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Monthly Archives: July, 2008

Caesareans All the Rage

Andrea Naranjo arrived at the public CaritHospital in san José intending to get a Caesarean section to avoid the pain of giving birth to...

Gas Prices Crimp Surfers’ Style

ESTERILLOS ESTE – When Aaron Kraut, 24, and three of his friends from medical school started planning a surfing trip to Costa rica two...

Millicom returns, buys Amnet

Telecom giant Millicom International Cellular announced Tuesday that it would acquire Amnet Telecommunications Holding Limited, a leading Central American provider of broadband Internet and...

Movie short premiers

Today marks the premiere of “400 metros planos” (400 meter dash), a film short directed by the first graduate of private university Universidad Veritas´s...

State insurance monopoly ends

President Oscar Arias yesterday signed into law a bill opening the country´s 84-year insurance monopoly to private competition. The new law established guidelines for the...

Costa Rican films win funding

Three Costa Rican films have won funding from Ibermedia, a project that aims to bring funding to television and cinematic productions in Spain, Portugal...

Trade deficit doubles in first half of ’08

Costa Rica´s trade deficit during the first half of the year reached $2.75 billion, more than twice the $1.35 billion deficit registered during the...

Exchange rate instability weighs on business owners

Costa Rica´s business sector is worried about recent fluctuations in the dollar-colón exchange rate. “Uncertainty has taken hold of the economic agents, not because of...

Pacific coast cable to improve telecom services

With much fanfare, the Costa Rican government inaugurated a new Pacific coast underwater cable that promises to deliver better and more reliable international telecommunications...

Fuel prices to increase in August for 8th hike this year

The price of fuel across the board will see another hike from ¢16-¢18 in mid-August, the eighth hike in as many months. The Public Services...

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