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Monthly Archives: December, 2006

Tico Turned Obsession Into Novel Soccer Ball

A sphere-obsessed Tico created a special, commemorative soccer ball for the June 9 opening game of the World Cup between Costa Rica and host...

Man Shot Himself, Took Taxi to Morgue

An 83-year-old man who had just found out he had a terminal disease shot himself in the stomach with a .38-caliber pistol in August,...

Child with AIDS Went to Disney World

After two failed attempts to get a visa to the United States, an 8-year-old Tica with AIDS who was abandoned by her parents was...

Porn Banned in Congress, Presidential Offices

First legislators, then Casa Presidencial got a G rating this year when workers were told they can’t access pornographic Web sites. Penalties include dismissal...

Astronaut Chang Opened Plasma Lab

In the presence of his mother, President Oscar Arias, and enough rocket scientists to make quorum at a Mensa meeting, Costa Rican-U.S. astronaut Franklin...

FIVE DECADES OF NEWS

Improvements Galore: The Tico Times turned 50 this year – and celebrated the milestone with a complete print redesign launched in January –just in...

Ticos Called for Peace in Middle East

Local uproar over Israel’s bombing of Lebanon July 12 through Aug. 14, combined with Costa Rica’s decision to move its embassy from Jerusalem to...

Traffic Deaths Prompt Safety Plan

While Costa Rica’s highway fatalities this year were expected to surpass last year’s 616, President Oscar Arias and several public ministers presented a Roadway...

Costa Rica’s Presidents Criticizes Press

“There are powerful media who try to depict us as a failed country, a country without dreams. They’re liars interested in money and nothing...

Immigration Underwent ‘360-Degree Turn’

It was a roller-coaster year at Immigration. Reforms to crack down on illegal immigration – which, after years of debate, were finally approved in 2005...

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