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Monthly Archives: December, 2006

Country’s Gay Community Demanded Equal Rights

For the country s gay community, 2006 was a year of firsts, setbacks and successes on its path toward obtaining equal rights. For the...

Patriotism Soared For World Cup Games

Even though it lost all three games it played, National Soccer Team La Selección’s performance in the World Cup generated a memorable amount of...

Monteverde Murderer Sentenced to 210 Years

After nearly three months of court proceedings that forced witnesses, victims and the country to relive one of Costa Rica’s most shocking incidents, in...

Infrastructure Projects Ran into Obstacles

The road to infrastructure development this year was a bumpy, obstacle-filled ride, with bureaucratic setbacks delaying progress on much-needed road repairs and airport expansion...

Officials Focused on Improving Education

The school year started off with a sex scandal, and ended with the prospect of significant funding increases, among other changes. That’s right, a sex...

Tourism: New Opportunities, Old Problems

The more things change, the more they stay the same, goes the saying. That adage could apply to tourism in Costa Rica in 2006....

Health: Steps Forward, Backward

Infrastructure, or lack thereof, was the name of the game in health in Costa Rica in 2006. In a never-declared competition between the country’s parallel...

Fossil of Country’s Oldest Land Mammal Unearthed

Costa Rican geologists this year unearthed the tooth of a Desmostylus hesperus, an extinct, large, amphibious animal related to elephants and manatees. The fossilized tooth,...

Fishing Law Triggered Opposition

The Fishing Law that took effect in April 2005 this year triggered opposition that resulted in protests and legal action. In early January, more...

Conservation Saw Wins, Setbacks

Costa Rica teetered on the tight rope between developing its economy and protecting its natural resources this year as observers saw both victories and...

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