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Monthly Archives: December, 2006

Tico Hits the Jackpot In Florida Lottery

Costa Rica’s own Feliciano Aragon hit the jackpot in the United States last week, purchasing the winning ticket in the state of Florida’s $9...

Japan Donates $90,000 To Pérez Zeledón Hospital

The ever-philanthropic Japanese Embassy in Costa Rica reached into its pockets again last month and signed a contract to donate $90,000 for the purchase...

Costa Rican Embassy Opens in Tel Aviv

The fruit of a decision that shone a spotlight on Costa Rican-Israeli relations earlier this year was born Friday when the Costa Rican Embassy...

Lukewarm Elections Put Liberation in Control

If all politics is local – as longtime U.S. congressman Thomas “Tip”O’Neill famously asserted – then Costa Rican politics have a ways to go. Sunday,...

More than 10,000 Kids Fail Graduation Exams

In keeping with years past, only about 60% of Costa Rican teenagers in their last year of high school passed their recent graduation exams,...

Former Alcatel Executive Faces Charges in U.S.

One of the major players in the corruption scandals that swept Costa Rica in 2004 is facing charges in the United States for allegedly...

UPEACE Rector to Head Conservation Union

University for Peace (UPEACE) Rector Julia Marton-Lefèvre’s new job as Director General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) will transplant her from the university’s campus in Ciudad Colón,...

Costa Rica’s Trade Deficit Grows 25%

Costa Rica’s trade deficit grew to $2.7 billion in the first 10 months of 2006, a 25% increase from the same period last year. The...

Inflation Down From Last Year

Accumulated inflation so far this year is down 4.6% over the same period last year, according to a statement from the National Statistics and...

Hewlett-Packard Expands; Now One of Country’s Biggest Employers

One leg slung over the other, Jaime Aguilar sits comfortably on the slick sofa chair in Hewlett-Packard’s lobby, carrying on. He spangles his speech...

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