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Monthly Archives: July, 2008

Prices of Rice, Milk To Surge 34% and 8%

Two food staples, milk and rice, are set to become much more expensive this summer. Dos Pinos, which has a near-monopoly on milk sales, increased...

Bank Offers Savings and Investment Accounts in Euros

Banco Nacional has launched a new type of account that caters to the Euro-toting crowd, combining the functions of a savings account with that...

Another Textile Firm Closes Up Shop

Multinational clothing firm Hanes last week closed one of its Costa Rican clothing assembly plants. The plant, located in Barreal, a district of Heredia,...

Banana Exporters Ask EU for Major Tariff Cut

Costa Rica’s National Banana Corporation (CORBANA) will ask the European Union to slice tariffs by more than half to end “discriminatory” trade agreements with...

So Far, All’s Quiet on Limón Marina Front

While multimillion-dollar marina projects in Puerto Viejo and all along the PacificCoast have faced opposition in recent months, one project west of Limón is...

Putumayo Celebrates 15 Years

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...

Searching for Sotherby

Something about Sotherby didn’t quite add up. He had a good accent, which anyone skilled in the art would recognize as Winchester, but his...

The Colorful World of Costa Rican Street Spanish

According to Wikipedia, the f r e e - cont ent encyclopedia on the Internet: “Pachucos were Mexican American youths who developed their own...

Earl the Monkey’s Adventures Start in Costa Rica

The book “Earl’s Big Adventure in Costa Rica,” the first in a series of kids’ surfing books by New Englander Hanna Haidar, profiles the...

Cookbook Offers Tico-Inspired Vegetarian Recipes

As a novice cook with vegetarian leanings, I was thrilled when we received a copy of the new cookbook, “Every Day an Adventure, Every...

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