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Monthly Archives: December, 2007

Guilty Verdicts in Murder Case

Freedom of the press activists were biting fingernails alongside family members of the accused as judges read guilty verdicts in the murder case of...

Rival Parties Trade Barbs, Then Sit Down to Talk

Consensus remained elusive between the Arias administration and the opposition Citizen Action Party (PAC) after a meeting this week at the Casa Presidencial. PAC leader...

Top Diplomat Bullish On State of Relations

Costa Rica this year has stayed the course in broadening its diplomacy, according to the country’s top diplomat. Inside the lavish Foreign Ministry, reporters sat...

Think Nicas Are Taking Over? Think Again

New Book Seeks to Shatter Myths About Immigration in Costa Rica There are a million Nicaraguans in Costa Rica. Most prostitutes here are from Colombia, the...

Year-old Tourist Force Doubles Its Numbers

Costa Rica’s nascent Tourist Police force marked its first anniversary this week with the graduation of its second class of officers. Decked out in white...

Airline Sours on Limón

It was supposed to be a one-stop flight. The Nature Air prop plane left Tobías Bolaños airport in Pavas on Saturday carrying a handful of...

Parrita Housing Project Breaks Ground

A 140-hectare housing project got underway early this month outside the central Pacific town of Parrita. The project, known as Joya Pacifica, is being...

Gas Prices Drop, Diesel Keeps Rising

After a year of price hikes, the National Oil Refinery (RECOPE) has requested authorization to drop gasoline prices. The request is the result of...

New Tourist Offices To Open in 2008

Look for eight new regional branches of the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) to open in mid-2008. The new offices will supplement services available...

Japanese Chain Opens

The Canadian franchise “Made in Japan Teriyaki Experience” opened its first restaurant in Central America last month, on San José’s Paseo Colón, hoping to...

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