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Monthly Archives: May, 2007

Gays Call for End To Discrimination

Gay rights groups in Costa Rica seized the occasion of International Day against Homophobia May 17 to ask President Oscar Arias to help create...

Business School Gets New Rector

At an inauguration ceremony this evening, Arturo Condo will take over for Robert Artavia as rector of the Central American Institute of Business Administration...

Thermal Power Plant Had Problems Before Outages

A new thermal power plant in the Caribbean port of Moín had had multiple and serious mechanical failures long before last month’s countrywide blackout,...

Construction Costs Keep Going Up

Every month it gets more expensive to build in Costa Rica, thanks to rising construction costs. The industry, however, continues to boom. According to data...

Slight Financial Surplus Logged in First Few Months

Costa Rica closed out the first four months of 2007 with a financial surplus of almost $1 million, in part because of a 32.6%...

Proposed Agricultural Reforms Criticized

With propaganda and rhetoric flying as the nation prepares to vote on the controversial Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA), the...

Ice Hockey Shoots, Scores in the Tropics

In a country not known for its winter sports, or winter for that matter, ice hockey seems to be the new rising star. Reminiscent...

San Ramón-Born Artist Shows at Heredia Gallery

Galería Luna Llena, a little-known artists’ gallery in Lagunilla de Heredia, north of San José, is the brainchild of multimedia artist Juan Victor Chaves. The...

Expoarte National Art Fair Set for June 1-3

Expoarte, a national fair for Costa Rican art, will be held June 1-3 at the PlazaRealCariariExpoCenter in Cariari, northwest of San José. The fair promises...

INBio Releases New Book on Glass Frogs

“Ranas de Vidrio/Glass Frogs Costa Rica,” the new book by Brian Kubicki, is now on sale through the National Biodiversity Institute’s Editorial INBio. Kubicki,...

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