gambling company BetonSports closed its doors in Costa Rica, most of its former employees have not received the...

Airports Gear Up for Season Despite Obstacles

Construction workers in the nation’s two biggest airports are rushing to put together long-awaited improvements in time for the one million tourists expected to...

Austrian Artist Exhibits Paintings in Santa Ana

Colores fuertes – strong colors – are words Renate Bale uses to describe her paintings, which are semi-recognizable forms she creates in Costa Rica...

Artist Sings Anti-CAFTA Heart Out in ‘¿Te Lo Canto?’

TLC (Tratado Libre de Comercio) is no longer just the Spanish acronym for the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA). With last...

McKee Project Taking Action in Paso Canoas

The McKee Project, which teaches veterinarians low-cost, humane methods to curb reproduction of street animals, hopes to spay or neuter 200 dogs and cats...

Christmas Cards Support Good Causes

It’s that time again – ladies’ groups are on the move, gathering troops to sell artifacts of a reportedly endangered action: the exchange of...

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