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Monthly Archives: December, 2006

Christmas Donation Opportunities Abound

Luckily, shopkeepers and advertisers aren’t the only people who spring into high gear over the holidays. So do the country’s charity organizations, which offer...

Candidate Araya Pledges to Fight Corruption

As night fell on the gloomy Barrio del Carmen de Paso Ancho, a small crowd murmured outside Marta Alvarez’s humble home Tuesday. A portrait of...

Golfito Marina Project Breaks Ground

A $350 million marina and beach resort project in the southwestern gulf town Golfito is under way after the project received construction permits from...

Program to Monitor Pesticides In Vegetable Farming

The Production Ministry will be taking stock of pesticides and other chemicals used in growing Costa Rica’s vegetables through the new National Program for...

CONARROZ Denies Transgenic Rice Shipment

A shipment of more than 36,000 metric tons of rice headed for Costa Rica does not contain rice with a genetic modification unfit for...

Conference Touches On Regional Energy Issues

“The production of electric energy in the world must undergo a profound transformation if it wants to be profitable in the future,” said Costa...

Taiwan Donates $5 Million To Repair Damaged Hospital

The Taiwanese Embassy has donated $5 million to the Social Security System (Caja) to repair CalderónGuardiaHospital in San José, which was devastated by a...

Country Continues Fight Against Global Warming

Representatives from Costa Rica continued to push a proposal to reward countries for not cutting down their tropical forests at a recent United Nations...

President Arias Heads to Mexico, U.S. White House

President Oscar Arias left yesterday for a six-day trip to North America. He’ll attend the inauguration of Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderón today, then head...

Tica Elected to Head U.N. Nuclear-Ban Organization

Ana Teresa Dengo, Costa Rica’s Ambassador to Austria, was recently elected to lead a U.N. initiative to work toward worldwide nuclear disarmament. From Jan....

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