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Monthly Archives: June, 2007

Catholic Church Reiterates Gay Unions “Improper”

Costa Rica’s Catholic Church is speaking out against a bill presented in the Legislative Assembly last week that would allow gay couples to enter...

Friendly Reminder About Driver’s Licenses

Foreigners with a valid visa and a current driver’s license from their home country are entitled to a similar Costa Rican permit, according to...

Burglar Bungles Robbery Attempt

The daily paper Al Día calls “Gato Felix” Araya a “legendary wrongdoer,” a career burglar who has seen the inside of prison more often...

Officials Submit Reforms To Immigration Law

Public Security Minister Fernando Berrocal and Immigration Director Mario Zamora Wednesday presented the Legislative Assembly’s Governance Commission with 60 reforms to the Immigration Law...

Priest Assists Evicted

Approximately 40 displaced families from La Candela, evicted just days before President Oscar Arias took office on May 8, 2006, have taken matters into...

Nicaraguan Immigrants Build New Lives Here

Pork rinds for vigorón sizzle, cassava is molded into buñuelos and ropa vieja simmers to perfection every day in the kitchen of owner Elizabeth...

New Guanacaste Police Chief Tackles Crime

LIBERIA, Guanacaste – Hugo Uba, the new police chief of Costa Rica’s largest and fastest-developing province, listens to Jimi Hendrix. He also likes Santana. But he...

Costa Rica, Panama To Sign Trade Pact

Representatives from Costa Rica and Panama have agreed to sign a free-trade agreement between the two countries after nine rounds of negotiation. The agreement will...

Plans Under Way to Create National Land Registry

National Registry Director Dagoberto Sibaja and his office are advancing on a project that no one in Costa Rica has ever taken on before...

Tico Gas to Include 7% Ethanol in 2008

Costa Rican gasoline will have at least 7% ethanol by the second half of 2008, an effort to reduce contamination produced by hydrocarbons, according...

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