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Monthly Archives: June, 2008

Putumayo celebrates 15th birthday

Renowned world music label Putumayo celebrates its 15th birthday this year with a series of events around the world.   “We are very happy about our...

Costa Rica ousts coach Medford, prepares for qualifiers

The Costa Rican Soccer Federation fired head coach Hernán Medford along with his coaching staff Friday. There was no love lost when the long-anticipated...

Costa Rica jails 11 cops for suspected drug ties

Eleven Costa Rican police officers suspected of collaborating with drug traffickers will spend three months in preventive detention while investigations continue, the a judge...

Ticos come home with new eyes

Some 93 Costa Ricans returned home late last week after undergoing free eye surgery in Venezuela, a gift from President Hugo Chávez's government.   The Venezuelan...

Costa Rica lawmakers ban spanking

Lawmakers voted this week to prohibit parents from spanking their kids. The bill, passed in a second vote Wednesday, would outlaw “physical or emotional...

Cruz Prado declines to testify, fearful of prosecution in Colombia

Former labor leader Cruz Prado declined to testify Thursday before a legislative committee investigating the presence of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)...

These flowers don’t smell so good…

The Costa Rican Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) is warning residents that robbers posing as flower vendors are going door to door in San ...

FMLN Increases its Lead In Polls in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR – The leftist former guerrilla movement, the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Movement (FMLN), is leading El Salvador’s ruling ARENA party by 18.5...

University Is Certified As Carbon Neutral

The National University (UNA), one of Costa Rica’s principal public universities, planted 9,000 trees last week and announced it is now the nation’s first...

Architects Donate Plans For Tamarindo Cop Shop

A group of architects has donated plans to build a state-of-the-art police station for Tamarindo, a booming tourist town on Costa Rica’s northern Pacific...

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