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Monthly Archives: July, 2008

New Culture Vice Minister

Laura Pacheco on Wednesday was named as the new vice minister of culture. “Laura is someone who has important life experience,” said Culture Minister María...

Head of Costa Rican Art Museum Folds Easel

The head of the Costa Rican Art Museum (MAC) resigned recently, claiming the Arias admini s t r a t ion, through the Culture...

Dobroye Utro! Get Your Tico-Russo News Here

Costa Rican resident Elena Polster, a native Russian, began reaching out to her compatriots by publishing a newspaper last year. Called “Around the Teapot,” the...

Housing Minister Takes Breather During Probe

Fernando Zumbado, Housing Minister and rector of the government’s social programs, announced he is “temporarily” stepping down from his position while he is investigated...

FARC-Costa Rica Saga Takes a Twist and Turn

A high-level Swiss diplomat is the source of the $480,000 in FARC money discovered in a Costa Rican home earlier this year, Colombian authorities...

Victim Wants to Know Just How Bad Crime Is

It was just another day in Costa Rica: Someone had been burglarized. But this time, the victim, Steve Harrington, a U.S. citizen and recent arrival...

Driving restrictions Now last for 13 Hours

Starting Thursday, San José driving restrictions moved to 13-hour periods, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., a switch from a proposed 24-hour ban. The Public...

New Bus Routes Languishing in Legal Limbo

The fate of seven new bus routes that would navigate the periphery of San José and outlying districts in an effort to reduce congestion...

Bus Companies Threaten Slowdown in Service

If traveling by bus in coming weeks, bring along some reading material. Representatives from the National Forum of Public Transportation temporarily withdrew from an...

Annual C.R. Poverty Survey Gets Underway

Pollsters this week began a survey that could blunt one of the Arias administration’s proudest selling points. The annual survey by the National Statistics and...

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